travel the world

One day I want to have seen (pretty much) all of the planet before I pass.

I’ve done a fair bit of traveling, but there is still so many places I want to go. For a regular guy, I just don’t think there is enough time or money to travel everywhere I want to go. I’d really like to go to Peru, Russia and Easter Island. These are just a few of the hundreds of places I want to go.

I have travelled a bit but this summer I did a tour of North America from NY to LA and it got me hooked. All I think about is travelling, I’ve done a fair bit of Europe but I want to get out of the Northern Hemisphere as I met loads of people from Australia on my tour I think that will probably be my next destination. I’m in my final year of my degree so it’s a real struggle 2 get money together to go anywhere but working my ass off to get out of my small country!

Maldives, England, France, Italy, Spain, Germany, Africa, Singapore, Australia, NewZeland, Japan, China, Hawaii, Alaska, USA with Family,

After i finish my bachelors degree, i want to pick up my bags and leave wherever the road takes me…all my life i have been living in the safe zone with my parents always overprotecting me and giving me “lots of phobias”...i am really afraid of making a mistake and doing what i want to do…i believe that the best way for me to find myself is to experience different things and different places…meet new people..learn to socialize more!..i believe that i can achieve this goal and can’t wait for the new experiences :)

I truly want to see ALL of it. Middle East, India, Africa, China, the Netherlands, Eastern Europe, Western Europe, Australia, North America, South America…...

And I’d kind of like to do a fly by the seat of your pants thing. Just see where the wind blows me.

Who wants to join me??? Let’s get some flow together and do this ish!

I’ll be getting on a cruise to Mexico today.

I’m excited, one more place I’ve been!

1. Bangkok, Thailand

Ok, I know Thailand is just one country and Bangkok is just one city in Thailand, but it’s a step, right? We left Philippines morning of Oct. 6, 2009 at PAL, where, quite surprisingly, one of our FAs was one of the contestant who just entered the Pinoy Big Brother House last Oct. 4, 2009. I was sleeping when my dad woke me up just so I could take his photo with JP, the PBB contestant. Our trip was very much filled with ironies. We went to a Thai Seafood Restaurant and ordered Fried Chicken. We went to an authentic Filipino restaurant and ordered Tom Yung Kung. Most ironic of all, we went to Thailand and had dinners at that same Filipino Restaurant. Grr.

I loved Bangkok I almost cried when we were about to leave. It was very much like the Philippines, only a little better in most ways – culture, architecture, food. Here is the whole itinerary:

October 6, 2009
-Flight from MNL-BKK with Flight Attendant JP from PBB
-Check-in and rest at hotel
-Dinner at Pat Pong Area at a Seafood Restaurant (when I asked for the rest room, the guy at the counter led me to THE BACK OF THE BUILDING, TO AN ALLEY AND THEN ANOTHER BUILDING WHERE THE ELEVATOR DOORS HAD PHOTOS OF THAI GIRLS WEARING PLAYBOY LINGERIE -almost scared me. I was, like, where are you taking me? Hahaha. But yeah, the rest room was really there. And when we were trying to order fried crab meat, we asked the waiter if the serving of the food was good for two. He said, “no half” and we answered, “We’re not asking you to cut it in half, we want to know if this is good for two.” This frustrating conversation went on for several minutes until the waiter finally spelled on his paper “Don have”. I was so relieved to have finally understood what he meant. Ahhh ok, you don’t have fried crab meat!)

October 7, 2009
-Buffet breakfast at hotel
-Bangkok City Tour (Tha Tien Pier, several temples and Gems Gallery where I bought my ring. I’m coming back one of these years to get that 146K Baht worth of bangles. And I’m not even a fan of jewelry!)
-Power Gen at Impact Arena, Muang Thong Thani (Here I took advantage of the wifi to check on FB and chat with my mom and a few former officemates.)
-Lunch at Hong Kong Fisherman’s Suki and Restaurant (We had another frustrating conversation with our attendants regarding our orders here. We ordered several food and less than half of our orders came to our table. When we had our bill checked, the attendants came back to us with only three orders written on the bill when in fact we ate more. Of course, we decided not to argue. That was free food, man.)
-Dinner at Mabuhay Restaurant (Ahhh, yes, the Tom Yung Kung order)

October 8, 2009
-Shopping at Phyathai District after breakfast
-Window Shopping at Platinum Fashion Mall
-Window Shopping at Pantip Plaza (The all-gadgets mall)
-Street Food tripping along Petchburi Road
-Lunch at KFC Pantip Plaza
-Camwhoring at hotel, movie-watching at HBO
-Dinner at Grand Hyatt Erawan

October 9, 2009
-Whole day tour at Safari World
-Buffet Lunch
-Safari Drive
-Safari Park Jungle Walk and Eggs World
-Orangutan Show
-Sea Lion Show
-Elephant Show
-Dolphin and White Beluga Whale Show
-Spy War Show
-Dinner at Mabuhay Restaurant
-Shopping at Phyathai District

October 10, 2009
-Shopping at Phyathai District
-Lunch and Videoke at Mabuhay Restaurant
-Thai Massage at Phyathai District (My masseuse kept asking me, “Pen? Pen? Pen here?” as she poked at the back of my shoulders. I tried asking “what pen?” but when she just continued asking me “Pen?” I surrendered trying to understand her and just shook my head, “No.” It was only when the massage was finished that I realized she was asking if I was feeling pain! If only I knew, I would have said yes, you poke me and stretch me bad.
-Baiyoke Sky Hotel Observation Deck
-Dinner at Burger King, Suvarnabhumi Airport
-My first Dairy Queen Choco Chip Ice Cream ever
-Flight from BKK-MNL

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Bahamas
Mexico
Hawaii
LA