tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37605484488129872262024-03-22T12:25:12.405+08:00Living in the MomentMaaya Legaspihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10175924963575211047noreply@blogger.comBlogger123125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3760548448812987226.post-32130253118626730902020-06-06T23:31:00.002+08:002020-06-06T23:32:22.849+08:00Osaka in Photos<p class="p1" style="font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.15;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "helvetica neue"; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvMAik1cCSRXWaFp0h-v7_sDJdS8h_pZAJSkSvWhFMhQLC5UH-2lTzhbYL6BaO0_3z0O3_SL3Eo0djXKGCtQwkUKDodPZMSsZYGL1Aa1u6FZQrx6ULUXRmmOI7VX0jJhwJeyin96R3Ghc/s5808/Osaka+39.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3872" data-original-width="5808" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvMAik1cCSRXWaFp0h-v7_sDJdS8h_pZAJSkSvWhFMhQLC5UH-2lTzhbYL6BaO0_3z0O3_SL3Eo0djXKGCtQwkUKDodPZMSsZYGL1Aa1u6FZQrx6ULUXRmmOI7VX0jJhwJeyin96R3Ghc/d/Osaka+39.JPG" /></a></div><p class="p1" style="font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><font size="2">On my 6th day in Japan, I really don’t have anything planned because I do have work. But what’s a good day to waste? I haven’t really explored Osaka that much during my first visit and as you know I am always pressed for time. So to me, this seems like a good day to see the tourist-famous Glico man which until now is not clear to me why the said spot is so famous. It’s also Christmas season so I can use the day to buy Christmas gifts for my loved ones. hehe.</font></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span></span></p><a name='more'></a><font size="2"><br /></font><p></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><font size="2">So when I was done working for the day, I did go back to Osaka and did some shopping. This is the day I truly experienced Osaka especially the bustling streets of Dohtonbori. My first stop was to see the Glico man because although I don’t know what’s special in it, I guess a trip to Osaka is not complete without it. Of course, lots of tourists taking photos. I’m alone so there’s no one to take my photos haha. I decided that I’ll just come back and do some pasalubong shopping first. LOL. So next stop, Don Quijote, or as my tita calls it as "DonKi".</font></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: justify;"><font size="2"><br /></font></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><font size="2">Yey for tax-free goods and one-stop-shop for everything you want to bring home, be it chocolates, green tea, skincare, almost everything you look for in Japan is inside DonKi. I am overwhelmed when I enter and saw what’s inside. Everyone is hoarding something as if stocks are gonna run out. So yep, this girl gotta shop. There are dedicated floors for items you want to buy. The one I enjoyed the most? The makeup and skincare floor! haha! You could just leave me there and when you get back, I’d still be there. I won’t bore this post about the stuff I bought but tax-free stores in Japan are insane! </font></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: justify;"><font size="2"><br /></font></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><font size="2">After DonKi, I went to Onitsuka Tiger, which btw has 2 stores in the Namba area. I</font><span style="font-size: small;"> also went inside GU and I could just get lost at the moment. If I am not just pressed for time and did not have to take the train all the way to my tita's house, I will really take my time and go inside each store. Also, it was winter season so the clothes are mostly made for this season but girllll, if the clothes are for the summer season? I don't even know anymore. haha. I'd probably lose my mind. </span><span style="font-size: small;"> Did loads of window shopping in some other stores and after some shopping, I went back to Glico man and waited for a Filipino to take my photo. Haha. Yep, I really waited for a <i>kababayan</i>. And yep, I only have 1 photo with the famous Glico man.</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="font-size: small;"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: justify;"><font size="2"><br /></font></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><font size="2">Actually, the weather is not so good as it is raining. I am carrying a lot of stuff and I didn’t bring my umbrella with me. As for dinner, as they say, Osaka is the culinary mecca of Japan. Street food is uh-may-zing! I tried some legit takoyaki, took photos on the colorful street light, observed people, and just loving everything and thinking how I love Japan even more now. Even the cold weather felt so good at that time. So yep... that’s what I mostly did on Osaka. Here are some of the photos I took while walking around the Namba area.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></font></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx1LaDED22fdM7O4q4KLHV0q4yA8M-1CQpCmVTW2-akh7GjeIWC1wCvRUi5kA2Ac1cOx9moXK9NSaHgpmp5LjlH31KPE-YcgUd0wq1j6pBZYcIrGnhlMXvAy_MNQHty1vD66_zRY5RqVo/s5659/Osaka+37.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3852" data-original-width="5659" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx1LaDED22fdM7O4q4KLHV0q4yA8M-1CQpCmVTW2-akh7GjeIWC1wCvRUi5kA2Ac1cOx9moXK9NSaHgpmp5LjlH31KPE-YcgUd0wq1j6pBZYcIrGnhlMXvAy_MNQHty1vD66_zRY5RqVo/d/Osaka+37.JPG" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></p>Maaya Legaspihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10175924963575211047noreply@blogger.com0Osaka, Japan34.6937249 135.50225356.3834910638211539 100.3460035 63.003958736178845 170.6585035tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3760548448812987226.post-80669643727889701862020-04-09T16:00:00.001+08:002020-04-09T16:01:42.710+08:00Chilling Around Seminyak Bali<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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We don't have any tiring activities lined up for this day. Just pure relaxation and chilling all day long. We s<span style="font-family: inherit;">tarted the day with Cara Cara Inn's amazing breakfast. If you're a heavy breakfast eater then the serving might not be enough for you but for me who's not really used to eating breakfast, the serving is just okay. Enough to give me energy. Each day has a different breakfast menu and breakfast is not buffet type. You'll have to give your stub for breakfast then you can choose which one you want for breakfast from the menu of the day. Guess who chose rice for breakfast? Yep, not me. Haha!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">After breakfast, we decided to stay in and play some life-size Jenga and tried cara cara inn's pool. Today was scheduled for pure relaxation so we really don't have anything planned except to chill around. For lunch, we tried the suckling pig that's going the rounds on google when you search for must-try food in Bali. The name of the restaurant is Warung Babi Guling Pak Malen. Since we're headed to Seminyak for the other half of the day, we decided to try this one out as it is also in Seminyak. Boy, it was soooo good!!! They will let you choose if you want it to be spicy or not. As a fan of spicy food, I chose the spicy one and Peter chose the normal one. Turns out, both is spicy, mine is just spicier. The price is cheaper too compared to the other restaurant we tried.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Seminyak is your chill neighborhood. It seems like every store is instagrammable. The vibes of the shop are like those cute shops in Japan with surfing vibes. LOL. We just walked around, window shopped, ate some gelato and had a well-deserved massage. We stumble across a big mall then walked to Motel Mexicola then come afternoon, we just chill around La Plancha while drinking beers. This is what I miss the most, the beach and beer. I would definitely go to the beach once this quarantine and COVD-19 situation are over.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">And yep, we didn't really do any sightseeing today but it's really fun just sitting around the beach and watch the sunset. For dinner, we decided to eat at Cara Cara Inn and took advantage of the happy hour. Hehe. I tried convincing Peter to go to La Favela that night but couldn't. LOL. He isn't into parties that much. And yep... That's day 2. On our next day, we are headed to Ubud to experience the more nature-ish side of Bali.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="text-align: justify;">Finally!!! The last day on our </span><a href="https://www.maayalegaspi.com/search/label/Myanmar" style="text-align: justify;" target="_blank">Myanmar</a><span style="text-align: justify;"> tour! Haha. It took me almost 2 years to finish this blog post but hey.. At least I was able to finish it. The silver lining in this quarantine is that I was able to write this blog post. Planning to write more but it really depends on my mood. Still have work during daytime plus I am also catching on my Netflix backlogs and I'm kinda hooked up with two-point hospital so if I am not watching Netflix, it's either I am playing switch or busy scrolling through my social media accounts to see the latest news about COVID-19.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Per my Myanmar daily itinerary, I only allotted 1 day in Inle Lake. This place can be roamed around in one single day unless you really wanna take your time and exhaust every tourist place possible. Inle Lake is located in the Nyaungshwe Township of Taunggyi District. If you will google Myanmar and the places you have to visit, Inle Lake will mostly pop up. This isn't your typical lake which if you already went to other Southeast Asian countries, they have their own versions of the floating market (which btw, for me, <a href="https://www.maayalegaspi.com/2019/05/damnoen-saduak-floating-market-and-siam.html" target="_blank">Damnoen Saduak Floating Market</a> in <a href="https://www.maayalegaspi.com/search/label/Thailand" target="_blank">Thailand</a> tops this category), this time around, you could see temples and shops scattered in the lake.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">In backpacking fashion, we went to Inle Lake from <a href="https://www.maayalegaspi.com/search/label/Mandalay" target="_blank">Mandalay</a> via an overnight bus. The bus was comfortable, or that's what my memory is telling me at least. One thing I hate about overnight travels is that you will arrive super early in the morning when most of the shops are still close. One thing we noticed while in Myanmar is that every tourist place you visit, specifically Bagan, Mandalay, and Inle Lake, visitors are required to pay a somehow like an entrance fee, which in this case is not yet the fee for the tourist attractions, it's just the fee for entering the place. Call it an environmental fee or whatever you want, I think it's quite a scam because it's nothing less than 12500 kyats or almost 500 pesos just for entering the vicinity. This already had a negative impact on tourists.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">We arrived at around 6am? Yup, that early. And just like most scenes where tourists go down the bus, there are already people trying to sell their services, which in this case, is a boat ride to Inle Lake. I couldn't remember how much we paid for the boat ride but it already covers a whole day use. We were escorted to a tuktuk where it transported us to the actual lake. Funny because I think it was just me and my father who went to the actual lake after alighting the bus. I don't know where the other passengers went to. The guy at the bus terminal told us that he's also the one who'll accompany us at the boat but turns out he's just a barker and that the actual person who'll be with us in the boat is a different person.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">It was very early. I am still sleepy but if we can start our day early, then we can end it early as well and we can just probably chill around some café near the bus station. If you're on your 6th day on a backpacking journey, trust me, it gets really tiring especially if you don't have decent sleep on most nights because of overnight buses.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Inle Lake is like the one we went to in Ho Chi Minh except that there are actual plants here and there are stores/cafes in the lake. There is this one boat and one fisherman where we thought he is actually fishing in an old fashioned way, turns out he is just doing it for the photos and that when you take one, you are required to give a tip.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Our first stop is the market. This isn't like the floating markets in Thailand. There's an actual land where the boats will transport you and it's up to you to roam around or not. Most locals shop here. I am not sure if this is a wet market or what but the goods that are being sold range from food to souvenirs to betel nuts to crackers... Even fishes and meats. And since this is also a tourist area, most sellers try to double or even triple the price for foreigners. Haggling is the way of life here too I guess. What fascinates me though are not goods that are being sold… it's the number of boats parked in the area. We went here off-season so the boats here probably isn't the peak yet. Imagine what more if this is peak season.</span><br />
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<i>Vendors making betel nuts or also know here in PH as "nganga" </i></div>
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<i>Yep. It was muddy when we went. that's why it's important to wear black sneakers when traveling! haha </i></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I managed to buy one wooden carving as a pasalubong for my mother then my father was able to buy a knife. There are many ref magnets too.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">After the market, we were brought to a shop of ethnic umbrellas that is somehow a café too and a place where they sell more wooden carvings. It looks like our boatman gets commissioned if we decided to buy something. You can also see an old person wearing a gold metal in her neck to make it longer. These people are known as long neck women. They earn by receiving tips from people who get to take a photo with them.</span><br />
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<i>Long neck women waiting for tourists to have photos with them </i></div>
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<i>Some of the flavors of the tobacco are star anise, banana, and cinnamon. There's 2 more but I forgot </i></div>
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<i>Here, my father is trying to make a tobacco with the help of the lady beside her </i></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Throughout the day, we were brought to many interesting places. For one, we were brought to another pagoda, Hpaung Daw U Pagoda. We were also brought to a place where they sell weaved products such as Myanmar's traditional clothing. What I probably enjoyed the most in Inle Lake is the tobacco center where they sell different kinds of flavored tobacco. They can also teach you how to make one! I bought this as a pasalubong to Peter but when we tried it in Manila, it's mehhhh~</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">And oh, we also had a meal in one of the cafes around. Come afternoon, we are already done with the lake tour. Aside from Inle Lake, there are many things you can do in the surrounding area. Some people would rent bikes and roam around. As for us, we decided to just sit in a restaurant and kill time.</span><br />
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<i>How I miss this tea leaf salad locally known as lahpet-thoke </i></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I had the chance to meet some of my father's friends in Myanmar once again and they even hosted a lunch for us at their place. We had authentic Burmese cuisine for lunch. We were also invited to this school where my father's friend taught. We were asked to give a speech on the spot. For me, this kind of funny and a "wait, what?" moment. If you know me personally, I don't really give speeches and let alone do it on the spot. Oh, and btw, the audience are Burmese kids. They're learning English. As a token of appreciation, I received another longyi. Hehe. I cannot really remember the speech I gave or what was the context but hopefully, I sounded inspirational to them. Hehe.</span><br />
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<i>Merienda as sponsored by my father's friend </i></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Of course, this trip wouldn't end without my favorite part. Shopping! Finally, something that reminds me of home, a mall. Haha! We went inside this certain mall and went straight to the grocery to buy for some pasalubong. Bought some Myanmar beers and a brandy which is just cost a dollar. Imagine, 1 dollar for a brandy. I couldn't remember most of it but I remember finally getting a good's night sleep then off we go to the airport.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I wouldn't say this trip went by so fast. It is definitely challenging but if there are places that make me hate the Philippines and take things for granted. This time, Myanmar made me really appreciate living in the Philippines. I felt really thankful that despite all the bad things happening in the country, I can enjoy my day to day life like I am always used to. It made me appreciate the little things in life and for me, it's very timely because this was my 2nd to the last SEA country to visit and instead of looking for things that are not in PH, it really helped me reflect and think about what I like in my own country.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Will I go again? Hmm... Probably. Looking forward to the day Myanmar gets more known and had more tourists. And probably, on my next visit, I can see the actual Bagan hot air balloons.</span><br />
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Maaya Legaspihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10175924963575211047noreply@blogger.com0Inle Lake, Myanmar (Burma)20.5862914 96.9101805999999920.3483739 96.5874571 20.824208900000002 97.232904099999985tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3760548448812987226.post-52055285468519920322020-03-29T19:05:00.000+08:002020-03-29T19:05:06.532+08:00Anxiety and the Feeling of Helplessness in the Time of COVID-19<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">It's been two weeks since the president ordered Metro Manila lockdown which has now escalated to Luzon Lockdown. Everyone I know is working from home, my carpool telegram group doesn't have any new post about finding a ride going to BGC and Pasig. And now, as I am typing this, Peter just told me his body aches which apparently is a symptom of COVID-19</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Just the start of this year, the whole world was shaken when a new virus was suddenly making everyone sick in Wuhan, China. At the time, people don't seem to look at the situation as very critical or would become serious which is why we are where we are at the moment. The virus is new and no one knows how to stop it, information is limited, everyone is racing against time to find the cure or even just a vaccine to protect those who haven't contracted the virus yet.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The moment I found out that there's a new virus in China, I was already afraid. Afraid because in today's world, people can come and go to any country they wanted to visit and the Philippines is just a plane away from China, even from Wuhan where the pandemic started. I knew that the Philippines would get it anytime soon so the next day, I went to the nearby drugstore to buy vitamin C and bought 5 bottles of alcohol. This is during the time the Philippines doesn't have any cases yet. It didn't help that Taal just erupted and everyone is struggling to get face masks so there are no stocks of face masks to any drug stores I went to. When I went home from work that day, I started checking Lazada and found out that Indoplas is still selling surgical masks so lucky me, I was able to buy. 2 days later when PH just reported its first case, the surgical mask was already out of stock.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">January was still casual for everyone. Even though we have a reported case, everyone went on with their lives on a normal basis. I don't even know what's normal anymore. So how did we ended up here? Maybe it's a series of bad decisions or maybe it is just bound to happen. One thing is for sure, Ph is not ready for this kind of pandemic.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I am young and I'd say I am pretty healthy but no one really knows who can get and have severe symptoms. Every night since the lockdown started, I always think about the future. I am set to work in Australia and just had my interview with my employer's Brisbane office because I already accepted that Brisbane might work better now if there are no projects in Melbourne.. But just when they are about to tell us the interview results, they said that they are halting employees from traveling overseas for awhile in precaution for COVID-19. It didn't help that Australia closed its borders too.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">2020 was the year I am supposed to fly to AU and I don't know now when it can commence. Every night I think about my parents. They are relatively old and the thought of them getting the virus scares the shit out of me. I also fear for my boyfriend because his immune system is not as strong as mine and until now, he still goes to work every day which is a very high risk for him.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Some people are getting laid off, some people are not earning right now because of the lockdown. Sooner or later, small businesses will find it hard to operate, big businesses will get affected too if this goes on. Every night, I always think of how hard it is to be a medical frontliner, I think of the future.. What will be normal, can we go back to our lives 1 month ago?<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I am someone who really likes going out so staying at home this long is really hard for me but I know that this is the only way I can help. I don't know if there's anything else I can do but it really sucks knowing I can't help big time at this situation. I can only pray and ask God to end this pandemic and I hope it is soon. I think of how the Philippines can cope knowing we are a third world country and red taping is more common that urgency. The news on social media is not helping too. COVID-19 cases are going up, the government we have right now doesn't have a sense of urgency, negative news day in and day out.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">My day to day activities would include working, exercising, then repeat until the end of the lockdown. It gets harder to focus every day on work because the news is overbearing. As if we don't have the worst news today, tomorrow gets worse than todays. I don't know how this will end. Will the lockdown totally end on April 14 or will there be an extension? Because as I can see it, it will be extended but for how long? How about the working class? There are too many questions and it is stressing me out because we don't know any answers right now. It just breaks my heart to see the world right now. How did we end up here? Do we really deserve this? The innocent lives that were taken, is it really the price we need to pay in order to survive this pandemic?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">With all of this in my mind, it is not easy to be positive. The helplessness is frightening. Where are we headed? Every day is a day of surviving and not knowing what will happen. It just really makes me sad and afraid.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I hope we all make it. I hope the future is still bright and I hope that this is just a delay for whatever plans we have. I hope all the lessons we learn from this pandemic will be taken seriously so that this doesn't happen anymore. I hope we can all learn from our mistakes.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></div>
