Manila, Philippines How I Got a Multiple Entry US B1/B2 Visa: Tips for Filipinos and Interview Questions A lot of people has been asking me how I got a multiple entry tourist visa to the US. For someone like me with no strong ties to the Philippines, I was worried I'd get denied. To my surprise, I got a multiple entry visa valid for 10 years! I travel a lot and have no intentions… Archive
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Manila, Philippines How I Got a Multiple Entry US B1/B2 Visa: Tips for Filipinos and Interview Questions A lot of people has been asking me how I got a multiple entry tourist visa to the US. For someone like me with no strong ties to the Philippines, I was worried I'd get denied. To my surprise, I got a multiple entry visa valid for 10 years! I travel a lot and have no intentions… 
Mae Hong Son Province, Thailand TravelFeed Meetup in Pai: Behind the Scenes Last month, @travelfeed provided some updates on the meetups that happened after SteemFest in Bangkok and Chiang Mai. By this time, I have re-joined the team to help in social media, PR and testing. I wasn’t involved yet when the team organized these meetups. It looked as easy… 
Mountain Province, Philippines Kalinga's Apo Whang-Od: A National Treasure in a Human Zoo Apo Whang-Od is one of the Philippines’ national treasures. Her skills and talent made Buscalan famous for the Kalinga tribe tattoo. I was starstruck to see a living legend, however, disappointed by what tourism has done to an icon. I usually write informative travel blogs but… 
Ifugao, Philippines The Best Things to Do in and around Banaue Rice Terraces, Philippines I am not a local of Banaue but I stayed there for almost a month that I learned a lot of useful information that I’d like to share to my readers. This place is popular for the Banaue rice terraces, however, it seems most travelers just do a stop over at the rice terraces… 
Ifugao, Philippines Batad Rice Terraces: Why you should pay for a Local Guide Note: I did not intend to post this here as this is my letter to the Banaue mayor. However, I made some mistakes today which resulted to a duplicate post of House of Ekolife. So as not to make my blog look worse, I will just re-publish this blog here. I stayed for a week in… 
Ifugao, Philippines House of Ekolife: Beyond Great Food, an Enterprise for the Philippines' Modern Heroes Banaue was my home base for my last month in the Philippines and I was able to live like a local somehow. I didn’t travel much in the Banaue area like at the Happao rice terraces, except for the Batad rice terraces which I have blogged about extensively. However, I did eat a lot… 
Ifugao, Philippines Your Complete Travel Guide to Batad Rice Terraces I have just started out my digital nomad journey and long term travel. That meant that I have the option to travel slowly. I was like most tourists previously when I had my 9 to 5 job. I would take time off for a few days and get to as many locations fast. I think travel is… 
Ifugao, Philippines The Anatomy of the Ifugao Native Hut | Batad Rice Terraces While in Batad, I stayed in a solo room at Batad View Inn & Restaurant as this was my most practical option. This lodging is under the same management as Mang Ramon’s Homestay who owns traditional nipa huts. It got me curious so I decided to upgrade for one night and sleep like… 
Ifugao, Philippines Batad Cultural Experience: How to Make Traditional Ifugao Rice Wine Ramon Binalit, owner of Mang Ramon’s Homestay, is known in the Philippines for all the work he does to preserve Batad and its tradition. He has been featured in several articles and documentaries. We can call him a legend not only for showcasing their Ifugao tribe culture, but… 
Bangkok, Thailand SteemFest 4 Diary: Final Days & Goodbye's It was so tiring after 3 days that we woke up late. We still made it on time for pancakes! That was my first time to try Dutch pancakes and I must say it was good. A big group went out and I got separated from the @travelfeed team. You may have seen me with them most of the time… 
Bangkok, Thailand SteemFest 4 Diary | Day 2 to 3 Conference, Fun & Nosebleeding It wasn’t difficult waking up. There was a loud bird residing on the tree near our hotel. It was annoyingly loud but useful as an alarm clock! The day started fun riding a boat to the venue and found others at the boat station. It was quite far but we made it just on time. The… 
