Blogs from Baguio, Philippines, Asia - page 3

I am traveling with 23 students, tickets were purchased last April 2012. Our ticket confirmation clearly states the 15kgs baggage allowance - thats 360kgs total for us 24 passengers. There were no problems going to Cebu, going back with flight at 4:10am, while doing the group check-in, the crew was telling me, we have an excess baggage of 100kgs. Traveling on a limited budget, my students made sure they do not exceed the allowable 15kgs, we even weighed in before proceeding to the counter for check-in. I said to the crew, that's impossible, the crew said, "please pay P15,000 for the excess baggage, thats 100kgs X P150 so you will be allowed to board the plane" I said, "may I talk to a supervisor or manager?" The supervisor came, "Sir you already have 240kgs of total ... read more

It has been a really long time since I’ve written. Sorry. So I’ll give some updates on some of the highlights of the last couple months. The first weekend after we were back from Japan, Marissa and went to the beach again. Pretty much the same as it was when we went in November. We went to the same place (Sunset Bay in San Fernando) and just laid on the beach and read and got a little sun. However, this time, it was much more complicated getting a bus back to Baguio. We took a trike into the bus stop in San Fernando and waited for about an hour, and then a bus that was going to Baguio finally (again, no schedule, the busses just kinda drive by randomly). But, we didn’t realize that we had ... read more

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When we go to Tibet we are probably now prepared to climb Mount Everest. With all the trekking, hill climbing, and stairs we’ve climbed in the past week and half we feel we can conquer anything. Not without Kristin complaining the whole way of course. We are now in a place called Baguio. Baguio is the Philippines summer capital. It is a really pretty city with mountain temperatures. To start our day off we headed to Camp John Hay. This area was founded as a hill station for the US military in the early 1900’s. Now it’s a tourist destination with shops, food joints, a historical core, adventure parks etc. We grabbed a bite to eat at a place called Brother’s Burger. I gave Tris a lecture on not letting his eyes be bigger than his ... read more

Most of the people think that what I am referring to as an “Extraordinary Life” is a life lived luxuriously, eating pleasurable foods and travelling lavishly in many parts of the Philippines. But they are all wrong… Because what I mean by an “Extraordinary Life” is deeper than what many people think, it is filled with more purpose and meaning, it is a life lived significantly with the discovery of true inner joy and faith formed within oneself… All people has this but only few realize that they have this gift given by our God to influence and change all the people in the world to have a better view about their lives and the world as how they see it… So now, I can finally say that Armie “Happy Loner Traveller” Yuson, a simple ... read more