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Prior to this trip, I didn’t really know anything about Mandalay as well as Inle Lake. I just know that I need to visit this country just to see the <a href="https://www.maayalegaspi.com/search/label/Bagan"><span class="s1">Bagan</span></a> hot air balloons. And when I booked our tickets via Air Asia, this is when I only knew there is really a lot of good stuff Myanmar has to offer too. I mean why is this country not as popular as <a href="https://www.maayalegaspi.com/search/label/Thailand"><span class="s1">Thailand</span></a> and <a href="https://www.maayalegaspi.com/search/label/Vietnam"><span class="s1">Vietnam</span></a> when there are also a lot of temples, palace, and an amazing view?</div>
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Just like any other Indochina counties, Myanmar also has its own palace that was once the place where kings and queens stayed. In this case, Mandalay has its own too. Bangkok has its Grand Palace, Mandalay has its Mandalay Royal Palace. Even though it is as not grand as the grand palace, it sure is somehow at par at how big it is.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div>
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So to start the morning, after having our breakfast, I remember walking and looking for a money changer around the vicinity because we are already running out of Burmese kyat (read as chat) Money changers are somewhat very picky in the money they accept. Any small stamp would lessen its value and we don’t want that. Also, if I haven’t said this before, they don’t change Philippine peso so it is best to bring US dollars. For this whole trip, I think my maximum budget would be 300 dollars but I have an excess of 100 US dollars just in case of an emergency. 300 USD is already too much given that some of my expenses were also shouldered by my father. hehe. Perks of traveling with your parents. We have a hard time looking for the money changer place because Waze/google maps are not cooperating very well.</div>
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So, when we had our money changed, we agreed to walk our way to Mandalay Palace. The hotel I booked was near the palace and therefore we can just walk our way there. By the way, Mandalay is kind of more modern than Bagan but if I’ll compare it here in PH, it’s modernity is like the ones we still have in our provinces/rural areas.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div>
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By the way, they are like the <i>habal habal</i> we have here in Manila. They do also have different kinds of grab there. They have grab car where the cars are really old and dirty. The drivers are not required to open the AC. They also have Grab Thone-Bane which is the one that stuck with me the most because it’s the tricycle we have in Marikina. haha!<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div>
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Just like many palaces and old cities I went to, if it’s not enclosed in a wall, it is surrounded by a body of water and there’s a bridge connecting it to the main road. Some of the walls are in need of major renovation and there are no more furniture inside. Just plain buildings. There’s an area which is like a mini-museum where you could read the history of the palace. This is also the last royal palace in the Burmese Monarchy. It’s really nice to see centuries-old buildings and wonder how people were able to maintain and restore it for people to see. Before entering, we were asked for our IDs, in our case our passport. The entrance costs 10000 kyats which can also be used to visit other pagodas.</div>
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Our next stop was Kuthodaw Pagoda. We booked a grab thone-bane. Very helpful!</div>
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Kuthodaw Pagoda probably is one of the most visited and famous pagodas in Mandalay because of its color. Plain white. Every Instagrammer's spot. LOL. Kuthodaw Pagoda is known to have the biggest book where each page are scripted in a big stupa. I remember having to always have to take off my footwear. In this case, the vicinity is somehow tiled but there are marks of betel nuts in the tiles.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div>
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Shwenandaw Monastery</h4>
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Due to Buddhist beliefs, girls are not allowed to enter the monastery but we can take a peek inside. What struck me the most in this monastery is that aside from it is made of wood, the intricate wood carvings of the walls are superb! Atumashi Temple can be seen from Shwenandaw Monastery.</div>
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Maaya Legaspihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10175924963575211047noreply@blogger.com0Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma)21.9588282 96.08910319999995421.7231707 95.766379699999959 22.194485699999998 96.411826699999949tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3760548448812987226.post-54244015204270168792020-02-01T16:22:00.000+08:002020-02-01T16:22:40.790+08:00Myanmar: Mandalay Hill<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Once we arrived in Mandalay, I already knew that this one is a whole lot different than our experience in Bagan. After alighting the minibus that transported us from Bagan to Mandalay, we rode a tuktuk going to our hotel, <a href="https://www.agoda.com/royal-pearl-hotel/hotel/mandalay-mm.html" target="_blank">Royal Pearl Hotel.</a> Our hotel is perfectly situated inside the city and getting a ride to different places in Mandalay is a breeze. Since we arrived at the hotel around the afternoon already, I made it sure that our itinerary for the day is just simple and not so tiring.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br />
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We rested for awhile inside the hotel before we went to our stop, Mandalay Hill.</div>
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Prior to this trip, I knew that going to the summit won’t be hard because you can just ride a tuktuk or a car going to the drop off area where you can then ride an elevator going up. But boy, I am not prepared for actually going up on a flight of stairs. Instead of bringing us to the area where we would just ride an elevator, the tuktuk driver actually brought us to the entrance where we need to use the stairs. We were greeted by 2 gigantic lions which are popularly known as Chinthe hnkaung atet in Mandalay.</div>
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To be honest, it doesn’t really matter to me if I climb a flight of stairs or not because I don’t mind sweating or getting tired because it’s one of the essences of traveling, what I just didn’t like (and not just here but entire Myanmar), is that I have to climb the stairs barefoot as since the place is kind of sacred, we need to remove our footwear and bring it with us. They provided plastics where visitors can put their slippers if they want to bring their slippers with them. There's also an option of leaving the slippers on the rack but then you need to go back to this exact entrance just to get your slippers. I just don't understand why they require you to remove your footwear. The stairs and pathway are dirty. It's just unhygienic.<br />
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Busy Mandalay</div>
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One of the lions outside the entrance </div>
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Some PH chips being sold on the way to the top of Mandalay Hill. Yup, jack n jill. haha! </div>
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One of the buddhas scattered on the hill</div>
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The climb on the way up wasn’t that hard because the view is superb while going up, the air also feels so good and we came across different tourists and monks who too are going up. Also, Mandalay hill isn’t just a single temple or something, there are many temples in this hill so even though we aren’t at the top yet, we already encounter a lot of temples along the way. There are locals, even dogs going up and down.</div>
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For me, the best part of Mandalay Hill is the view at the top plus the details of Su Taung Pyae Pagoda. This pagoda is the main must-see in Mandalay Hill aside from the view at the top. This pagoda isn’t like the other pagoda in Myanmar where the shape is always triangular and has a gold color. This one resembles a Hindu temple. The view on the top became even more beautiful because of the sunset magnifying the whole city of Mandalay. It’s a 360 degrees view!<br />
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Luckily for us too, during our visit, there aren’t many tourists so even though there are many people, we can still enjoy the view. There’s an entrance ticket but I already forgot how much it was, it probably is more expensive now because this trip was way July 2018. They only charge foreign visitors though, and while my father always gets mistaken for being a Burmese, locals would already know I am a foreigner even when I am wearing my longyi. LOL.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div>
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People at the top too, some are even monks, loved to chat and practice their English. Some would just go straight up to you and chat with you telling you stories. hehe. Most of them telling me how much they like the Philippines. :)<br />
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Maaya Legaspihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10175924963575211047noreply@blogger.com0Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma)21.9588282 96.08910319999995421.7231707 95.766379699999959 22.194485699999998 96.411826699999949tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3760548448812987226.post-40484642016040754732020-02-01T14:10:00.000+08:002020-02-01T14:13:51.700+08:00Myanmar: Bagan Day 2<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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It’s been almost 1 year and 6 months since we went to Myanmar and I am sooooooo delayed in writing this down. I can’t remember the tiny details anymore huhu. That’s why it’s always good to write while your memory is still fresh. This is one of the highlights of my 2018 and it just sucks that I didn’t blog about this sooner. I’ll just probably write what I can remember and believe me when I say I don’t really trust my memory that much but I’ll try. hehe. I’ll take notes from the photos I took and see if I can remember something from that. So yep, here it goes…<br />
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Well, as you probably know, I’ve been wanting to visit Myanmar because of many reasons. Well, for one, my Southeast Asia bucket which I also completed last 2018, and 2 mores reasons are because of the hot air balloons in Bagan and the stories my father told me when he worked for a time in Thailand and Myanmar’s border in <a href="https://www.maayalegaspi.com/2016/02/thailand-2015-mae-sot.html" target="_blank">Mae Sot</a> and Myawaddy. As my <a href="https://www.maayalegaspi.com/2019/08/myanmar-bagan-day-1.html" target="_blank">previous post about Bagan</a>, there are no hot air balloons at the time of our visit, it’s not in season (1 reason to go back LOL). Of course, even there are no hot air balloons at the time, there’s still so much Bagan has to offer.</div>
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We started the day having our breakfast at the hostel. Breakfast was supposed to be buffet type but it seems that it’s offseason so instead of preparing buffet breakfast, guests are asked to choose from a menu of breakfast they’re currently offering. Me, being the noodles lover chose stir-fried noodles, or also known as pancit here in PH. haha.</div>
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We only have a map of the old Bagan, rented an e-bike and went on our way. BTW, Myanmar is one of the most conservative countries you’ll ever encounter so wearing skimpy clothes is a no-no. Proper attire should be observed when going inside temples. Also, what’s a trip to a foreign land when you won’t at least try wearing their clothing right? So yep, that’s what I did! When I and my father were in <a href="https://www.maayalegaspi.com/2019/06/myanmar-yangon-downtown-sule-and.html" target="_blank">Yangon</a> with his former student Lin Ko, we went to a public market that sells longyi. It’s a sheet of cloth that’s 2 meters in width and is worn from waist to toe. It’s being tied to the waist and there are many variations. My sister once used this as her national costume during the united nations event at her school. Useful LOL.<br />
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So for the highlight of our day, I wore a maong shorts while going to the temple and wore the longyi when we’re about to go inside. The highlight of the day? Shwezigon Pagoda!<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br />
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Shwezigon pagoda at first glance is unbelievable! Well, I’ve seen a lot of temples in my SEA backpacking but this one is really pretty. Include the birds that are flying around. I wouldn’t bore you with the history because even myself cannot remember it already LOL. but the main attraction which is the gold stupa is surrounded by small temples and is huge in size. I think we spent most of our morning here because the place is nothing like what we saw on our other days on this trip.</div>
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After Shwezigon, there’s a certain pagoda we wanted to visit but Waze cannot locate it correctly so while on the way and we’re stumbling across different temples, we decided to visit them as well. One of which is Dhamma Ya Zi Ka Pagoda. during our visit, the temple seemed to be under maintenance. None the less, we still decided to go inside.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br />
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Old school clay pot water container. People can drink from this containers. My father told me we once have these here in PH but it seems that no one uses this anymore.<br />
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After getting lost and not finding the pagoda we are looking for, we decided to look for the place where tourists catch the sunset. If you will google on where to catch the best sunset in Bagan, there are many recommendations that would pop out. We didn’t really followed any of those and just decided to look for a temple that has a terrace where we can see the Thousand temples of Bagan. There are some reported cases before where tourists climb temples just to get the bird’s eye view of the temples but it was strictly prohibited so yep, no climbing temples. hehe.</div>
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We are lucky to find a temple with a good view. Imagine if there are hot air balloons. How beautiful would this view be?<br />
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I have fragments of memory in this trip but I don’t know the exact order so maybe I’ll jot down what I can remember?</div>
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I remember our e-bike got its battery drained out in the middle of nowhere and good thing we have a Myanmar sim card we could use to call/text the rental shop. This is like a common scenario at the time because we always see some people waiting for a battery replacement too.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div>
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I also remember going inside a temple where there sand painting being sold.. just like the one in Cambodia.<br />
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After taking our time looking at the thousands of temples of Bagan, we had our late lunch at a restaurant. Finally some good food because our dinner the night prior to this day was in a small restaurant that sells different kinds of curry. I’ve been having a hard time eating in Myanmar because while I am not a picky eater, I didn’t expect Myanmar’s food to be hmm.. not my type? Also, I have trust issues in terms of how well they prepare the food. When the food was served to us, the food was not warm, the smell was not appetizing, at least to me. So I only ate the hard-boiled egg that was included. The rest was eaten by my father. That dinner was probably the least appetizing meal I had in Myanmar. Also, when we got back, my father was diagnosed to have e. coli which I think he got from that dinner in Myanmar.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br />
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After lunch, we went back to the hotel to rest for a while and had our afternoon beer. Let me just say we are probably drinking beers in Myanmar almost every day. haha!<br />
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I would say Bagan is one of the best places you can visit in Myanmar. I enjoyed every bit of our stay here except maybe for the food. Maybe we weren’t just looking in the right places.</div>
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If you go here, prepare to see beautiful pagodas but at the same time getting tired of it because there’s a thousand of it here. haha!<br />
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So yup. That’s it for Bagan. The next day, we were picked up by a tuktuk and we were dropped off to the terminal where we rode a mini bus going to Mandalay. The mini bus was a whole lot of new experience! I’ve been into many overnight buses across Southeast Asia but this one is cool too. Because since it’s during the daytime that we’re traveling, I can see the houses and locals on the streets and how they live their life. I like observing people. People chewing betel nuts, selling nuts and other local delicacies. I even had to pee at the gasoline stopover which thank God, the toilet has a bidet, is clean, and has an actual toilet bowl.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div>
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Mandalay is a lot more urban than Bagan. Mandalay, for me, is my favorite on this trip. The weather is better than Yangon, cleaner than any other places we visited, and I liked the vibe better. Plus the food! I’m saving this for another post. haha!</div>
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And yup. That’s 2 days in Bagan. :)<br />
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The last entry on my Japan diaries, for now. :) I can’t believe I’m down to the last one. I am missing every bit of my vacation to Japan. Almost all the stuff on my Facebook timeline reminds me of Japan. It’s really calling me back. LOL. Imagine the self-control I had to do when Cebu Pacific had their Piso sale just this week! I was really thinking of booking a plane ticket to Osaka again but figured that I don’t have the slightest clue yet of my schedule for this year so I set the thought aside for now. But you get the point right?!!! If not this year, I’ll definitely come and see their Spring season for the Cherry Blossoms.<br />
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So yup, before this post gets out of hand, let’s get back to the main topic. <b>K Y O T O.</b> Girl, Kyoto is sooo freaking beautiful, and yet again, where in Japan can you see a spot that isn’t beautiful? I cannot stress if enough.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> This country is just so pretty.</span><br />
