posted by Prime Sarmiento creative commons image by Daveynin Note: This updated version on solo female travelers and health is part four of the six-part series on How To Travel Alone As A Woman. The first part discusses travel safety tips for solo female travelers, the second is about how to travel on a budget...
(This is Part 2 of a two-part weekend guide for solo female travelers in Edinburgh. You can read the first part here.) text and photos by Nina Sarmiento If you only got a weekend to spare for Edinburgh, why don't you try visiting these fab sites: Holyrood Palace: one of the ancient residences that is...
posted by: Prime Sarmiento Christmas is a time for reflection, to express gratitude for all the blessings that came my way; to honor the lessons from the trials that tested my strength. I have so much to be thankful for this year – friends and family who love me, a stable and fulfilling career in...
text and photos by: Nina Sarmiento (Note:This is Part 1 of a two-part weekend guide for solo female travelers in Edinburgh. You can read the second part here. ) Scotland's capital was once known as Auld Reekie (Old smokey), as the buildings there used to be heated by coal and wood fires, emitting smoke...
photo by Nina Sarmiento
photo by: Nina Sarmiento
text by: Prime Sarmiento Photos by:Nina Sarmiento (This is part 1 of a two-part guide to Bohol. You can read part two of the female traveler's guide to Bohol here) I wasn't exactly thrilled When my lil sis told me that we should go to Bohol. I went to this central Philippine province a decade...
posted by: Prime Sarmiento I don’t remember their names. But I remember how I met them. That was about eight years ago, the first time I traveled to Ubud, Bali. I just picked up photography as a hobby. So there I was, lugging around my secondhand manual SLR camera, doing jalan jalan around the village...
Darlene del Mundo is the Manila-based ecopreneur behind By Nature Handmande Soaps – a line of handmade soaps made from natural ingredients including olive oil, honey, herbs and spices. By Nature soaps have drawn a cult following among Filipina consumers, lured not only by its benefits (consumers rave that using By Nature soaps cured their...
posted by Prime Sarmiento One of the biggest problems that most travel writers have to deal with is, well, the problem of finding the time to write. When you’re off somewhere new and exciting, you just can’t get enough of it that sometimes, you forget why you’re there in the first place. To write of...
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text and photos by Nina Sarmiento Despite the hustle and bustle typical of any growing metropolis, Athens managed to retain some of its rustic charm – public parks filled with palm trees, tavernas and cafes in every corner. Then there's the vibrant streets of Monastiraki and the numerous historic ruins that best define Greek capital....
photo by Prime Sarmiento The colorful Pasar Seni (Art Market) in Ubud, Bali
photo by: Prime Sarmiento The Goa Gajah, better known as Elephant Cave, is located near Ubud, Bali. Ancient sacred site.
interview by: Prime Sarmiento Janet de Neefe is the founder and festival director of the Ubud Writers and Readers Festival, an annual literary festival held every October in Bali, Indonesia. The Australia-born De Neefe has been living in Bali for the last twenty years. Widely regarded as the "Queen of Ubud", de Neefe is...
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