I was on a personal journey to travel to Northern Africa with a long-term travel plan in mind last March 2020. But my supposedly long-term travel plan was unfortunately short-lived. Out of the growing fear of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, everything has changed quickly and unexpectedly. Before I go further,
No trip to Egypt is complete without a stay in its capital city of Cairo. While the Pyramids are on every traveler’s bucket list, those are just one of Cairo’s many stunners, and I finally got a chance to see them in person this year! Thus, allow me to share my 4-day Cairo, Egypt itinerary with you complete with my actual...
I don’t know about you guys but for me, Japan is one of the best countries in the world! When I visited this East Asian country in February, there were no dull moments and everything was spectacular following my 7-day Japan itinerary which I’ll be writing about in this blog. If both Tokyo and Sapporo are on your bucket list...
If you ask me what’s my favorite country out of the growing list of countries I visited, it would be hard to answer honestly. But definitely Peru would always pop into my head alongside Japan as my reply. Personally, visiting Peru’s Machu Picchu has always been a dream of mine ever since I was in high school and...
It was September 2019 when I first visited the island country of Sri Lanka where I both visited two of the most populous cities in Sri Lanka–Colombo and Kandy. I must say that Kandy is a more chill and relaxed city than that of Colombo; and also way cheaper! Although I only have two days to spend in Kandy as I need to...
I was in a constant lookout for any home-based job I can find after quitting my 9-to-5 day job in the pursuit of long-term travel. It was June 2019 when I sign up for Remotasks after hearing good reviews about it. The best thing about Remotasks is it offers FREE training in the Philippines. So if you happen to be in the Philippines,
Someone once told me that ‘traveling the world is a rite of passage every human being should take’. While I firmly agree with his statement, unfortunately, the access to this privilege is predetermined by which country we are born in and the passport we were given. For us Filipinos, one of the most important deciding factors...
Getting a Yellow Fever Vaccine Card was one of the precautions I took before going to South America a year ago. This year, I will be visiting Africa and will be armed with the same vaccine I had since its validity is LIFETIME. Yep, you heard it right. So if you also intend to visit the continents of South America and Africa,
I mentioned in my quitting job story that GoTranscript is where I earned my very first dollar online. It’s true. More precisely, it’s 2.33 dollars as the company pays its transcriber 2.33 USD per audio minute transcribed. To entice you a little, the screenshot below shows the available jobs as seen from my own account.
I have been traveling abroad in the past four years and have met great people through penpal and language exchange sites. Yes, I started making international friends through online means before even traveling outside of the country. That’s why in this blog, I’ll be sharing with you the best free penpal sites or...