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So I woke up around 8am and tried my best to move faster because I want to see Kyoto and go back with the sun still shining because again, I have to bike my way around my tita’s area in dark. By this time though, I know what I will search in google maps so that I won’t get lost so no more worries in getting lost unlike my first try going home alone where my tita had to fetch me from the bicycle parking area because I got lost and even she doesn’t know where area I am at the moment. haha!</div>
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I got my <a href="https://www.klook.com/en-PH/activity/9882-kyoto-osaka-sightseeing-pass-japan/" target="_blank">Osaka-Kyoto sightseeing</a> pass from Klook but believe it or not, I wasn’t able to use it. For one, the train I was using was Kintetsu line and I think it’s not included in the pass. So yep, with just a selfie stick, and a point and shoot camera, I explored my way in Kyoto.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div>
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It’s just one train away from my tita’s area so I am certain I’ll arrive in Kyoto station. The first order of business? Arashiyama Bamboo Forest. Once I arrived at the Kyoto Station, it’s no exaggeration that it’s on a whole new level!!! The fast and slow lane in the escalator seemed to switch too because people in Kyoto stand on the left while people in a hurry walk on the right side. Kind of weird for me but my tita already notified me about this and told me it isn’t the same in all places in Japan.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br />
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The train system in Japan, while very foolproof, it can get quite confusing too! It’s so easy to get lost. I am always pressed for time in this exploration so what would a solo traveler do on a situation like this? Thankfully, they have a very systematic travel counter. I asked about the stops and where I need to alight or exchange trains in order to arrive in Arashiyama and the attendant explained very well on where I should. She even provided maps and guides for me to use. So when I opened the map, voila!~ Am I in the future? LOL.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div>
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These bamboos remind me of the green tea scent I always loved. It’s very calming, very peaceful, you just walk and walk at the end of it and not get tired even though the pathway is ascent.</div>
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At times like this, I wish I really had someone take a photo of me. Good old selfie stick took the shot but I had no choice but to also ask other tourist if they mind taking my photo. LOL. I remember asking 4 different people if they could take my photo. They all helped me so yey! I wouldn’t complain about the shot because it was a favor so yep. haha!</div>
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At the end of the trail, the path is splitting, one is going left, one is going right. But instead of taking a pick, I went back and went into this beautiful temple, Tenryu-ji Temple, that wasn’t actually part of my itinerary but I’m glad I did visit it because again, I cannot believe what my eyes are actually seeing! The colors of the trees are amazing. It’s as if it is setting my favorite color palette in real life, no kidding.</div>
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My next stop is the Fushimi Inari Taisha shrine which is definitely not that hard to find. Once you alight at the Fushimi Inari station, the pathway leading to the shrine is very visible. What amazes me in this area are the thousand torii gates that lead up to the shrine at the top of the mountain. Who would have thought that this will instantly become a hike? I met a Singaporean who was kind enough to ask if I want her to take my photo because she saw I was using my selfie stick to take photos. lol.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div>
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I wasn’t really prepared for the hike though because I was wearing heels. I was probably like 2/3 way through before I decided I’ll go down already because my feet cannot really do it. But don’t get me wrong, if I was wearing comfortable footwear, I’ll definitely go to the top. The view though is amazing! I was able to go far enough and stumble across a viewing deck.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br />
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As for lunch, yup, no decent lunch again because I am always running after time but when I went down, there’s a couple of street vendors selling street food so that’s where I had my super duper late lunch. I also saw a mini shrine where they sell charms. Lucky for me, I already bought my charms at the Todai-Ji Temple in <a href="https://www.maayalegaspi.com/2019/12/wearing-kimono-around-nara.html" target="_blank">Nara Park.</a><br />
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And yes, after that, I hurried my way back to Kyoto Station where apparently, I got lost inside the station so instead of going home with the sun still up, I was beaten up again because when I arrived at my stop, it’s already dark. Google maps took the lead. haha! I even bumped into my tita going home to their house and said she’ll just meet up with some of her friends, says we’ll have dinner together with the whole fam bam.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div>
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I was able to rest for a while before my cousin told me using google translate that we need to go to izakaya already. haha! I love how technology keeps up. We went to our dinner place using bicycles. Keigo really did pedal so fast I was way behind haha. I was kind of traumatized when I had a bike accident days prior.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div>
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The restaurant is a typical Japanese drinking place. Not that I have many encounters with Japanese drinking place but my comparison is usually to animes and Japanese series/movies I see online. Our dinner was some kind of yakitori. Fun fact: I didn’t know you cannot ask the waiters to pack your leftovers in Japanese restaurants. I mean, is that only a Filipino kind of thing? or is it just the Japanese who don’t like packing leftovers?</div>
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Had some <i>kwentuhan</i> and questions about when will I go back. haha. To be honest, I don’t even want to leave. LOL. But good things always come to an end. I cannot believe 9 days went by so fast! It’s my last night and my last dinner with them and even though I don’t speak Japanese, I don’t feel left out. They really went above and beyond to make my stay super duper worthwhile huhu. The more reason I need to learn how to speak Japanese.<br />
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My flight is still 9-ish in the evening and my bus ticket going to Kansai Airport is still scheduled at 5:05 pm so I still had time to you know, do more shopping. haha. The plan for the day was to pack my bags, then after lunchtime, tito Takeshi will take me to go shopping, then we’ll meet with tita then they’ll send me off to the bus.<br />
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So yep. I packed during the morning. My tita let me borrowed her bigger luggage because apparently, my stuff couldn’t fit my luggage anymore. And, I already pre-bought a 20kg baggage allowance but upon weighing my baggage, it still went over and my friends who went to Japan told me that they are very strict in terms of excess baggage so it is better to buy another extra baggage. LOL. This I could say, <i>Shopping pa more!</i> haha. To be fair though, shopping in Japan is a whole new level of ~*retail therapy*~. I mean, experience it for yourself.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div>
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Anyways, after packing everything up, tito Takeshi accompanied me to GU, a shop that’s almost like H&M, Uniqlo, where I shop for some winter clothes again because I’m preparing for my next winter experience in another country. It’s really a good thing most of the stores are on sale during my visit because the prices can get really low! tito Takeshi even bought me a jacket! Huhu He told me Australia can get colder than Japan so I needed a thick one. Awwww!!! I am super spoiled in this trip!!!</div>
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After my final shopping, we went to fetch tita Remy, got my baggage from their house then tita and I shared my last meal in Japan. Awww. They wanted to bring me to this certain restaurant but since it’s almost 4 by that time and the bus leaves at 5:05, we decided to eat somewhere near the bus stop. No regrets though because my last meal in Japan is freaking unforgettable. I feel like I am exaggerating all my words but at the same time, I don’t because it is what it really is lol. I am super full. Both my heart and my stomach to be exact.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br />
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I hope I can return the favor one day. I thought by seeing Japan, my eagerness to see it will fade but turns out it’s the other way around. I am determined to see Japan even more. Explore more of it, see more of it, taste more it. It’s true when they say Japan is that one place you’ll always want to get back to. I am lucky to have relatives in Japan and have a place to stay when I visit Osaka. Heck, I am lucky to have Japanese cousins. How’s that. Lol.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div>
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So yep, Until my next Japan trip! :D <3<br />
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2019 Japan Diaries:</div>
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<a href="https://www.maayalegaspi.com/2019/12/8-days-in-ja-fun.html" target="_blank">8 DAYS IN JA-FUN</a></div>
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<a href="https://www.maayalegaspi.com/2019/12/osaka-at-glance.html" target="_blank">OSAKA AT A GLANCE</a></div>
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<a href="https://www.maayalegaspi.com/2019/12/wearing-kimono-around-nara.html" target="_blank">WEARING A KIMONO AROUND NARA</a></div>
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<a href="https://www.maayalegaspi.com/2020/01/rokko-snow-park-kobe-chinatown-and.html" target="_blank">ROKKO SNOW PARK, KOBE CHINATOWN, AND KARAOKE NIGHT</a></div>
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<a href="https://www.maayalegaspi.com/2020/01/in-photos-universal-studios-japan.html" target="_blank">IN PHOTOS: UNIVERSAL STUDIOS JAPAN</a></div>
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Maaya Legaspihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10175924963575211047noreply@blogger.com0Kyoto, Japan35.011564 135.7681489000000334.5958405 135.12270190000004 35.4272875 136.41359590000002tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3760548448812987226.post-73266471424659801602020-01-11T15:42:00.000+08:002020-01-11T15:44:08.844+08:00In Photos: Universal Studios Japan<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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First of all, my 14 years old self is so so so so happy about this. I am a big fan of amusement parks ever since I was a kid. Most, if not all Filipino 90s kid would agree that EK was their first happy place. I mean I don’t remember much from my childhood but I sure did remember going to EK with my family. Good times. Still warms my heart just by thinking about it.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div>
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It was always a dream for me to visit Tokyo Disneyland because of the stories my tita and tito would tell me back then. So just imagine how happy I was when I first went to Hong Kong Disneyland. I remember I was with my father and I was holding my tears back while watching the fireworks display with a whole new world as the background song. Since then, it made my feelings towards amusement parks so much stronger. I just feel very happy that I don’t know which ride to try first, or which shows to watch first.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div>
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I remember when I posted a photo of me with the iconic globe of <a href="https://www.maayalegaspi.com/2018/04/universal-studios-singapore.html" target="_blank">Universal Studios Singapore,</a> my tita commented that USS is nothing compared to USJ. It was January 2018 and come December 2019, who would've thought I’ll get to visit the top tier Universal Studios Japan? I mean, what a way to end the freaking decade!!!<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div>
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I always thought I’d get to visit it someday but I didn’t know 2019 is the year I get to experience it. Despite everything that’s happened, 2019 has its own way of making it memorable.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div>
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So yup. Since I am oh so excited to visit USJ, even though I was tired from skiing, I didn’t let sleep make me late in waking up. For the first time, I actually abide by the call time and woke up at 7am. We arrived around 10:30-ish and there's already a lot people. My cousin Anika has her 1-year pass which was just bought weeks before our visit because she went there with her friends a week before my arrival. Can you imagine? 1-week pass!!! You can see the park all year round, all seasons! I guess it's the reason why it just looks like a normal day for some students as I saw a lot of students in their uniforms as if they just got through class. Lol. As for me and my tita, our tickets was bought at Lawson the day before. How convenient to be able to buy tickets at Lawson.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div>
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The park is ~*insanely*~ big. Nothing like the amusement parks I’ve been to. Not that I’ve been to many amusement parks but this one... it’s insane. If in some amusement parks, you can still see the entirety of it in a day by trying to be resourceful on your time, this one, I can confidently say, 2 days is not enough, let alone a day. 3 days? Probably the best number of days you should allot in order to see everything you want to see in USJ.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div>
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Blame it in the number of the visitor or just literally how big the area is, you’re pushing your luck way too hard to be trying to see everything in one go. Also, check your expectations when you're here because mine didn’t sit well with reality. Haha. We went here on a regular day. Monday, nothing special, but there are still a lot of people. Lines are overwhelming, there wasn’t any place that there’s no crowd.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> I'd like to say they should limit the number of people going in but mehhh... I don't know how that will work.</span></div>
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Since my cousin knows the ins and outs, she led the way inside the park. We first went to the Harry Potter area since it is expected to be jampacked around the afternoon because of the fans. We waited for almost an hour just for one ride! Though the ride is so nice! It’s like the transformers in USS.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div>
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And to end the USJ experience, we waited for the parade before the closing. After the parade, we were literally running to the gates so we will not be swept by the crowds. We are also trying to catch the Kintetsu line going to my tita's. It was sooooo freaking exhausting. Needless to say, since I wasn’t able to see everything, I’ll definitely go back. <i>*wink wink*</i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">yummy cinnamon sticks :p~~~ </span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;"> Not much of a Harry Potter fan but I'm amazed at how many people dress up as characters when they go here</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;"> Butterbeer for HP fans!</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">What a 5000 yen lunch looks like at USJ LOL. To be fair though, this is better than the burgers I tried at USS.</span></i></div>
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Prior to this trip, I was thinking of selling my canon camera because I thought I don't have any use for it anymore since I usually take photos using my phone. Guess what? should have brought it with me because apparently iPhone 8 plus doesn't do good on low light and moving objects. Most of the pics I took during the parade were either blurred or dark.<br />
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Maaya Legaspihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10175924963575211047noreply@blogger.com0Osaka, Japan34.6937249 135.5022535000000534.4847959 135.17953000000006 34.9026539 135.82497700000005tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3760548448812987226.post-46371991977247829502020-01-03T20:30:00.000+08:002020-01-03T20:32:16.503+08:00Rokko Snow Park, Kobe Chinatown, and Karaoke Night<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I haven’t seen real snow in entire life. I mean the Philippines is a tropical country and there are just 2 seasons here plus all the countries I’ve been too are also tropical countries. LOL. It’s either hot or super hot. Yup, that’s a joke but you get the point. It’s currently January and it should be the coldest month in the Philippines but it feels like summer. Ugh. I can only imagine how hot it will be in the upcoming summer season. Tank tops all way.<br />
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With that being said, of course, who doesn’t want to experience snow first hand???!!!! It’s also winter when I went to Japan so I was expecting to really see snow. Unfortunately, it doesn’t snow on my tita’s place. I’m so naive to think that just because it’s winter, it snows. It doesn’t work that way. My tita and tito Takeshi were so excited I’m going to Japan they really pulled out all the stops to make my stay worthwhile and this includes bringing me to a place where I can see legit snow! Well it’s partly real and partly fake snow so it counts as my first encounter with snow, right? hmmm… right. :) Tell me otherwise. haha!</div>
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The plan was to wake up at around 8 and leave by 9am to go to Rokko Snow Park in Kobe. But there was never a call time in my stay in Japan that was followed. We always wake up late because we are always tired from the previous day’s activities which in this case was me and my tita’s <a href="https://www.maayalegaspi.com/2019/12/wearing-kimono-around-nara.html" target="_blank">Nara Park</a> and Shopping day.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div>
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Kobe was part of my initial itinerary more specifically Rokko Snow Park but I never did imagine it’s the same snow park my tito will bring me because since this trip is lax, I don’t mind changing my day’s activity depending on my mood. I never actually planned to visit Rokko Snow Park knowing that I’ll be alone and I don’t know any snow sports activity. But lucky me, I just had my first snow ski experience. Yahoo!<br />
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It was quite far from my tita’s place. We drove for around 2 hours going to the snow park. I don’t mind though because the scenery is so beautiful. Is there a place in Japan that isn’t beautiful????? The traffic is oh so awesome. haha! It was also during our drive going to Rokko Snow Park that they decided to have a karaoke night. HAHA!</div>
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Rokko Snow Park is situated in an elevated place. Not sure if it’s a mountain but the view from the sidelines is very pretty. I feel like I am watching a real-life anime. Now I know animes that portray Japan isn’t lying, it is like that in real life. omg.</div>
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Clothes for the snow activities are for rent as well as snowboards and skis. There are sizes and many designs to choose from. The shoes are also available for rent. I just don’t know if it’s a separate payment or already included in the clothes rental payment. The shoes are freaking heavy. We are like robots when we walk lol.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div>
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My tito Takeshi is skilled in skiing so he’s the one who’s in charge of teaching us how to ski. In the end, I’m not a sports guru who can learn how to ski in 4 hours but I sure did try my best to at least decently ski and not fall at the same time. haha! We built a snowman, cliche threw snowballs at each other, and just enjoyed the day. Just by writing this down now makes me so thankful again about this trip.</div>
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After a well-spent afternoon at Rokko Snow Park, tito Takeshi brought us to Nankinmachi, also known as Kobe Chinatown. This is where I found out that a stick of Kobe beef costs 1000 yen. 3 pieces of small meat for roughly 500 pesos. Girl, I am so intrigued wished I tried it.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div>
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There are many stalls like most Chinatowns, the most popular stalls are food stalls of different kinds. There are some that sell Chinese food, some sell sweets, fried snacks, milk teas, and local Japanese stuff. I also tried this pudding from Kobe Milk which currently has the <a href="https://www.guinnessworldrecords.es/world-records/586692-most-creamy-dessert-puddings-sold-in-one-hour" target="_blank">Guinness World Record for “most creamy dessert puddings sold in one hour”</a> which they just recently earned last December 7, 2019. Cool.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div>
