The Beauty of Life in Annapurna
Realizations and life lessons learned while trekking for eight days in Annapurna, the tenth highest mountain in the world located in Nepal.
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Microtel UP Technohub
I was heading toward what I thought was the location of the hotel I was looking for when someone yelled at me to call my attention. “Kuya, sa Microtel po,”…
Where I have been this 2014
I started writing a draft for my yearender post mid-December of the past year and was able to come up with a few paragraphs already. I have been to Blah…
Scam City: Bali Edition
We had to experience the Bali money changer scams before we even realized that we were already falling victim to them.
YABAG MCF Adventure Race 2014
My YABAGMC (Yielding Across Barriers And Gateways Mountaineering Club) Friends make sure that we make it memorable whenever we meet. Hindi lang puro inom. During the previous years, we’ve had hiking and…
EBC Day 5: Deboche to Dingboche
The past night had been the coldest to date. If not for the sleeping bag that was provided to us by our trekking agency, Adventure Mountain Explore Treks (AME Treks),…
Mountaineering or Trekking?
During our trek to the base camp of Annapurna in September 2013, the members of our group The Himalayas Project learned that we have been using the term mountaineering the…
Three Idiots Abroad
When you only have a few hours to experience one of the saddest countries in the world, you won’t really be lonely at all. You have time and pressure as…
Of Procrastinating and Being Half-Cocked
You know how travelers love to procrastinate? Yeah, that bad habit of packing things when it’s just a few hours away your scheduled trip? That’s what we did when we…
Malas ka, Malacca!
While looking for spots to visit in Malaysia that are not in Kuala Lumpur yet not so distant from the Low-Cost Carrier Terminal (LCCT) of Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA), I…
EBC Day 4: Namche Bazaar to Deboche
How lovely it was to wake up feeling all well! And as part of our daily morning routine during our trek to the Everest Base Camp (EBC), we packed our…
EBC Day 3: Acclimatization in Namche Bazaar
Waking up to clothes you wore the day before which absorbed all your sweat and whatnots, who wouldn’t enthusiastically jump out of their beds to change and freshen up themselves?…