Postcard Moment: Chiang Mai is not about Buddhism
Text: Prime Sarmiento Photos: Prime Sarmiento/Avie OIarte No one visits Chiang Mai without getting even a glimpse of its many Buddhist temples. Temples and monks in orange robes (oh and also elephants) – these are the images that most travelers will always remember about this northern Thailand city. I didn't visit Chiang...
Postcard Moment: A year of travels, a year of blessings in 2012
Text and Photos by Prime Sarmiento Sometimes I can’t believe that despite my busy schedule, I still manage to have the time, money and energy to go on working/leisure trips all over the world. I always consider my travels my biggest blessing and my travels in 2012 were full of many things that made...
A Solo Female Traveler’s Weekend Guide to Bangkok
Text and Photos by Prime Sarmiento Every city has a certain energy and Bangkok has that distinct feminine energy that I love and relish – enough to lure me to the City of Angels over and over again. I don’t exactly know where this energy is coming from. Is it from temples...
Overnight in Khao San
First Published September 4,2005 at www.travelblog.org/bloggers/gypsygal Bangkok –I flew from KL and had to spend a night in Bangkok to catch an early flight tomorrow for Kathmandu. For that, I went to Khao San Rd. The backpackers ghetto of Khao San in Bangkok isn’t an ideal place to write. The whole area...