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After strolling around Chinatown, we first stopped by a grocery store to buy ingredients for Nabe which my tito Takeshi takes pride in cooking. hehe. We are all still full from eating merienda at Chinatown so we went to the karaoke first before heading back for dinner.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div>
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What can I say? Even the karaoke in Japan is cool. HAHA. There are Tagalog songs too. It’s fun knowing both my cousins like to sing, especially Anika whom my tita told me is always at the karaoke with her friends every weekend. haha! Anika and Keigo are both good singers. It’s fun watching them sing Japanese songs while I try to sing by while slowly reading the Hiragana characters. Thanks to my Japanese 1 and 2 at UPD. Lol. I managed to sing First Love by Utada Hikaru in Nihonggo when the English version that was selected turned out to be a different song. Lucky for me, the song was slow enough for me to read the characters. At least my short stint of learning Japanese helped me sing a song. HAHA ugh.</div>
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After our karaoke night, we went home and eat the Nabe tito Takeshi prepared for us. Told ya, it was always a full day in Japan. Every day is full of adventure. LOL. And this doesn’t end yet coz the next day, me, my tita, and Anika will go to Universal Studios Japan. Wuhoo!!! We are all joking during the drive to Rokko Snow Park how we will cancel USJ because of swollen legs. Thankfully we all went back in one piece and still manage to push through USJ. Though I could say my right thumb is still injured. I am still yet to see a doctor because it’s almost 3 weeks and I can’t still fully use my right thumb. Hopefully nothing serious that would prevent me from doing activities.<br />
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<a href="https://www.rokkosan.com/ski/en/#price" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Rokko Snow Park</span></a><br />
<a href="https://www.japan-guide.com/e/e3551.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Nankinmachi (Kobe Chinatown)</span></a></div>
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Maaya Legaspihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10175924963575211047noreply@blogger.com0Kobe, Hyogo, Japan34.6900806 135.195631134.2726271 134.55018410000002 35.1075341 135.8410781tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3760548448812987226.post-5532676461530291212019-12-31T12:03:00.001+08:002020-01-02T15:21:35.701+08:002019: What A Year it Has Been<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Oh wow. I don’t even know where to start but let me just say this before everything else: <b>2019 is my plot twist. </b>It went extremes to extremes. If 2018 was all the good stuff like making me finish my SEA bucket list (this is a pretty big deal to me), loving my job but had to leave it, invested in something that both me and my boyfriend will benefit in the future, and many other things, 2019 started out like I want it to end already. I’ve been meaning to write this for a while now so here it is. This is just my experience and I don’t blame anyone or condemn anyone or any entity or any stuff, just to be clear.<br />
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I left my job at DXC December last year and as anyone close to me would know I am very much happy at DXC. It’s like the boyfriend you had that was just fun and everything but somehow you don’t know what happened and you both just fell apart. What an explanation, no? haha. So yep, I was really happy working at DXC at that time that I don’t wish for it to be Friday already. I just do my day to day job which at that time was fulfilling and it was end to end what a tester role really is! I was able to manage a small team of testers for a minor project, I was really happy at what I am doing and I won’t write down the specifics here of what I’m doing at work because it can get boring but somehow at the end of 2018, everyone was leaving the company. There was no salary increase and it was something I really needed at the time.<br />
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We have 2 days a week work from home but it wasn’t strictly imposed so almost everyone is working from home maybe 3 times a week which for me, there’s nothing wrong with it. It’s just that after some time, it felt really disheartening to see that no one’s in the office when you come to work. Even on days when we have team meetings, some people don’t come to the office anymore. Aside from the salary increase I needed, my mentor also resigned so it was already a big red flag for me.</div>
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Fast forward to the time I was applying for another job, I got this offer from another multinational company which I won’t disclose the name. Yes, the salary was very attractive and I was very desperate to change jobs so I accepted it. This was December 2018. In my first week, it was very clear to me that I won’t like what I am doing and that I needed to rethink my next moves. I am partly to blame for accepting the job. I was so desperate I didn’t weigh the pros and cons very well.</div>
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I immediately talked to my manager and told him that I wanted to do Automation, I want to switch to another role, etc. etc. etc. I gave it 3 months before I finally looked for another job. I tried changing perspectives but the only thing that keeps me going in this job is my workmates. Aside from that? Na-ah. Not to mention the schedule which was morning and I, myself, was never a morning person. I learned to love coffee so much this year. LOL! It’s depressing looking for jobs when no one was accepting you and you just want to get out desperately. Also, April this year, I am trying to fix my documents in order to obtain an Australian working visa which we all know is not that easy. I don’t think I am skilled enough. I was reviewing for English exams when one day, I was told there was a Planit roadshow here in Manila and the rest, as we all know, is my greatest plot twist.</div>
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The first 5 months of this year left me dragging myself to work. Praying and yep, crying some nights because I don’t know what to do with my career. All I wanted was to learn and be good at what I am doing, build my skills and all that. And at my role at that time, I wasn’t learning anything. I swear. I tried learning on my own, online training, but we all know that experience is the best teacher. I was asking God if he forgot me already. But girl, God never forgets. God prepares us so that when the opportunity is there, we are ready. I am a firm believer that if you want it, go get it and that if we want something so bad, we can get it if we just work hard enough for it. And somehow, it worked for me through the years.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div>
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In the month of June, God was making sure I know He’s still there for me. I got accepted at First circle (which is my other plot twist and I couldn’t stress enough how happy I am at First Circle. Of course every company has its ups and downs but so far, everything is so good!), I got an offer at Planit! I even won a Bingo grand prize from one of Peter’s supplier! haha! All in one freaking month!!!</div>
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Fast forward to September, my mother got hospitalized this year and my sister’s father died. I was so stressful during this time because it happened at almost the same time. I was ranting almost every day to Peter on how hard it will be and that I cannot full-on throw my anger because if it’s hard for me, how much more for my mother and my sister? I wasn’t really the “Ate” or the “panganay” type. My sister is more like the panganay and I am very much aware of that. I wasn’t all that supportive too and I didn’t know how I could be of help to them. We were shaken financially when my mother was hospitalized but I’m just glad that we survived that. September-October did shake me to my core. Everything was just stressful that I just want to work and not think of anything else.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div>
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I am still in the Philippines and I don’t have a specific date yet on when I will come to AU but I just couldn’t believe this year. It stretched me in many ways. It is very sad that I know I’ll be leaving First Circle anytime next year. I am still learning from the most skilled people that I almost didn’t want to leave. I am not sure if I am ready to live on my own but I know God will not give me the opportunity to work in AU if I am not ready yet.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div>
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My recent trip to Japan is very timely too because it reminded me once again why I wanted to work outside the Philippines. I also saw how my tita lived there and it somehow gave me a new perspective on things. Now, I can say I am fully ready. Of course, I know it will be hard knowing I’ll be far away from my loved ones but this is a new learning experience for me and I’ll get to know myself better.</div>
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And here we are! The year is almost ending and everything is good. There were A LOT of hardships but there are a lot of good memories too. So to summarize:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div>
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<li class="li3" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Spent my birthday at Ascott BGC with Peter</span></li>
<li class="li3" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Had birthday buffet lunch at Tong Yang with my relatives from father side</span></li>
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<li class="li3" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Birthday celeb with FC pipz</span></li>
<li class="li3" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Working at First Circle</span></li>
<li class="li3" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">FC parties in between</span></li>
<li class="li3" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">ML classic games with my previous workmates</span></li>
<li class="li3" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">My first Japan trip!!!</span></li>
<li class="li3" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">All the people I met and had fun with!</span></li>
<li class="li3" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Planit Opportunity!!! <3</span></li>
<li class="li3" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Gym and dates with Peter</span></li>
<li class="li3" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">And a lot more!</span></li>
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I will soooo remember you 2019. This year wasn’t easy going like 2018 but you sure did opened a lot of opportunities for me. I will be forever thankful for that.</div>
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At the start of the year, I wished for this year to be over already. But who would’ve thought this year will end in full blast? That I survived and that I am in my happy self again? That I am entering 2020 with a hopeful heart that may 2020 be good to as well.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div>
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I couldn’t thank God enough for the blessings. God really showed me that I should trust Him and His plans because the timing will always be perfect. It just makes me emotional looking back at the memories of this year. I cannot complain because I am sooo freaking blessed. Thank you 2019!!! And hello there 2020! I am so ready for you. <3</div>
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On my third day in Japan, I didn’t have to wake up early as I will only roam around Nara Park and see the different temples together with my tita. And as you might know from my previous blog post, my tita lives in Nara so going to Nara Park will only take about 10-15 minutes from their house.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div>
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My head was really hurting from the night before maybe because of exhaustion from my Osaka exploration or partly because my body’s still adjusting to the insane low temperature but I really got a good night’s sleep. I slept at around 7-ish and woke up around 8am already so yeyyyy for catching up on sleep. Haha! I was really sleep deprived prior to this trip because of preparations and work and gym and juggling my social life all at the same time. Believe me when I say it shows on your skin when you’re sleep deprived. I am starting to hate my skin and I felt ugly. Ugh.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div>
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Tito Takeshi brought us to Nara Park at around 1pm and I saw some tourists (or maybe not tourists?) wearing kimono and jokingly told my tita I also wanted to wear one. We were just talking about wearing kimono in Kyoto the other day because the vibes in Kyoto is like old Japan but we figured<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>there’s no one to take my photo because I’ll just explore Kyoto on my own on my last day. So, what’s a day with my tita around Nara without wearing a kimono, right? Haha! Tito Takeshi made a u turn and drove us to the kimono rental.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div>
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I gotta say, exploring Nara with my tita was such a lot of fun! I didn’t have any problems communicating with people because she’s there to talk to them for me. Haha! Really gotta learn Japanese now. The rental costs 4800 yen which covers the kimono and the hair arrangement. Yup, you can choose to just rent a kimono or have your hair arranged too for that added glam. And since I’m already wearing a kimono, why not make my hair suitable for the attire too?! Kimono rental is cheaper in Nara compared to Kyoto. We went inside the shop and my tita did the talking. After some time, we were escorted to another shop with all the kimonos and yukatas on display. I just learned that kimono is worn during winter and yukata during summer.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div>
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Wearing a kimono was also not easy. There are a LOT of wraps happening. My tita even jokingly told me that I am a lumpiang shanghai now because of all the garments wrapped around me. Well, it’s worn during winter so that’s probably the reason why there are so many layers. I don’t know how a person can wear a kimono alone without any help from someone. Wearing a kimono is an art in itself. I lost count on the layers. Each layer also gets tighter so I can barely breathe normally after the final layer. They also provide small bags to go with your kimono.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div>
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Nara park is famous for its deers because the deers are just scattered in the area. They can go anywhere they want to be. There’s even an underpass that doesn’t have stairs so the deers and cross the street without any hassle. Heck, they can even sit at the middle of the road and cars will have to wait until they get off the road. In Nara Park, deers are king. How lucky is my tita to see this kind of scene almost everyday? She works near Nara Park so she’s already used to deers.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div>
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Todai-ji temple is freaking huge!!! And there’s a buddha inside which got me so curious. I didn’t know that Buddhism is one of the major religions in Japan. I was surprised to see a huge buddha inside the temple.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> It's surprising because unlike the Southeast Asian countries I've been to that has pagodas almost everywhere, Japan seems to have shrines and no traces of pagoda.</span></div>
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I got to experience writing down my wishes on a piece of wood and hang it. There’s also this thing where you get a stick with number in it and you’ll now if you have good or bad luck. After reading the paper and what it states as your fortune, you have to tie it outside the temple. Girl, I only see these on animes so it was fun experiencing it! I was able to buy some charms for people too which is quite fun because again, I only see these charms on anime. Lol.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div>
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After Todai-ji temple, we already went back to the rental shop and changed to my regular clothes then we ate at Mcdonalds. At the time, they have this delicious croquet burgers with gooey cheese inside so that’s what I ordered. Yum!<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div>
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After eating at Mcdonald’s, my tita went with me to the mall to shop for some winter clothes and shoes in preparation for my work in AU. I was also able to shop for Christmas gifts for my loved ones here in Manila. Hehe. Most of the shops are already on sale for winter clothes so yey. Local Japanese brands are just sooo cool. I mean the clothes are just stylish. I hope I can shop for summer clothes too in Japan in the future.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div>
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After shopping, went back to my tita’s place and ate dinner. We are all exhausted. Haha!<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div>
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Maaya Legaspihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10175924963575211047noreply@blogger.com0Nara, Japan34.685109 135.8048019000000334.47613 135.48207840000003 34.894087999999996 136.12752540000002tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3760548448812987226.post-81890803422733601642019-12-23T15:08:00.001+08:002020-04-09T15:29:36.712+08:00Osaka at a Glance<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I call it Osaka at a glance because well, for one, Osaka cannot be roamed around on a single day (just like the other places I went to on this trip), and secondly, I barely scratched the surface. There are many places I wanted to visit but time didn't allow me to.<br />
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I planned on going to leave early because I feel like I’ll need to have extra time in case I get lost somewhere. Well, I didn’t get lost but the places I need to go to are just so damn hard to find. Lol. Plus, admittedly, I didn’t research well enough and that my itinerary for this trip is not as specific as my previous trips. So the plan is to wake up at 7 and leave by 8 but my cousin's bed just won’t let me get up. It’s one of the most comfortable beds I’d slept with. Lol. Or it could be the weather and the cozy comforter.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div>
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The thing about living with my tita is that I get to experience how the locals live. I’d say she’s already a local coz she’s been living there for 20 years now and she’s accustomed to everything Japanese. I got to experience a real Japanese breakfast where every meal has a salad on the side. There’s always miso soup too!<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div>
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My tita’s house is in Nara so I have to take a train going to Osaka Namba station but to get to the station, I have to ride their bicycle and park it somewhere near the station, or I could walk but it could take a while and as you know time is limited. Going to the station isn’t that hard because there’s google map so even though I don’t memorize the way, I’ll still arrive. But in cases like going from the bicycle parking to my tita’s house? That’s another story.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div>
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So yep, I managed to find my way to the bicycle parking area with some bruises because I accidentally lost balance while biking my way there. There’s a local who helped me (thanks to her), and good thing we only exchanged basic Japanese. She probably noticed I’m a foreigner but she still talked to me in Japanese. But I survived! Haha. But my right thumb is still hurting up to this day and hopefully, it’ll get better soon.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div>
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Can I just say how I love the bike-friendly neighborhood around my tita’s house? There’s even a big parking area for bicycles and motorbikes. It’s probably the norm around Japan and I really like it. The locals bike their way to the nearest station then ride the train going to their destination. <i>Sana all.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i></div>
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So, my first stop for the day is to go to Edion Mall first to get my Amazing Osaka Pass. I only booked the pass the night before so I had to claim it at Edion instead of Kansai Airport. The pass was helpful because I can use it to ride the Osaka Metro line as many times as I want. It’s helpful when I’m trying to find my around their train station which by the way is very intimidating at first glance but once you know the ins and outs, it won’t be so hard to know the right exits and whatnots.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> Japan's railway system is generally intimidating.</span></div>
