Travel notes, food finds, and everyday stories.
I noticed them on my first solo trip to Bangkok in 2024, before I knew what they were. Small, ornate houses standing outside hotels, offices, shops, homes. Bright colors, pointed roofs, sometimes elevated on a single pillar, sometimes on several. Someone was clearly tending to them. Fresh flowers. Little plates of food. What looked...
When I was a kid, one of the best parts of going to Dagupan was knowing we’d stop by Pedritos. I’d get excited the moment I knew we were headed that way, because it meant I was getting a pineapple twist. Soft, chewy bread wrapped around a pineapple jam filling that was sweet with...
Getting a group of elementary classmates together for dinner sounds simple until you actually try to plan it. Everyone’s scattered across the city now, some with kids, some with odd work schedules, and the group chat had been going in circles for weeks with no one committing to a place. It took one friend...
We heard the falls before we saw them. That happened on the morning of July 31, and it’s the moment that stuck with us the most. We met our guides at McDonald’s Motorway in Tarlac for a quick breakfast, then headed to San Clemente to trek Timangguyob Falls. From Tarlac City proper, it took...