So as I said earlier I’m not one to take too many risks when I travel. I like to have things organised for me in bite-sized chunks. I find this to be particularly important in the Philippines because I’m still finding my feet and if I bugger it up I’ll have to charter my own tour (see my trip to Palawan).…
When I first arrived in the Philippines I spent the first weekend with a copy of the lonely planet and a notepad listing all the things I wanted to do/see while in the Philippines.
Being focused (at the time) mainly on the prospect of being able to talk about my travel afterwards, I used what I would like to term the ‘fanboy’ approach.…
A Dutch auction is an auction started as high as the salesperson thinks they get away with, without alerting the buyer they’re getting ripped.
For me, who’s not your average moron on the moron bell-curve this has been quite a costly learning process.…
I imagine a lot of you have wondered where I would spend the end of the world (in particular so you could share the occasion with me).
Well after a lot of time, money and science the optimal choice was obviously inside a volcano.…
Like all great men, I’ve decided to start where it all began. The ninth floor:
Having paid many a Peso to secure myself a shoebox in the city, I was pleasantly surprised that once I opened the balcony door I had twice the space and a view overlooking Ortigas, Manila.…