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The most time-consuming part is looking for the place itself. It was also a mistake to wear heeled boots because if my feet can talk, it’s probably swearing at me already.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div>
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After getting my Osaka Amazing Pass, I went straight to Osaka Castle. This time, to save me some time figuring things on my own. I asked the tourist information for the directions. They told me to alight at Osaka Business Park station and from there, I can walk my way to the castle. It was a long walk. Or maybe it just felt long because I was wearing heels?<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div>
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The cons of traveling alone i that there’s no one to take your photos and you have no one to talk to if you get lost or something. I mean solo travel is good but it’s not something I’m imposing on myself. I still believe it’s more fun to share the experience with somebody else. If there’s one thing I learned from myself is that solo travel is cool and fun but I like having a travel buddy to share the experience with.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div>
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The surroundings of Osaka Castle sure is pretty. The leaves are very colorful. The entrance to the castle is covered by the Amazing Osaka Pass so no need to buy tickets. It is like the Chiang Kai Shek Monument in Taiwan where it houses different artifacts and history stuff for everyone to see. It’s like a museum inside with Osaka Castle’s history. Also, if you go to the 8th floor, you will see this amazing view of the autumn colors. It. Is. Just. Freaking. Beautiful. It was already winter so I was very lucky to still see the autumn colors this time around. </div>
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After Osaka Castle, I went to Umeda to see and go up to Umeda Sky Building. It also took me a lot of time to find the right place and my feet really hurt so much by this time but we’re in Osaka for this day only so my feet can take the pain and just rest the next day by me wearing sneakers. Haha!</div>
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Before I got to find Umeda Sky Building, I first saw Hep Five which is a big Ferris wheel around the Umeda area. The ride is also covered by the Amazing Osaka Pass and I was contemplating whether I should ride or not. The final verdict was I did not. I got scared. Haha! It was amazing though coz it’s like situated at the roof of a building? which apparently is a shopping mall.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div>
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Around the Umeda Sky Building, on the other hand, was a Christmas bazaar. There are lots of goods, there was even a Carousel! The Christmas vibe is so strong.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br />
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So just a little background, Umeda Sky Building is one of the tallest buildings in Japan. They also boast their amazing architecture that’s like a twin building. And as expected, the view on the top is superb!! You could literally see why Japan is such an amazing country. The infrastructure is amazing. There’s a coffee on the viewing deck where people could just lounge and wait for the sunset. The entrance was also covered by the Amazing Osaka Pass so you see? This pass is a must when visiting Osaka! Haha.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div>
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As for me, I didn’t wait for the sunset and went down already. My next agenda is to go to Yodobashi (because it’s also situated in Umeda) and see if some switch games and accessories are cheaper compared to Manila. Well, the price is almost the same if not more expensive. It was fun window shopping though coz the switch items they have are overwhelming. Lol. They even sell Mario stuff toys. Plus, pokemon shield and sword is e v e r y w h e r e.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div>
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After Umeda, I was supposed to go to Osaka Namba and do a Dohtonbori river cruise but my head and most especially my feet hurt a lot. I also didn’t have any time to eat a decent meal because I’m always trying to catch up on time. There’s this one place I found around Umeda where the food looks really yummy but they don’t have any tables because apparently, it was all to-go food, where you just buy and eat it while walking. It seems like Japanese people are really so busy they have this concept. My only food for the day was 1 bread.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div>
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I feel like if I still push myself and go ahead with the dohtonbori river cruise, I’ll probably collapse somewhere. Lol. Also, it’s a good idea I didn’t because when I went back the other day, Dohtonbori is like a whole different world. My remaining time for the day wouldn’t suffice for me to enjoy it. Just a Don Quijote haul requires a minimum of 1 hour. Haha!<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br />
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I was biking round and round until my tita decided to fetch me at the parking area. Haha!<span class="Apple-converted-space"> I didn't bother looking at the sidewalks and just focus on what's in front of me. That's how scary it was!</span></div>
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After dinner, I rushed to the bed and decided to rest for a while but I slept until 11pm and decided to continue sleeping until the next morning. So that’s it. It was freakishly tiring but when I think of it, it was really memorable. This is my first solo exploration outside the country (exploration and not solo travel because I am living with my tita and I feel like it’s not solo travel if I know anyone in the location I'm traveling to. </div>
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If you're traveling to Osaka and wants to book the Amazing Osaka Pass too, I booked in Klook. Here's the link: <a href="https://www.klook.com/en-PH/activity/1323" target="_blank">Amazing Osaka Pass</a>. You have the option to claim it on Kansai International Airport or at Edion Mall.</div>
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If you don't have a Klook account yet, here's my <a href="https://www.klook.com/en-PH/invite/EA58C?c=PHP" target="_blank">sign up link</a> to get you P150 worth of credits you can use on your first booking! :D</div>
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Maaya Legaspihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10175924963575211047noreply@blogger.com0Osaka, Japan34.6937249 135.5022535000000534.4847959 135.17953000000006 34.9026539 135.82497700000005tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3760548448812987226.post-72257218156216432542019-12-18T20:11:00.002+08:002019-12-27T13:33:58.022+08:008 Days in Ja-FUN<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 11pt;">If you know me
personally, then you probably know that I love the Japanese culture so much.
Japan is probably the place I would want to visit countless times. I grew up
watching animes, loving Japanese food and is always amazed at the culture of
Japanese people. This could be because I have relatives that worked in Japan
that influenced me about its amazing culture. My grandmother, my uncle, and my
aunt all used to work in Japan. I remember all the big boxes coming from Japan
that contained all the instant noodles and chocolates. It was a lot of noodles
that we can even share some with our neighbors HAHA! The days.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 11pt;">Then there came the
time my half Japanese cousins lived in the Philippines for a while. They even
went to school here. I remember every afternoon where we would just play Game
Cube, DS, and PS2. And of course, what's a Nintendo console without Mario, right?
Haha! It's literally a Mario Party.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Then after some time
when my uncle went home here in the Philippines for good, he used to sell
okonomiyaki at Marikina River Banks. Okonomiyaki wasn't a thing here on The Philippines back then.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I remember I can
still talk to my Japanese cousins back then because they still know Filipino.
Now, even though we want to chat, we can't just talk to each other! I really
have to learn Nihonggo. :D</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 11pt;">I could go on and on
and on why I love the Japanese culture so much and why this country is on
the top of my bucket list but let's not dwell in that. My plan is that when I
finish traveling all Southeast Asian countries, I'll visit Taiwan, Korea, and
Japan next.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">So fast forward to
now, here I am on my last night in Japan and writing this blog post. :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">This trip was
supposed to be last March, just in time for the Cherry Blossoms, but
unfortunately, I didn't have any leave credits yet back then. So when CebPac
had their sale again, I booked my ticket to Osaka from Dec. 11-19. It was a long vacation, the longest I'd taken so
far, but for me, this is just the right length of stay because I know I'll
enjoy so much. And needless to say, I'm on the last stretch of my stay here in
Japan and it's nothing but good and not enough!! Japan is freaking beautiful!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 11pt;">Also, even before
I'm planning this trip, my Japanese uncle is already inviting us to visit. So
for the 9 days I'm here, I am staying at my tita in Nara, Japan. Just minutes
away from Osaka and Kyoto. Didn't I just save so bucks for accommodation?
Hihi.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I arrived in Kansai
International Airport at around 8:25PM. My tita is picking me up together with
my cousin. I claimed my sim card and exchanged 100 USD just for initial money
because my friends told me it’s better to withdraw money from 7eleven that to
exchange money all the time. It's very convenient too because there's a lot of
7 eleven and there are ATMs to almost all train stations.</span><br />
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they treat me to legit ramen! Haha! Ramen late at night. I swear I probably
gained a looooot of weight. I don't eat rice but here, there's always rice for
everything. Also, 3 meals a day! Which I am not used to nowadays because I
don't eat breakfast anymore.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 11pt;">So yep, my cousin is
sooooo big already haha. He's matured now. I remember I was his baby sitter
when he was still a kid. LOL. While staying at my tita's house, they let me
occupy Anika's room.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The next day, I was
working from home<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(or should I say
working from Japan?) and didn't have anything planned. For lunch, my uncle
treated me for some legit sushi and girl, the sushi here has a lot of varieties
compared to Japanese restos we have in Manila. I mean, I don’t even know the
other kinds of sushi, all I know is salmon and tuna sushi but here there's like
30 more variants. Even the wasabi is different. I also liked that they have
free green tea for customers. There's a powder green tea available then there's
a faucet for hot water. I won't forget that lunch.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 11pt;">We roam around Nara
Park while waiting for my tita to finish her work. After her work, we went to
fetch Anika from her school then Tito Takeshi dropped me and tita to Nara
Family mall to shop for some stuff. Lucky for me, almost all shops are on sale.
End of season sale it is! Haha. One thing I noticed here, they're not into
international brands so much. I mean we Filipinos patronize brands that aren't
Filipino made but here, almost all shops are Japanese local brands.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Can I also just say
that this is my first winter experience? Haha! And I'd probably won't go back
here during winter. It's freaking cold. The coldest was probably when we went
to Universal Studios Japan where I can feel the cold up to my bones.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">After we shop, we
already went home using bikes. She taught the way to their house from the train
station which to be honest until now, I can't still memorize. I always get lost
and if it weren't for google maps, I'd probably be stuck looking for the right
way. The street at night is very scary and there are areas with no lights. The
only light I can see was the light from the bike itself so when I'm stopping to
look at my phone for the correct direction, it is REALLY black. That's why I
always try to go home when there's still sunlight but since it's winter, the
sun sets early and I have no choice but to brave the way going home. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">After going home, we
went to a shabu shabu place. I was still full from the sushi but this is shabu
shabu, my favorite!!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Also, the meat is
sooo good. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 11pt;">And that's how I
mostly spent my first day. On the span of 8 days, I went to Osaka twice, Went
to Kobe and tried Skiing at Rokko Snow Park. We also visited the Chinatown in
Kobe. Roamed around Nara Park wearing a kimono, went to USJ, and just today, I
went to Kyoto.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">There's just a lot
of places to see. I skipped many places and just went to the usual tourist
places so I really look forward to going back. Plus there's still Tokyo and
other places I have to see!!! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 11pt;">But so far, my first
visit really is amazing. All thanks to my tita and tito for hosting me. They're
very nice to me and made sure I have everything I need. Asking me if there's
any food I want to try, going out of their way to tour me. I can't ask for more.
:)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 11pt;">For our second day
in Taipei, what I planned was to go to Yehliu Geopark, Jiufen, and Shifen. I
mean what's a trip to Taiwan without these 3 right? Whenever I see people
posting about their Taipei trips, these 3 destinations are always in their
itinerary.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"> <span style="font-size: 11pt;">I'm just not sure if
these 3 destinations can be enjoyed in 1 whole day but I found a tour in Klook
that have these 3 destinations. Unfortunately for us though, the only time
slot remaining for the tour is at 10AM and I'm pretty sure that's already late
but we really have no choice since I cannot also put these tours on another day
because it won't fit by then.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Going to the meetup
area is easy breezy because it's just near Ximen station's entrance. Tourists
are mixed with some are from China, and most are from the Philippines just like us.
Prior also to this trip, I already bought our Yehliu Geopark tix from Klook to
avoid the lines and it's also a little bit cheaper on the website than buying
it on the location itself.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">We are riding a
shuttle so the travel is really comfortable except for the tour guide who keeps
on talking. I mean most of the guests wanted to sleep but she just couldn't get
a hint. LOL. It's okay at first but it gets really annoying throughout the day.
So yep... Here we go.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Our first stop was
Yehliu Geopark which we roughly only had 1 hour to see everything. The guide
keeps on telling us to move faster. We cannot blame her though, we're limited
on time. It's quite annoying to hear that we need to walk faster but it gets
funny whenever she keeps on repeating it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"> <span style="font-size: 11pt;">We went to Taiwan around July and the weather is really humid. At one time, it's hot, and on the
other, it will rain. Unfortunately for us, it was super hot when we arrived in
Yehliu. We are sweating like we just went for a 5k run and it's just our first
stop! I think we didn't stay long enough to appreciate the place, it's like we
just went there for the sake of seeing it and taking photos.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The reason why this place is a must for every Taiwan tourist is because of its geological
formations. I didn't have any info on how these rocks (should I call it rocks?)
formed and how long it's been there but one of the most iconic rocks in the area
is called "Queen's Head" and yep, it's named after Queen Elizabeth.
There are other rock formations that have names too but I think this one is the
most famous. I would have appreciated this more if we had more time but then
again, we are in a hurry. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">After a super duper
quick stop at Yehliu, we then went to Jiufen which is one of the spots I'm most
excited to see primarily because I wanted to see that real-life spirited away
location. Most people would relate this place to a fictional place in Spirited
Away though it's not certain that the creator of the animated film based the
fictional place in Jiufen. It could be a coincidence but whatevs. As usual, the
place is freaking crowded. The narrow passageways remind me of Macau en route
to Ruins of St. Paul. Souvenir shops everywhere, street food, milk tea.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">It's an old town and
the charm is there but rain kind of ruins the experience.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 11pt;">When we arrived, we
ate our lunch first because it was already past noon. There is a lot of stuff to
see here but what I'm most excited is to see that certain tea house that's the
look-alike of the fictional place in Spirited Away. My boyfriend helped me find
the place and when we found it, there's a queue for picture taking like
whuuuut? When we also found the place, we are already limited on time so I
didn't bother taking a photo but yeah it's fine.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 11pt;">Along the way to
Shifen, we stopped for a while to see the Golden Waterfall. Afterward, we went to
see Shifen waterfall then the last stop of the day, the Shifen old street.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Shifen old street is
most famous for its lanterns where you can write your wishes then release it in
the sky. The location is charming too and kind of Instagram worthy. We were
able to see a train passing by too! I thought that the rail wasn't in use anymore
but we were wrong. The rail track is so narrow that the train could almost
touch the shops along it. There are a lot of souvenir shops. Some shops sell
beers and it was nice to just chill after a long tiring day in this place. </span></div>
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in the night market, the street vendor seemed overwhelming but over time it
during the course of our stay in Taipei, the choices seemed limited by then. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">We first tried a
street food house. Not sure if I should call it restaurant lol. The food, of
course, is delish and at a reasonable price! If there's one reason I'll go back
to Taiwan is because of the food. Milktea here is also so crazy like there's a
milk tea shop everywhere! So yep, it was one tiring day. As always, life sure
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Maaya Legaspihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10175924963575211047noreply@blogger.com0Taipei, Taiwan25.0329694 121.5654177000000124.5725269 120.91997070000001 25.493411899999998 122.21086470000002tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3760548448812987226.post-87107252053968227552019-11-03T21:54:00.000+08:002019-12-27T13:36:43.687+08:00Taipei: Inside the City<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 11pt;">Finally, my first
international travel this year! After Bali last November, this is the next
international travel I had because of many factors. Well for one, and I've said
this countless times in my blog already, it's because I resigned from my previous
work and had a new work starting December 2018. Apparently, this company does not
allow VL's and even SL's for the first 6 months. Should you be absent for any
reason, then it will be tagged as leave without pay.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Also, I took this as
an opportunity to stay in the city because I feel like I am always planning to go
somewhere. The only time I got to go out or have getaways is during long
weekends (see my </span><a href="https://www.maayalegaspi.com/2019/03/weekend-adventures-in-sagada.html" style="font-size: 11pt;" target="_blank">Sagada</a><span style="font-size: 11pt;">, </span><a href="https://www.maayalegaspi.com/2019/05/quick-escape-to-baguio.html" style="font-size: 11pt;" target="_blank">Baguio</a><span style="font-size: 11pt;">, and </span><a href="https://www.maayalegaspi.com/2019/06/la-union-with-my-high-school-constants.html" style="font-size: 11pt;" target="_blank">La Union</a><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> post here).</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">A lot of things
happened. I resigned from work last June because well.. Let's have another
post for that. And I am in a new company again which I would say has a very fun
and challenging environment. I am definitely learning not just the technical stuff but
I am discovering some stuff about myself as well. If I were to rate my working
experiences so far with all of my 4 employers, this one is by far the best...
