Mexico City 2021 (first travel since the pandemic)

[November 2021] It’s our third time in Mexico City and each time feels like it’s our first. There’s always something new and we always feel we have to come back again. I love this city for many reasons. It’s a short flight (4 hrs from SFO), the weather is always nice, it doesnt get too …

Budapest

September 2019 When we were planning this trip we couldn't decide whether to stay in the quieter hilly Buda side or in the busier, flat Pest side of the Danube . Our solution? Stay in both. First half of our stay we stayed in the Castle Hill area and we just love it there! At …

Towns along the Danube

September 2019 We rented a car for a day and went for a drive up the Danube to visit the nearby Danube towns. Our first stop was Szentendre, a charming picturesque town known for its art galleries and churches, with mixed influences from Serbians, Greek and Dalmatian immigrants who were fleeing from the Ottomans during …

Santiago, Chile

Nov 2017 The first thing I noticed about Santiago as we were in our cab on the way to our apartment is the high mountains of the Andes that surrounds it. Some werestill snow capped but unfortunately most of the time we were there, it's been cloudy or hazy so my pictures didn't do justice …

3 Perfect Days: Mexico City – Second Time Around

Seeing Mexico City again and watching Formula1?! That's checking off 2 bucket list items in one long weekend ! Although visiting Mexico City stays on the list and doesn't seem to get completely checked off 😁. We knew we would come back and this time we added the Granpremio de Mexico to the agenda. We arrived Thursday night, …

Kerala

We left our hotel in Goa before sunrise to catch our 8-hour train ride to Kannur.  As we approached Kerala, we started seeing lots (LOTS) of coconut trees and backwaters.  It's so green and very much looks like the landscape back home in the Philippines. When we arrived Kannur, I told the hotel owner that …

The lost city of the Incas [Machu Picchu]

July 2-4 Last Wednesday (July 1), we left Cusco and headed to the Sacred Valley. The drive to Ollantaytambo took less than 2 hours, and the views on the way was amazing. The road goes through layers of towering mountains, with some of the peaks glistening with snow. After about an hour, we started descending …

Arequipa: The White City

June 22, 2009 It takes about an hour to fly from Lima to Arequipa. We spent more time in the airport, than flying ! As the plane lands, we had a preview of Arequipa´s terrain ... the Andes, some snowcapped mountains, and what seems to be like endless desert. Big cactus plants sprout from dry …

The City of Kings : Lima

June 20, 2009 ¡Hola! from the City of Kings! Our flight arrived Lima at 5.10am. We were beyond exhausted, what with very little sleep the night before, and the 5 hour delay in SFO, you can imagine how relieved we are finally arrive in Lima. After a mixup with the hotel, mostly because the receptionist …

The center of the Inca Empire [Cusco]

June 27 - 29, 2009 Cusco, Peru The bus ride from Puno to Cusco was not bad at all, and in fact, was very pleasant. We took an inkaexpress bus, which is a very reputable tourist company. The bus ride reminded me of my Bicol-Manila trips during college in one of those Sunshine or Sarkies …