Category: Travel

Sign of the times: Cuba 0

Sign of the times: Cuba

I visited Cuba to study Spanish in 2003, and I can say that it was one of my most interesting trips. Visiting Cuba is like going back into the fifties with all those vintage...

Going to Bethlehem from Jerusalem by public bus 0

Going to Bethlehem from Jerusalem by public bus

On my second to the last day in Jerusalem, I decided to go to Bethlehem. It wasn’t an easy decision because I’ve been hearing some people saying that tension has arisen in the area...

Filipino passport without visa to Israel 0

Filipino passport without visa to Israel

I am about to board a plane from Geneva to Tel-Aviv. I have a  Swiss and Filipino passport and will only use the Filipino passport for entry to Israel. Filipinos are exempted of Visa...

JSA Tour 0

JSA Tour

I have booked the JSA tour(Joint Security Area, an area located in the DMZ between North and South Korea) a month before arriving at Seoul as it could be hard to reserve one on...

Korea impressions, the first night 0

Korea impressions, the first night

The trip to Korea was quite short. I have not been spontaneous enough to actually post an entry there. Arrival at Incheon airport was very pleasant:  it is a big airport and yet it...