And I am only here for just almost 2 months. :D</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">So yep. I booked
this Taiwan trip months again because I take into consideration the leaves I
will be getting especially that I am in a new job and back when I am booking
this one, I didn't know yet that I'll in another company after 6 months.
Luckily for me, my new work allows us to advance as many as 10 leaves. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I was hesitant at
first because even though they allow advance leaves, I am relatively very new
to the company when I went to Taiwan. I'm just working for this company for
just 3 weeks. So yey... It's a piece of evidence they do support work-life balance. Lol.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">This trip also is my
first time to take a PAL flight because I am a cheapskate traveler. I only rely on seat sales until this trip and I took
the liberty to book this one because in my mind "this is my first travel
of the year - it's okay to splurge on airline tickets once in a while".
Which is true, right? :D Together with me is my boyfriend and my father which I
find to be very weird now that I am writing it. I remember my workmates
laughing at me when they found out that I will be with my father and boyfriend
for this trip and I couldn't get why at that time they were laughing. Turns out
it's a really weird setup, huh? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">In my defense, I and
my father only see each other once a week, sometimes we can't even meet up, so
I make it a habit to have a trip with him at least once a year. Then I also
included my boyfriend because whenever we travel together, it's always the beach,
the outdoorsy stuff so I wanted for him to experience traveling in a city
setting. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">This isn't a cheap trip because first the flight tickets, then next is the hotel accommodation. There aren't
many cheap hotels. There are cheap capsule hotels but I don't like spending
nights in capsules so I really look for one that's in a good location plus not
really expensive. Also, it needs to have 3 single beds. LOL. Coz it would be
very awkward if not.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Our arrival in
Taiwan is around 8PM. I was thinking of arranging an airport pick up but it's
good that I didn't because Taiwan's transportation infrastructure is so good.
Their MRT is very easy to navigate and their airport MRT is very convenient.
The only arrangement I got to do prior to this trip is our tours. And can I
just say that arranging itineraries for backpacking and for this trip is soooo
different. When I arrange itineraries for backpacking, it needs to have the
tiniest details like the time of train/buses, where to get tickets and such
because it needs to have proper planning or else everything in the list can be
compromised. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">On this one though
since we will just be staying in one country and don't need overnight buses,
it's easy breezy planning. LOL. The hard part is choosing which tours to
take. I think this is the second travel I and my father did that doesn't involve
backpacking or overnight buses to a different place, the first one being Hong Kong
last 2011. There's a lot of difference on this trip. Hehe. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Soo... As I've said,
we arrived at 8pm. We exchanged money then claimed our sim cards in the pickup
area before heading out to the hotel. We chose sim cards instead of pocket
wifi so we could also call one another if one gets lost or if we need to meet
up at certain places. The MRT ride on the way to the hotel is very hassle-free,
I mean when can we have that kind of transportation here in Manila? From the
airport MRT, we alighted at Taipei Main Station. There are a lot of MRT lines in Taiwan but if you already experience MRTs in HK and SG, then this one
should also be easy for you. Our hotel is near at Longshan temple so our last
stop was Longshan Temple terminal. From there, we walked our way to the hotel. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I think the only
challenge riding an MRT from the airport to your hotel is figuring out their
ticketing system. Taiwanese are very friendly compared to Hongkongers so it's
not really a problem asking for help from someone.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Speaking of money
changers, it's best to change your money one-time big time because money
changers in Taiwan, which usually are banks, have an exchange fee of 50TWD per
transaction. If you're in groups, it's also best to exchange money as one so
you only need to pay one transaction fee. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">As for the hotel,
girl did I book a good hotel! Our hotel is just directly above the night market!
You know, prior to this trip, I am very excited about the Taiwanese food because
I really like Chinese food. What I mean by Chinese food though is dumplings, noodles,
and braised beef not the traditional super Chinese-y food. So imagine my
happiness when I saw the night market directly in front of our hotel. LOL. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 11pt;">We arrived at the hotel already past 11 and I had to finish work-related stuff before sleeping
and all of us are so tired we didn’t have the energy to look for dinner even
with the night market in front of the hotel. The room is soooo spacious and the only downside is it doesn't have a bidet installed (it's a deal-breaker if you
would ask me but whatevs, still a good deal).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">First order of
business upon waking up the next day is breakfast. I don't eat breakfast but
it's for free so I might as well eat and try. The choices are western and Chinese
food. There are some that I don't even understand the taste, there are some
that look really weird so in the next 4 days, I only ate egg and sausage. Free-flowing tea and coffee too. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 11pt;">Our itinerary for
the day is just purely city tour. We'll have a free/tip-based history walking
tour, Go and see Taipei 101, hike our way up to Elephant Mountain and have our
dinner at Shilin night market.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Free/Tip Based
History Walking Tour</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Lucky for us, the
meetup place for the walking tour is at the entrance of the MRT Longshan Temple
terminal so we can just leave the hotel at 9:30, because meet up is at 10, and
we'll still be early. I would say this is tour is so good. I really learned
a lot from Anita, our tour guide. She's very nice, speaks English very well,
and she really knows what she's talking about. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Longshan Temple</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Our first stop, of
course, is Longshan Temple. She discussed the 4 buddha Gods you can see in this
temple and what they symbolize. This is actually one of the most popular
temples in Taipei that the government had to regulate the number of incense
being lit up in this temple to 1 because it is already causing too much
pollution in the area. And this is also special because it's not just for one
religion but rather it's a temple for more than 1 religion, Taoism,
Confucianism, and Buddhism. Isn't that cool? You don't need to build a temple
for each one. One of the reasons why it's also popular is because of the 4 Gods
here that the locals are praying to. The Gods are believed to be praying Gods for
studying, childbirth, transportation, and lastly matchmaking. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;">If you have a wish
for let's say to pass college entrance exams, locals here go to the Studying
God, offer baskets of food, flowers, and other stuff, bring their college
entrance exam documents and pray to God to let them pass. One cool thing
too is that offerings can be eaten by anyone. If no one is getting the food, it
is distributed to the homeless. Near the Longshan temple, there is a park,
Bangka Park, for the homeless where they are allowed to sleep in the park from
a certain time. I guess this is where they distribute the uneaten offerings to
the Gods.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Next stop is
Bopiliao Historical Block which has a very good architectural design. This
used to be one of the busiest areas during the late Qing dynasty. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">There is so much
cute stuff sold inside the building... Just like a bazaar but it also houses a
small section for a mini-history exhibit. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Next is we also went
to the Presidential Office Building where the Taiwanese people first have their
female president. I don’t have a picture
of the building but Anita did surely narrate their long history with China and
told some stories about Chiang Kai Shek. Spoiler -- not a fan of Chiang Kai
Shek. Across the presidential office building is the so-called Ketagalan
boulevard or is sometimes dubbed as democracy blvd. because this is where
usually people hosts rallies regarding political issues. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I am really amazed
by how Taiwan is suppressing China just like how it is in Hong Kong right now. If
you guys are visiting Taiwan, please take this historical walking tour and
learn their history, the difference between ROC and PROC. You can surely somehow
relate to their stand with China. It's a long history but really worth knowing.
See, I am now learning the history of Taiwan and not just the Indochina history
stuff. Hihi.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Along with
Presidential Office Building, we also visited Peace Memorial Park then off we
go to Chiang Kai Shek Memorial Hall. We didn't really enter the vicinity
because it was raining so we just decided to go back on our last day. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The walking tour
surely is very tiring! The weather is also not cooperating as it would rain one
minute then it will get sunny. The weather in Taipei when we went there is not
so great but thankfully we could still go on with our plans. Again, please please
please take this tour when you're in Taipei. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">So after the walking
tour, we went to Taipei 101 and met up with Mike. I'm glad Mike did really went
to Taipei to meet up with us LOL. He is on vacation with his parents in
Taichung and it just coincidentally coincided with our trip to Taipei so I made
him meet up with us. LOL. The usual Mike, even his <i>porma</i> is like his <i>porma</i> in
the office. :D</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">As for lunch, we
decided to eat at Ichiran. My father recommended this place and it's quite
famous among people who go to Japan as they said this has one of the best ramens. I
was thinking of eating at the original Din Tai Fung branch in Taipei 101 but we
only have this chance to try Ichiran because we don't have it here in Manila.
My verdict? Just so-so. I don't know if it's because of my high expectations
because I often see this on my friend's IG stories who are in Japan or it's
not just that really good. My boyfriend and I had a unanimous</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 11pt;">verdict that
Mendokoro's ramen is better.</span><br />
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up to Taipei 101's observatory deck. We got out tickets from Klook so we don't
need to line up. The view above is cool. There are presentations about how the
building was constructed and how the tuned mass damper keeps the building at ease
during strong winds. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 11pt;">We even got the
chance to go to the outdoor deck that was opened minutes later to the public. I
find it really cool that I get to go up to one of the world's tallest building.
When we were in elementary, we were always asked on what is the tallest building
and we always answer Taipei 101. I only see this building in photos and now I
am literally in its observatory deck.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Mike didn't go with
us to the observatory deck instead he went to Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall then he
just went back after we were done on the observatory. Our next stop was the
Elephant Mountain.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">This might be a lack
of research but we did not expect the elephant mountain to be so high. I only
know that instead of rough trails, there's a flight of stairs so I thought it
would be an easy climb but boy I was so wrong. Our attire also didn't help because
we were wearing jeans while Mike is also carrying his overnight bag. My
boyfriend, on the other hand, feels like he wants to curse me already for making
him go up. Haha! It's a good exercise though, we just burned those ramen calories from Ichiran. LOL. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The view on the
elephant mountain is different from what you'll see on Taipei 101's observatory
deck because, in elephant mountain, Taipei 101 is part of the view. It's like
the border of the outdoor and the city. The view is like how it is in Victoria
Peak in Hong Kong. Mountains on the side then city in the center. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 11pt;">We waited for the
sunset before going down. We rest for a while and just look at the view. One tip
I can give you when you're going up is to wear leggings or anything that's long
because there are a lot of mosquitoes. I saw some travelers where their whole
legs have bites of mosquitoes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">We went down then
grabbed some refreshments on the nearby store. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">As for dinner, we
headed to Shilin Night Market and it's pure chaos and foodie's heaven at the
same time. Mike went to his hotel to drop his belongings first while we wait
for him at Shilin. Funny thing was, he doesn't have mobile data! So we waited
for him, I couldn’t contact him because I didn’t know his number then luckily
when we were headed back to the hotel, we saw him walking towards our
direction. LOL. It's pure luck we saw him that night. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Shilin market is chaotic because there are so many people. It's very chaotic that
you can't walk without bumping into other people. It wasn't even a weekend when
we went there so what more if it's weekend right? </span></div>
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everywhere. I also said this is foodie heaven because there are all sorts of
different kinds of food here. I don't have a list of what to try but if you're
there, you will want to try everything. </span></div>
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hot star chicken like it is just literally a small stand but here in Manila,
it's like a whole restaurant. LOL. I even remember the time when people used to
line up for hours for their big ass chicken. </span></div>
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Ahhhh, Bali. I miss Bali just by writing this here. Bali is my definition of chill and laid back. </center>
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You see, this Bali adventure is almost a year in the making. There is much stuff that we need to take care of just so we can finally push this travel through. One is if you know me, you most certainly know I don't book airline tickets with its regular price. I am always counting on seat sale because hell yeah, you can really save a lot of money with that sale and call me weird but finding promo tickets is fun for me. With all the website crashing, the heavy stress load on the website, with everyone on the hunt, it just feels satisfying finding tickets on your preferred dates. :) <a name='more'></a></center>
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I actually booked this Bali trip last December 2017 and I remember patiently waiting for Piso fares because this would be my last stop and the last country to complete my Southeast Asia bucket list. It was not in my plan to visit everything (except Brunei) before I turn 25 but I did! And it also became a birthday trip because it coincided with my 25th birthday! And that's one reason why this trip is very special to me. 1. It coincides with my birthday. 2. My first international travel with boyfriend (I will not rant how hard it is for us to travel because of his work but you get the point right?) 3. It is the last country on my Southeast Asia bucket list. </center>
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So from now on, I'll be visiting other countries aside from SEA. My friends usually ask me why I don't visit Japan or Korea or Taiwan or other touristy places. And the answer is I just want to backpack around Southeast Asia while I can. I mean I know I probably won't be able to survive it if I'll visit it on my early 30s or maybe even late 20s. I saved those comfortable countries in that age bracket. It's also not fair to say I won't revisit SEA countries because I know I will. Who can resist the very beautiful SG? Or the very Manila like Bangkok and Kuala Lumpur? I am always looking forward to revisiting these cities.</center>
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So yeah... Back to Bali. I am not exaggerating when I say 4 days is not enough. And I mean it is REALLY REALLY not enough because the island is just so big that if you really want to enjoy it, I would say allot at least a week! Unfortunately for us, even though I want to extend our stay, we just cannot. So we just have to enjoy what's there to enjoy, right? I just made a promise to myself that I'll come back. Because also believe me when I say Bali is very chill and nice. <3 It is just the perfect blend of nature and city life.</center>
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I booked our accommodation in <a href="https://caracarainn.com/" target="_blank">Cara Cara Inn</a> and also booked a private villa somewhere in Ubud using Airbnb. If you like a cute and very cool hostel, I suggest go book Cara Cara inn. It's like Flotsam and Jetsam. They have a variety of rooms for different kinds of traveler. Very instagrammy and if you like meeting new people from all around the world, then this place is for you! The breakfast serving though is not filling so if you're a heavy breakfast eater, you might not get satisfied with the serving. </center>
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On the other hand, our Ubud accommodation is the bomb!!! Very peaceful, very close to nature, breakfast is very filling. Our stay is so worth it! If you want the exact place I booked, message me and I'll give you the link to our accommodation. :) I'll blog it about some other time. </center>
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Did I also say that I am very excited for my boyfriend because this is his first passport stamp! Hurray! Haha. It's funny how he asks questions about airport stuff like immigration and checked-in bags. Lol </center>
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We arrived at Ngurah Rai airport at around 8AM. We already booked a driver via <a href="https://www.klook.com/en-PH/activity/800-private-car-charter-bali/" target="_blank">Klook</a> and also paid for our <a href="https://www.klook.com/en-PH/activity/1236-sim-card-bali-indonesia/" target="_blank">sim card</a>. Everything was hassle-free and our driver Astika is very nice. Also, guys a piece of advice, if you are booking drivers for your Bali trip, book it in Klook. This is the cheapest I've come across with. Everything else is just so expensive.</center>
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I told our driver to go to Cara Cara Inn first so we can leave our bags there and freshen up before the tour because you know.. 3:50 AM flight? I really don't have enough sleep so I looked like a panda. After checking in and freshening up, I told our driver to go somewhere we can have our breakfast and exchange our money. Our driver pulled over beside a small local restaurant where we first ate legit nasi goreng and mee Goreng. </center>
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Remember when I say Bali is very big? Yup. Our travel time from Cara Cara Inn to our itinerary for the day was like 2 hours! Yup, it's like we traveled from Manila to somewhere in Pampanga (of course without the traffic). That's how big the island is. You might look at the map of Bali as something small but girl.. You have no idea how far these places are from each other. </center>
