a travel blog
After every country we visit, Vikram writes about our overall experiences and highlights. Here’s his take on the Philippines! Our experience in the Philippines was fantastic but would be difficult for the typical traveler to duplicate, because we were fortunate to be hosted and shown around by Mary’s family. Their warmth, generosity, and commitment to plying us with delicious food […]
While our canyoneering and whale shark adventures stood out as top highlights of our entire trip so far, my favorite part of the Philippines was getting to see my parents visiting from the U.S. and reconnect with lots of my extended family whom I hadn’t seen in six years. And one of the best days we all had together was […]
I almost had to miss out on this adventure due to tummy issues the night before (an unfortunately too-common occurrence during our travels), but I’m so glad I was feeling better in the morning because canyoneering was one of my favorite things we’ve done on the trip so far. What is canyoneering? It’s an activity where you descend a river […]
There’s nothing quite like swimming next to a shark. During our time in Cebu, my cousin J.B. and his wife Jovel organized for us to do a day trip to Oslob, a town near the south tip of the island and stomping ground for whale sharks. We left the house by 4 am for the three-hour drive. Once we arrived, […]
After over 100 days on the road, we were finally somewhere that I consider home—in the Philippines, and more importantly, with my mom and dad. The biggest challenge I’ve faced on the road to date has been homesickness (more on that in a future blog post), so it was welcome relief to be with my family and familiar faces in […]
My first memory of traveling is tears. I was five years old and on a plane to the Philippines, and I was sobbing uncontrollably (and also vomiting from motion-sickness). My parents and I were on our way to visit my mom’s family for a month in early 1995, and I was sad to be leaving my friends and school and […]