The perfect place to recover: Sagada, Philippines

Crawling up and sliding down mountains  The five hour journey from Banaue to Sagada was painfully slow due to the sluggish driving, a real contrast than that experienced throughout the rest of Asia. Myself, Jaimie, Janine and Eric arrived in Sagada and like in Batad, were ushered into the Tourist Office and made to pay our…Continue reading The perfect place to recover: Sagada, Philippines

Putting my body through hell for one of the world’s wonders: Batad, Philippines

Crawling up and sliding down mountains  After a few days of doing essentially nothing, myself, Jaimie, Eric and Janine caught the night bus from Manila to the small town of Banaue, synonymous to the Unesco World Heritage-listed Ifugo rice terraces – sometimes called by locals as the “Eighth Wonder of the World” – which span the Cordilla,…Continue reading Putting my body through hell for one of the world’s wonders: Batad, Philippines

On the move but back to civilisation: Yangon, Bangkok, Manila

A reminder of home   I’m almost thankful our night bus from Hpa An dropped us at a bus stop in Yangon at three o’clock in the morning. It reminded me what an interesting country I was soon to be leaving, a thought I was extremely saddened by. Myself and Jaimie caught a taxi to our…Continue reading On the move but back to civilisation: Yangon, Bangkok, Manila