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So, our first stop after eating breakfast is Ulun Danu Beratan Temple. Entrance tix cost Rp50,000. The special thing about this temple is that it floats. But the thing is, if you come here when the water is low, then it will not obviously float. Just like during the time we went here. It isn't floating. Also, this is a breath of fresh air from the Buddhist temples I came across last 2018. Hindu Temples are also nice, isn't it? This Hindu temple is dedicated to the Hindu Gods Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva.</center>
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Most of the places here are like a gold mine already because they will charge like a 100 pesos for a picture at certain place. And that is per head! Take these Wanagiri Hidden Hills for example. It's just a gate right? But we paid 30000 IDR each just to take a photo here! Insane! On the bright side, we met a Filipino photographer who took our photos for free. hehe. It's actually nice of him because when he gave his business card, he's associated with Tree House Story, which if you're not aware, is one of those big names photography and in covering events such as prenup, weddings, etc. The first photo on this post is actually his shot, say whutttt? I'll put his name at the end of the post for proper photo credit.</center>
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Then those hanging birds nest, swings you see on instagram? Oh yeah.. They all have entrance fees! I forgot the exact name of the place but it was our driver Astika who brought us there. I really had no idea they this place just for taking photos. But to be fair, the view is really good! Plus the staff will direct your poses, tell you what to do, will assist you in each "station" until you get your shot. Just in this place alone, you'll probably get a week's worth of Instagram post lol!</center>
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Astika also brought us to a coffee place where you can sample different kinds of coffee. Their main product Luwak Coffee which for just tastes the same when compared to other coffee. Also, I would their coffee is good, only that is instant. I'm not a fan of coffee but I don't really like drinking 3-in-1 or instant in that matter because I believe it contains a lot of sugar and unknown chemicals/ingredients. They also sell different kinds of instant tea such as turmeric.</center>
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There are a lot of nice restaurants in Kuta. This is the city area so there are a lot restaurants offering different cuisines. For our dinner on our first night, we decided to eat local food again because hello, are you really travelling if you don't sample different local food? The downside though is that since this is the city area and this is where tourists like us stay, the price is expensive.</center>
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One of things I liked in Bali is the food. I certainly did gain a pound or two because everything has rice! "Nasi" means rice so when see you see something in the menu that has "nasi" in it, it is in fact a rice meal. Their food is actually nice. My boyfriend would agree Nasi Campur (read as Nasi Champur, they pronounce C as CH) is a must try! As well as their suckling pig!! My favorite is their suckling pig while my boyfriend fancy nasi campur more.</center>
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Maaya Legaspihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10175924963575211047noreply@blogger.com0Bali, Indonesia-8.3405389 115.09195090000003-9.3456764 113.80105740000003 -7.3354014 116.38284440000002tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3760548448812987226.post-79199817276892659932019-08-04T16:04:00.000+08:002019-08-05T09:53:23.930+08:00Myanmar: Bagan Day 1<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Hola!! It's been over a year now since our Myanmar backpacking and I promise I'll try to blog all of these backlogs as fast as I can now. I've been busier than ever because of new work, you know the stuff... Trying to learn as fast as I can so I can be effective in the role right away... And because I'm also fixing requirements for this stuff I've been praying for since I don't know when. Life's just been so pretty darn good in the past days it's like God telling me He or maybe She? Haven't forgotten about me. It's quite an emotional topic for me so I'll blog it maybe some other time. Hehe.</div>
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Right now, the focus is non-other than ~*drum rolls*~ <b>BAGAN!!! </b>*clap clap!* I've been so excited to see Bagan mainly because of the hot air balloons over the temples. I mean if you know the hot air balloon situation in Capadoccia then Bagan is almost the same. The only difference I guess is that in Bagan, it's over the beautiful temples with the amazing sunrise. <3</div>
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If Yangon has their Shwedagon Temple, then Bagan have their thousands of temples to choose from! It was said to have more than 4000 temples with 2000+ of it still standing up to this day. Bagan used to be the capital of the Pagan Kingdom which is the current Myanmar we know now. Just like other Indochina countries, Myanmar or as previously known as Burma has a long history which I will not bore you to death because yeah... While I am also quite interested in history now, there are times that it really bore me. I appreciate history when I can see it myself or if I can experience the culture by traveling. And if you haven't read any of my posts before, the reason why I love traveling and why I wanted to visit all Southeast Asian countries is to learn their version of history.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div>
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This is my last backpacking trip to Southeast Asia so I really gathered my strength and my backpacker skills because I know this wouldn't be an easy one. This is like the end chapter, or like the bosses of the boss in an arcade game. This reminds me of the time I and father slept in Suvarnabhumi airport in <a href="http://www.maayalegaspi.com/search/label/Thailand" target="_blank">Thailand</a> to save hotel costs. Little did I know sleeping at airports is just level 1. LOL.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div>
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As I've mentioned in my <a href="http://www.maayalegaspi.com/2019/06/myanmar-yangon-downtown-sule-and.html" target="_blank">Yangon blog</a>, Lin Ko, my father's student when he taught in Mae Sot way back 2013, bought our overnight bus tickets to Bagan from Yangon. We just paid him when we arrived in Yangon so that we already have a sure ticket to Bagan. The overnight bus is just like the one in Thailand so yep, it's a good one. I cannot remember if it has its own CR but either way, I won't dare use it unless I cannot really hold it off anymore. LOL. I think I got dehydrated when we did this backpacking.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div>
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So when we arrive first thing in the morning, the first order of business is to go to our hotel and freshen up. We rode a tuk-tuk going to <a href="https://www.agoda.com/yun-myo-thu-hotel/hotel/bagan-mm.html" target="_blank">Yun Myo Thu</a> in New Bagan. I usually observe this "new" and "old" stuff in Indochina countries. There is always a wall to everything. I mean we have Intramuros, Thailand have Chiang Mai's "old city", as wells as Ayutthaya, Vietnam has their "old quarter" in Hanoi. It just goes to show that there were many uninvited people coming to these places that these places requires walls to isolate itself. It's just my observation though.</div>
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Anyway, as I've said, the hotel is located in New Bagan... Which is definitely not the main area of attraction because of course, it's the old we want to see. Old Bagan though is just a few kilometers away from New Bagan and there are many hotels, tourist centers that offer bike, and motorbikes to tourists. There are also cars for rent if you're that type of traveler. The room is so-so. I liked that the CR is clean and well maintained though the TV doesn't offer many channels. Breakfast is also provided so yey!</div>
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Right after freshening up and getting some rest, we rented a bike for the day which we will use to roam Bagan. Our first stop was a nearby restaurant for brunch. The server told us it wasn't their peak season so the tourist isn't that many.. Which I think is good because it won't get crowded as much as when it's peak season. To be honest, this is one of the decent meals I've had here in Myanmar. There are days I only eat biscuits because I'm not so sure about the food. Can't also be so sure about the water as well.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div>
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But anyway, we're here for the temples so with just a bike and a map on one hand, we roam around Old Bagan. There are more than 2000+ temples here in Bagan so I don't know about you but I'm pretty sure you cannot really visit each one of it plus you'll get tired seeing temples. I, myself, got overwhelmed with temples. LOL. It is literally <b>e v e r y w h e r e! </b> So the game plan, of course, is to visit those worthy of our time and effort. Remember we are using bikes so it can get sweaty and hot and tiring all at once. Plus I have to bike with a maxi skirt (yeah, ootd purposes haha).<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div>
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Before anything else, note that every tourist location in Myanmar has entrance tickets if you're a foreigner. During our visit, it is 25,000 kyat (pronounced as Chat) for Bagan Archaeological Zone which is the entirety of Old Bagan. I just don't know how much it is now. Also, I heard they are transitioning to e-ticket? Not sure though.</div>
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This is the fun of spontaneous traveling you see. You get to decide which ones to see within the day. So our first stop of the day? <b>Ananda Temple.</b> Actually, for me, this one stands out well compared to the other temples because of its color. The usual color of temples here are either gold or are made of bricks, so brown to magenta, something like that, but this temple is squeaky white! </div>
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I am not sure about the architecture of temples or what does it needs to have but what I noticed is that each side has one buddha. So when you enter a temple, you can roam around and see that each side have a giant buddha. Also, if you are not yet aware, you will need to take off your foot ware at the entrance, not outside the temple. So if this temple has a gate, you have to take off your foot ware at the gate!</div>
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"Oohhh it's not that bad" you say? Yes, not really but the thing is they chew betel nuts and just spit anywhere they fancy. My number 1 problem when I take off my foot ware. They do it even on tiled floors.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div>
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Located just beside Ayeryawaddy River, there's also a mini praying area where people can sit and offer to their Gods.<br />
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These are just some of the temples I can remember we visited. There are many more but I can't remember their names! Screw me for not taking notes while traveling. Next time when I travel, I promise to take down notes so I won't forget. LOL. Yet again, this happened over a year ago so yeah...<br />
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As for the hot air balloons... guess what? It wasn't in season when we went to Myanmar!!!! GRRRRR. I mean that's the reason I wanted to go to Myanmar then you'll tell me it's not in season? That's what happens when you book flights first before researching. lol. It was the rainy season when we went to Myanmar yeah. Kinda sad.<br />
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So, don't make the same mistakes I did. If you really want to see the iconic hot air balloon in Myanmar, take note that the season for it is <b>October to mid-April. </b>Maybe in the future, I'll have the chance to go back, who knows, right?<br />
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I would say with or without the hot air balloons, go visit Myanmar. It is not yet a very popular destination so this is the best time. Once the word gets out of how beautiful it is, you might regret not visiting it this sooner. ;)<br />
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If you've visited Bangkok many times now, you'll eventually run out of things to visit the first time. I mean, food is probably one of the reasons you'll visit Bangkok countless times but if you're into new stuff and exploring new places most of the time, then the third vacation in Bangkok would probably bore you already. I'm not saying I got bored during our vacation in Bangkok because I totally did enjoy but of course, I am one of those people who wants to experience something new whenever they go on vacations.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div>
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<a name='more'></a>Luckily for me, my mother loves food as much as I do. So scrolling through Klook looking new stuff we could do, I stumbled across a Thai cooking lesson which apparently looks fun because it promises the participants to learn how to cook Thai food even though they don't have any basic or advanced cooking experience yet. Heck, you can even join this class without any cooking experience at all! And that's me! Mock me or say anything you want but I don't know how to cook complicated stuff.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div>
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I can cook the normal stuff like anything fried but nothing out of the ordinary. During my high school and college days, my father also occasionally taught me how to cook Adobo and other Filipino food though I haven't had the chance to cook for anyone yet aside from my boyfriend to whom I cooked <i>Sinigang na Bangus</i> with some research and my mother's guidance. LOL. I can also cook rice if that's some sort of cooking too. =))<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div>
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So to my boyfriend, don't be scared, I'll learn how to cook yummy stuff eventually. Haha! The internet's there for me. :D</div>
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So, what I just wanted to say is that for anyone who loves Thai food, especially for people who loves spicy food, you should definitely try this Thai cooking class!!! I was expecting the basic Thai food pad thai but boy we're in for a treat with this one. And I must say, I really enjoyed this class as this is my first cooking class ever.<br />
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We did this on our last day in Bangkok so we could still do stuff in the afternoon, it's like a free day but we dedicated our morning to food. LOL. The best part is what we cook will also be our lunch so we have no choice but to do this well so we can eat delicious Thai food for lunch. Woke up early in the morning as the morning schedule includes a trip to the nearby public market.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div>
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The first impression is that it is just a normal building but upon going in, it seems that on every floor, there's a different cooking class going on. How naïve of me to think that they only cater 10 people at one class, little did I know that there's concurrent morning class going on. You wouldn't have to think of anything or prepare anything because everything is prepared for you. There's a separate cooking area for each student, their own aprons as if we're Michelin chefs doing our work. Lol. We look professional. Haha!</div>
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And the best part? They also provide a cookbook which you can bring with you as a souvenir. There are various recipes you can try and not just the popular ones. You can even make your own sticky mango rice!!! Which by the way is not easy because we also did this during the cooking class and it is very meticulous to make. The amount of sugar used is overwhelming, no wonder it is just so good - just don't eat it every day.<br />
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<i>Ingredients from the public market</i></div>
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Anyways, after everyone is present in the class, our instructor for the day, which by the way is nice and funny, directed us to the public market. So in a sense, everything that we will use for this cooking class is freshly sourced from the public market. We each have our own cute little basket where we put the ingredients for our class. We did not only go through the market but our instructor also explained the most common ingredient Thais used for their food. And Thais being into spicy food, it is no brainer that they use a lot of spices. Cilantro and basil are also common so for those who hate the smell of those, how can you?<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br />
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Thais are also into different variants of curry, name it, they have. Green curry? Check! Red curry? Check? Yellow curry? Double check! This implies of course that they use coconut milk so much. So yeah. Again, this happened over a year ago so I cannot remember the tiny details like which ingredients are the most used but yeah, you get the point. After the tour inside the market, the instructor also gave us some free time to roam around by ourselves and see if we have something we want to bring back with us in our country.</div>
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<i><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Here's our group in the public market, listening to our instructor about the use of coconut in their cuisine</span></i></div>
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Once we are back the building, this is where the fun starts. We are asked to remove our shoes, like most Asians. Hehe. Then as what I've mentioned, they provide aprons, cooking, and kitchenware. Since this is our lunch as well and we are the ones cooking, we can control the spiciness of the food we are cooking. Also, did I mention that there's free overflowing pandan and ginger tea?<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br />
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The process is our instructor will first show us how to cook the food then we'll follow suit. She'll guide each one of us and answer our questions if we have any. Here are some of our photos. :)</div>
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<i><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Then, there's me getting ready for the class ;) </span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: xx-small;">See that? 3 cups of that are the amount of sugar they put in mango sticky rice. yup, not so healthy</span></i></div>
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<i>Spicy Thai Omelet Salad (Larb Kai Sa Moon Pai) made by yours truly. hihi</i></div>
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Also, they are in Klook so it is easier to book a class. Hehe. Here's their link in Klook: <a href="https://www.klook.com/en-PH/activity/3286-sompong-thai-cooking-class-bangkok/" target="_blank">Sompong Thai Cooking Class</a>. And yeah, that's just about it. After lunch, we took the time to roam around Bangkok so we went to Chatuchak weekend market which apparently is a mecca for souvenirs and cool Thai finds. Go here if you want Thai street food. :)</div>
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Anyway, this concludes our Siem Reap - Bangkok trip! And finally, I finished blogging this trip. Haha! I started blogging our Myanmar trip so if you wanna check that one out, click this <a href="https://www.maayalegaspi.com/2019/06/myanmar-yangon-downtown-sule-and.html" target="_blank">link</a>. </div>
