The Side Tripper

“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 […]

  We always visit Tagaytay to make the most of its cool air especially during hot seasons such as these days. But it was our first time to visit Taaleña Restaurant. After trying nearly all restaurants along the main highway or barangay San Jose, we thought it’s time to give Taaleña a try. The place […]

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 […]

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 […]

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.

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.