Bangkok, Thailand SteemFest 4: Reflections & Day 1 of my SF Diary The Travelfeed team and I are now in Chiang Mai to prepare for meet ups and have just had the time to finally contemplate on what just happened! I have just attended my first Steemfest and I could not wrap up my experience in words. It was educational and fun at the same time… 
Ifugao, Philippines MOMA 101: Learning About “NgaNga” (Betel Nut) from a Young Ifugao If you have been to Ifugao or other places in the Cordilleras, you may have seen signs that say “No Spitting of Moma”. Some visitors would have no idea what a moma is, and why in the world would you spit your mom?…errrr uhmm… to be clear, we’re talking about a different moma… 
Ifugao, Philippines The Amphitheater View of Batad Rice Terraces: A Beginner's Trek to Awa View Deck I am no mountaineer nor have any warm up prior my trip to Batad. My only preparation was a morning run around Banaue, a day hike to Tappiyah waterfalls and a solo walk to Batad village with four guide dogs. I was hesitant until the last minute because it rained the night before… 
Ifugao, Philippines Meet the Guide Dogs of Batad Rice Terraces I went to Tappiyah falls the day before with a local guide. Surprisingly, one of the dogs named Blackie from Ramon’s Homestay joined us. Despite 2 guides – a human and a dog, I was scared to death walking through the narrow pilapil (ricefield dikes). I did survive that and you… 
Ifugao, Philippines Batad Vlog: Rice Terraces & Tappiya Waterfalls Dog Guide Rambo, one of the dogs at Ramon's homestay in Batad, has been featured in the Philippines' Department of Tourism video for his exceptional tour guiding skill as a dog. The other dogs there like Blackie have followed his "pawsteps". Blackie, I assume an aspin (asong Pinoy/local… 
Ifugao, Philippines Tappiya Waterfalls, Batad: A Dog Guide and a Mermaid Myth Batad is a remote village in Banaue, Ifugao province in the Philippines. It is known for its UNESCO World Heritage rice terraces which were built by hand over 2000 years ago. There are other rice terraces in the Cordilleras but I chose to stay for a week in this area for a more… 
Palawan, Philippines Port Barton Vlog 3: Walk with Me Around Town Pardon my husky voice in this video. I've been island partying since I got to El Nido then Port Barton so there, I lost my voice. In this video, I did a morning walk just around Port Barton's main island and town. It's on the touristy area where you will find accommodation and… 
Palawan, Philippines Port Barton Vlog 2: Literally Walking Between 2 Islands! In my previous Port Barton video, we went snorkeling and checked out a few islands, even saw a turtle! In this video, I joined a different island hopping tour. This is classified as Tour B although some islands are different from the posted ones as the tour operators aren't that… 
Palawan, Philippines Port Barton Vlog Part 1: Island Hopping Itinerary & a Day at White Beach I’m still new in travel vlogging so this time I tried to do a voice over. In my previous video about El Nido, I only included a few captions but I felt that I wasn’t able to tell a story through that. Please let me know if this is better than a captioned vlog. I am also thinking… 
Palawan, Philippines Island Hopping in El Nido, Palawan, Philippines: What to Expect in Tour A? Vlog This is what the day looks like when you join an El Nido Island Hopping (in Palawan, Philippines). We did the tour A which includes the following places: We arrived here at around 9:30 am and swam a bit here but waves were too strong and it was very windy. The first time I went… 
Makati, Philippines Healing Crystals for Travel at 5th Dimension Crystal Shop I recently quit my corporate job to travel long term and pursue life as a digital nomad. Previously, I only traveled a few weeks at a time, whenever my work would allow it. With this being a full time job, I now think more about safety both physically and financially. Not that I… 
Philippines Food Trippin' in Port Barton, Palawan, Philippines As promised in my previous Port Barton post, I’ll take you on a food trip around this island. If you haven’t read my Port Barton guide, check it out here. Port Barton is relatively new in the tourism industry but the international food scene is growing. I would love to showcase… 
Palawan, Philippines Port Barton, Palawan: The Secret (Paradise) is Out Most people would visit either Puerto Princesa or El Nido when in Palawan. No one really knew Port Barton as a tourist destination until in recent years. Port Barton is a small town in San Vicente located on the north west of Palawan. It is a fishing village that is now thriving…