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  • Evercrest Golf Club and Resort
    Posted in: Hotel, Luzon, Places, Resort, Travel

    “Where will you spend the long weekend this time?” a good friend asked, seeing that we’re approaching a national holiday and it seemed customary for families to spend long weekends together. I smiled and said “somewhere nice and cheap,” because there are numerous beautiful places to go to, but finding something within the budget may be a challenge […]

  • The Wanderer
    Posted in: Places, Travel

    I love to travel. I like to move around from place to place and appreciate the beauty of my surroundings including nature and modern atmosphere. It jives with my personality of being such a curious cat. I probably have such a deep urge to discover where, what, when, why/why not, who, how and most of […]

  • Some things to do when in Belgium
    Posted in: Places, Tourism, Travel, World

    1.Try to be a law-abiding Filipino citizen. My first itinerary was to show up to the municipal office of Dworp, a beautiful town in Beersel where my sister and brother in-law live, as required by the Belgian Embassy in Manila 2. …but this didn’t stop me from making pa-selfie to places that looked new to me […]

  • Book Launching at Fully Booked
    Posted in: Events

    The book “Lead, Don’t Manage Your People” by Jim Black was formally launched on a late afternoon of October not so long ago, at the Top Shelf floor in Fully Booked, Bonifacio High Street in Manila.

  • Off the main route
    Posted in: Food, Places, Travel, World

    If travel is the ‘best medicine for the heart’,* then for me, side trips are secret ingredients to the most memorable travels and other events that can happen in between or off the main route of one’s itineraries.
    Welcome to Side Tripper, a collection of photographs and blogs about the many side trip adventures of our family and friends.

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    The Side Tripper

    “Make sure you don’t take any side trips,” warns Schumler, from a phrase in the 1993 American film Swing Kids. If you are someone who does not have time to lose, then it is better for you to stick to your main agenda, because there is something about side tripping that submerges the soul in experiences that sometimes make you hope that time would stand still, as the experiences they bring can be more impactful than the main trip itself. It is that free flowing agenda, an unexpected sleepover or a detour that has unintentionally brought pleasant surprises. You can live without it, like you can eat a cake without its icing, but your journey may not be as meaningful. If travel is the ‘best medicine for the heart’,* then for me, side trips are secret ingredients to the most memorable travels and other events that can happen in between or off the main route of one’s itineraries. Welcome to Side Tripper, a collection of photographs and blogs about the many side trip adventures of our family and friends. *Source: The Global Commission on Aging and Transamerica Center for Retirement Studies, in partnership with the U.S. Travel Association (Los Angeles Times, December 17, 2013 by Chris Erskine)