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  • 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?…

  • EBC Day 2: Phakding to Namche Bazaar

    When I woke up the next day, I no longer was feeling the headache that ruined my night in Phakding. I felt so much relief knowing that it wasn’t altitude mountain sickness or…

  • EBC Day 1: Lukla to Phakding

    When an activity commences (regardless of its kind), all involved are in high spirits. But how can you maintain such energy if that activity will last for 14 days? This is…

  • Gateway to Death?

    After I’ve seen this one show in History Channel titled Most Extreme Airports where Tenzing-Hillary Airport or more popularly known as Lukla Airport topped the list, I have always wondered how extreme the airport really…

  • Binondo Food Crawl

    I never really was aware that Binondo is such a great place for foodies and for those who are just plain hungry until November 2011, when my new-found friends from…

  • Berghaus Urban Adventure Games 2014

    When I first heard the words “app-based game”,  I thought it meant a live game based on an application of some sort. I realized how ignorant I can get at times when…

  • Sabtang Island, Batanes

    When we first set foot in Batanes, we really had no idea of what we would do in the province. And since we only have eight days to accomplish everything…

  • Why the Hell are We Doing this?

    Hush, Kaiz. This is just your first day. Don’t let them know that your headache is killing you. When headache kicked in at just 2,652 meters above sea level (MASL) during…

  • Big Badass Buddha

    Since Rowjie and I had plenty of time to see, visit, or do whatever that we could while we were in Phuket, we decided to just go to Big Buddha,…

  • Talamitam: Adventure Extended

    As part of our fundraising-cum-training for our upcoming Everest Base Camp trek, we organized rappelling and hiking activities in Mount Talamitam in Nasugbu, Batangas last weekend. In our group, I was…

  • Rappelling in Layong Bato

    I have scaled a number of hills and mountains already but, ironically, I kinda fear the heights. Not really acrophobia, maybe I am just scared of the thought of falling…