posted by Prime Sarmiento (I reposted this story in line with the Pinoy Travel Bloggers’ Blog Carnival themed Solo Travel which is hosted by Philippine Blog Awards Best Travel Blog of 2010 Winner Nina Fuentes of Just Wandering) “I think about the woman I have become lately, about the life that I am now living,...
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text and photos by Nina Sarmiento You think of Florence and you think of Dante, Michaelangelo, the Renaissance. Going to Florence is like going back in the 16th century, a time when the world's greatest artists lived and created their masterpiece. Going to Florence means having a lovely afternoon roaming in the...
text by Prime Sarmiento photo by Nina Sarmiento I don't know about you but I'm tired of some women who either whine that they don't have a date on Valentine's and/or campaign to boycott Feb. 14, arguing it as another evil product of capitalism. I find the former pathetic (honey, there are other...
text by Prime Sarmiento photos by Nina Sarmiento I used to have "passport envy". I love to travel but I also treated it like a contest. Whenever I heard my friends/acquaintances/colleagues talked about their holidays abroad or business trips, I usually butt in and brag about the many countries that I visited. If I know...
text and photo by: Prime Sarmiento So you finally decided that you want to travel on your own. The thing is, while you’re excited discovering and exploring a new city by yourself, you’re also afraid that things might go wrong and there’s no one to help you. You’re asking yourself: What if I got sick?...
text by:Prime Sarmiento photo by: Nina Sarmiento This is Part 2 of a two-part weekend guide for solo female travelers. Read part one of the female traveler's guide to Bohol here. Art Tripping 1. Baclayon Church The province is home to some of the most beautiful and centuries old churches built...
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posted by: Prime Sarmiento I was reading this post at I Will Teach You To be Rich the other day wherein A-list blogger Ramit Sethi talked about how watching a Bollywood movie made him think about “invisible scripts that guide our lives”: “As I was watching this Indian movie, I started realizing how many invisible...
text and photos by Prime Sarmiento I consider Ubud in Bali, Indonesia my spiritual home, a place to center myself. Whenever I can spare the time and money, I travel to Ubud, to help me cope with frustrations and pressures. To nurture my writing. To have some breathing space. To hone my spirituality. Thanks to...
Note: In my previous post, I listed down ways on how to travel for less in Europe. One of which is to just roam around and tour the many fab landmarks, museums and galleries which you can visit either for free or for a token fee. Last week I posted Gypsygals’ Tales Quickie guide to...
text and photos by: Nina Sarmiento Note: In my previous post, I listed down ways on how to travel for less in Europe.One of which is to just roam around and tour the many fab landmarks, museums and galleries which you can visit either for free or for a token fee. Last week I reposted...
posted by Prime Sarmiento A colleague asked me if I needed to go to Baguio just to write a thesis proposal for my graduate degree in anthropology. She can’t understand why I need to go all the way to Baguio, travel by bus by around six hours or more, for something that I could have...
Posted by Prime Sarmiento The travel coordinator handed me a list of things to bring in this four-day tour of Ilocos region. The regulars in my travel pack are in there: bottled water, comfy shoes, prescription medicine. The list also advises us to have that spirit of adventure and a sense of humor (as, after...
posted by: Prime Sarmiento Growing up in a devout Catholic family means spending a lot of time hearing mass in any place where there’s a Catholic church. And in a predominantly Catholic Philippines, that’s very easy as Filipinos don’t only go to church on Sundays- the traditional day of obligation. For people like my mother,...
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