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<a href="http://www.maayalegaspi.com/2019/02/siem-reap-real-life-temple-run_20.html" target="_blank">SIEM REAP: REAL LIFE TEMPLE RUN</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.maayalegaspi.com/2019/03/siem-reap-face-to-face-with-angkor-wat.html" target="_blank">SIEM REAP: FACE TO FACE WITH ANGKOR WAT</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.maayalegaspi.com/2019/03/cambodia-thailand-border-crossing-and.html" target="_blank">CAMBODIA-THAILAND BORDER CROSSING AND AIRBNB-AGODA MISADVENTURES</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.maayalegaspi.com/2019/05/damnoen-saduak-floating-market-and-siam.html" target="_blank">DAMNOEN SADUAK FLOATING MARKET AND SIAM NIRAMIT</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.maayalegaspi.com/2019/05/the-grand-palace-and-chao-phraya-dinner.html" target="_blank">THE GRAND PALACE AND CHAO PHRAYA DINNER CRUISE</a></div>
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Maaya Legaspihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10175924963575211047noreply@blogger.com0Bangkok, Thailand13.7563309 100.5017651000000613.2627269 99.856318100000053 14.2499349 101.14721210000006tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3760548448812987226.post-32279949548103520572019-06-30T01:32:00.000+08:002019-06-30T01:32:18.598+08:00Myanmar: Yangon Downtown, Sule, and Shwedagon Pagoda<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: 9pt;">I'm excited to share
with you the final stretch of my Southeast Asia bucket list!!! If you're reading
my blog way back 2016, you would know that I am trying to visit all Southeast
Asian countries and guess what?! I've finally visited it all!! (Except Brunei
and East Timor) Visiting it all (okay maybe not all but I'd like to think it was all, lol) wasn't really my plan when I got hooked up on
traveling. I just wanted to experience the culture and explore new cities until I
realized that if I wanted to connect the history piece by piece of these
countries, I really need to visit it all. My goal was to finish it all before I
turn 30 but I was able to visit it all a week before my 25th birthday (Bali,
Indonesia is the last location and Myanmar being 2nd to the last).</span><br />
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<b style="font-size: 9pt;">2018 was a year
of traveling for me.</b><span style="font-size: 9pt;"> I got to visit 4 new countries and this is the year I've
completed my SEA bucket list. And to be honest, I didn't expect to visit Myanmar
last 2018. For one, it doesn't have a direct flight from Manila, another reason
is that it is not a popular destination among Filipinos. I got lucky because my
father has Burmese friends from when he worked in Mae Sot last 2013. Mae Sot, by the way, is the Thai border of Thailand and the other side is Myawaddy which
is the Myanmar border. </span></div>
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I was lucky enough to visit Mae Sot when we backpacked
Thailand last 2015 (Check out our experience <a href="http://www.maayalegaspi.com/2016/02/thailand-2015-mae-sot.html" target="_blank">here</a>) but we didn't cross the
border to Myawaddy as my father said there was nothing to see on the other
side. So yup, I waited to this day we will visit Myanmar. HAHA! Just by
thinking about it makes me miss backpacking, I'm so glad I did it at such an
early age. Good old days. Not all are lucky enough to travel with their
fathers, let alone do backpacking in a foreign country. ;)</div>
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I got our tickets from
as usual *drum rolls* ~*Air Asia seat sale*~. Even though it is a seat sale, it
is by far the most expensive plane ticket I've bought. I'm already expecting it
as tickets to Myanmar aren't really cheap knowing there is no direct flight. We
had a 12hr layover in Kuala Lumpur on our way to Myanmar and an 11hr layover in
KL as well en route to Manila. How did we survive that long layover? That's for
another post! It's quite interesting though because even with that long
layover, never did once I got bored.<br />
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<span style="font-size: 9pt;">This is a 7-day
backpacking journey and boy it was not easy. You could say that this is the
hardest of them all but I am glad I survived and finally ticked it off on my
list. We visited the 4 major places in Myanmar. Our route is Yangon -> Bagan
-> Mandalay -> Inle Lake -> then back to Yangon. This means more
overnight buses and public toilets (my worst enemy, que horror) but all is
worth it because Myanmar is one beautiful country.</span></div>
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Myanmar, previously
known as Burma, was also once a colonized country. It was under Britain and
Japan before it finally got its independence. Very much like us, they also have
many ethnic groups such as Burman and Karen. And although I've been wanting to
visit this country for the longest time now, I really don't have any idea what
to expect in this country. I don't know how advanced they are but a friend of
mine once described it as "Manila in the 70s, 80s". I would
say he is right.<br />
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<i>Old buildings in Yangon downtown </i></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9pt;">We arrived early in
the morning at Yangon International Airport. Remember my father used to
volunteer/work in Mae Sot before? He was a teacher for Burmese kids back then
and one of his students wanted to meet up with us and tour us around Yangon
when we arrived. We first bought sim cards and changed money. One thing to note
is that banks/money changers in Myanmar don't change Philippine Peso so if
you plan to visit Myanmar, it is better to bring US dollars. We took the bus
going to the city and alight near Shwedagon Pagoda, in front of Sule
Shangri-La. This is where I, my father, and his former student, Lin Ko, met.</span><br />
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He first accompanied
us inside Shangri-la to exchange money (the exchange rate at the airport is bad
so we just exchanged money for sim card and transportation going to the city).
I am an awkward kid so I just took photos of the city while they catch up
with each other. Haha. Lin Ko also accompanied us to a legit Burmese restaurant
with legit Burmese food. Okay, food. Let's talk about food. <br />
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<i>Some of the Burmese food Lin Ko sampled for us </i></div>
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This isn't my first
time eating Burmese food because as I've said, we went to Mae Sot and there's a
restaurant there that sells Burmese food given that it is a border of Thailand
and Myanmar. My favorite Burmese food -- Lahpet-thoke, called Tea Leaf Salad
in English has a hint of salty taste because of the peanuts but is very
satisfying because of the fermented tea leaves. If there's one thing I could
eat every day in Myanmar, it is Lahpet-thoke. Burmese cuisine is mainly
influenced by its neighboring countries Thailand, India, and China so it's no surprise that most of their food has curry for its base. </div>
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I noticed is
that they like curry so much they have many variations. I am not sure though
why, but I was very meticulous at what I eat when we were in Myanmar. I tried
Mohinga on this restaurant Lin Ko recommended and it was really good! Aside from
Mohinga, Lahpet-thoke, and the food we ate at President Café in Mandalay,
there's no other local food that stuck with me. Maybe we just didn't go to the
right places for food. The food at President Cafe is Chinese-ish so its one type of food I really liked when went there.<br />
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<i>Legit Lahpet-thoke - so good I brought home a ready-made from their supermarket</i></div>
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After eating, we went
to one of my father's friends place. It is actually a printing press. He
offered his place for us to drop our bags first before roaming around Yangon as
we don't have a hotel in Yangon for the day. We plan on going to Bagan via an overnight
bus that day so we have no plans in getting a hotel. See, that's the thing
about backpacking, you have to carefully plan your itinerary to maximize the
time. The good thing is that my father has friends in this part of the world that
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After dropping our
bags and some chitchat, we went to Shwedagon Pagoda. Burmese people are free of
charge when they enter temples in Yangon but foreigners are required to pay. We
tried blending in with the locals but it seems that they can differentiate me from the locals because my father can go inside but the guards are always calling my attention.
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It was raining during
our visit to Shwedagon but even though it is raining, the temple is still so
pretty. This is the most sacred Buddhist temple in all of Myanmar and it can be
seen from all over Yangon day and night because of its golden roof that illuminates.
One must remove their footwear upon entering the temple (same goes for all
temples in Myanmar). Since it was raining the time we visited, the floors are
kind of slippery. One interesting thing I came across here is that Burmese
Buddhist takes note of the time and day they were born. Each day is split by 2,
AM and PM, and there will be a certain Buddha for that where people can offer
flowers while pouring in water then people can make a wish. <br />
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<i>Here is Lin Ko with my father :)</i></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9pt;">We also visited Yangon National Museum that tackles the very historical Myanmar. What I liked the most is that they have an ASEAN section that shows different facts among different ASEAN countries. It's fun reading trivia about each country.</span><br />
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Myanmar is also the
most conservative country I've been to. Men and women wear longyi so their skin
is mostly covered. Even wearing shorts seems like not the norm here. Imagine
how much more strict they are when it comes to their temples. One must cover
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After Shwedagon, we
decided to roam around the public market to look for the good stuff that can pass
as souvenirs. There are good local coffee shops and small shops that sell
snacks. I got myself a cup of iced coffee while we munch on Lahpet-thoke. </div>
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After the afternoon
siesta at the local market, we headed to Sule Pagoda. If there are two temples
you need to visit in Yangon, it is Shwedagon and Sule. It is two of the biggest
and most visited. Before entering Sule, we met with my father's co-teacher and
one of his students also went to see him. That's one thing I admire with my
father, he always knows someone and he socializes very well. Probably one of his
traits that I wasn't able to get that I wish I did get. LOL. Didn't take photos in Sule so now I'm regretting I don't have memorabilia of that temple.</div>
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<i>with some of my father's students</i></div>
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Sule Pagoda is much
smaller than Shwedagon but none the less, it is still pretty on its own. It is
located in Downtown Yangon and it was said to be over 2000 years old. It was
still raining so we waited a bit for the rain to stop. I remember having the need
to pee then since they don't allow slipper/footwear inside the temples, I have
no footwear entering the comfort room. And while I still cringe remembering that moment, I can't help but be proud of myself that I survived it. LOL. One thing
about the public CRs in Myanmar is that it all have bidets, at least for the
once I got to use. But still, going to the CR without footwear? Oh my. </div>
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<i>Dolls wearing national costumes of each ASEAN country</i></div>
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As the afternoon
approaches, we went to a nearby tea shop. Had some tea and went to the printing
press to get our bags then off we go to the bus terminal going to Bagan. The funny thing was I left my umbrella in the grab taxi (yes, they do have grab but the cars
are old models, to be expected though) and Lin Ko was kind enough to contact the
driver so he was able to get the umbrella. I got it on our last day when we met
again after we explored Inle Lake. Thing is, I don't have an umbrella when
we're in Bagan, Mandalay, and Inle Lake. The weather was quite a bipolar<i> pa naman
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As for dinner, we just
ate at a small shop in the terminal. And that's how we explored Yangon on our
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You can check my IG
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</span><span style="font-size: 9pt;">Thailand. Comfy and it has reclining seats. By the way, it was Lin Ko
who bought our overnight bus tickets to Bagan, we just paid him when we got the
ticket from him. We also secured a bus ticket from Ngauw Shwe (Inle Lake) going
to Yangon on our last night just so to be sure we won't have a hard time going
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Maaya Legaspihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10175924963575211047noreply@blogger.com0Yangon, Myanmar (Burma)16.8660694 96.19513200000005816.379926400000002 95.549685000000053 17.3522124 96.840579000000062tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3760548448812987226.post-62527195070592182702019-06-01T15:21:00.001+08:002019-06-01T15:21:38.303+08:00La Union with my High School Constants<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: 9pt; text-align: left;">Believe it or not but
this is actually my first time in La Union. Been wanting to go for months now
but I have no one to go with me. So when my best friend is coming home from her
vacation, we immediately planned a weekend getaway. My high school friends are
mostly into staycations so it's really something when we finally push a getaway
like this. Baby steps. Haha! And also, this almost didn't realize because
Atheena had a traumatic experience with beaches so we were looking for other
places we could visit while she's on vacation. But fortunately, we got her
blessing. Lol. The only condition is that she'll not go to the falls. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9pt;">Planning vacations is
tedious especially when everyone's schedule is tight and packed. We planned this month before Atheena's arrival just to make sure it pushes through. Imagine
planning this around March and almost all accommodation near the surfing area
are all fully booked! Yup. I am not sure if it's because it's summer or
everyone just wants to get away from the busy Manila life.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9pt;">We had no choice so we
looked for a decent accommodation via Airbnb. There are a lot of choices but
the main problem is how far is it from surf central. We are all girls and one
factor we take into consideration in booking accommodation is how clean the
comfort room is. Is it decent? When we finally found our accommodation, next is to book
bus rides going to and from San Juan La Union. The only bus companies I know
that drives that way are Partas and Viron. Viron, as far as I know, doesn't have
an online booking platform. Partas, on the other hand, have one.
(</span><a href="http://biyaheroes.com/" style="font-size: 9pt;">biyaheroes.com</a><span style="font-size: 9pt;">) We wanted a super deluxe bus so we can recline our seats but
unfortunately, almost all trips are full. The only one left is the 12:15AM trip
and 11PM trip.</span></div>
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We didn't want to
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reserve the remaining the seats for us because when I booked, there are only 4 seats left in the 3PM trip while the next one is 10pm already. Imagine that.</div>
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Fast forward to the
actual day and after some preparations, we are good to go! Our meet up location
is at Partas Pasay. I was asleep the whole drive going to San Juan La Union
because how can I not?! I go to the office 7AM to avoid traffic so I usually wake
up at 5:30, I am now a semi-morning person. Haha!</div>
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Once we arrived, our
first order of business is to look for a breakfast place by the beach. By the way,
we arrived 7AM-ish. We found one restaurant that's serving breakfast but it is
still close. It opens around 8AM to which is okay with us. The restaurant is
called Barefoot at Le Point. I like how they present the food and the food is
actually good! I would say most of the stuff we ate at La Union is so damn
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<span style="font-size: 9pt;">After breakfast, we
decided to visit the famous the Flotsam & Jetsam and kinda chilled at their
restaurant while waiting for our check-in time which by the way the host told
it is okay to check in early but she did not clarify that it is case to case
basis. We ordered shakes to beat the heat somehow but it was us who got beaten. Lol.
It's just sooo hot. The shakes cost 160 each and to be honest, it is not worth
the price. I like how chill the vibe at Flotsam & Jetsam is so maybe that's
what we are paying, not the food. LOL. The vibes remind me of Luang Prabang and
Bali. There are day beds and bean bags for customer use. Sockets are provided
for people who need to charge and maybe for people who work remotely.</span></div>
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We checked in at
around 12-ish and girl we were not happy. The host doesn't give clear
directions on how to go to their area. She told us to alight at Awesome Hotel
but it is not the actual location. Remember this is noon time, with the heat on
its peak, she told us to walk because the house is not beside Awesome Hotel.
I mean, from my experience in Airbnb, most of the host would fetch you if
you're lost or would give proper directions given that the house is not along
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The room is so-so. We
got the clean bathroom we wanted. Lol. This is the most basic I've seen. 1 bed,
2 floor mattresses, AC, and bathroom. No bedside table or even a small closet.</div>
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Once we settled in, we
decided to take a nap before going back to surf central. By the way, the cost
of the tricycle per ride from our accommodation is 150 whilst if you take a
jeepney, you pay the minimum fare. The difference is huge but that is how far our location
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Clean Beach because Atheena has a friend working as a barista there. And as
usual, the food is good, the coffee is good, the lemon bar is good. Haha! One
thing I like about La Union restos we tried is that they provide water for
everyone for free. They discourage the use of plastics.</span></div>
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I went to La Union
looking forward to surf and experience the waves. I even looked for goggles I
can use because as per my LASIK doctor, I should wear goggles whenever I do
water sports. But lo and behold, there are no waves. We just waited for
the sunset and enjoyed the view at the beach. In fairness, beach trips really
cure your soul. So deep. Not all beach trips though - maybe it depends on what
beach and who are you with? Hmm..</div>
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And since we are in La
Union, what's a beach trip with friends without a night out? We tried our luck
in Flotsam & Jetsam and obviously, it's already full. Some of the people
there suggested we go to Surf Shack. We managed to get a spot that won't soak
in the rain. And as I mentioned earlier, we didn't enjoy the food except for
the pizza we ordered. There's a nearby Moon Leaf milk tea shop so to compensate
for the disappointing dinner we had, we decided to get milk tea to cap the day
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our room, it suddenly blacked out. Lol. It lasted for maybe 10 minutes before
the electricity went back. And yeah... That's it for the day. Took a bath and
retired for the day.</div>
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after eating, we now understand why. The food is soooo damn good. Their grilled
cheese is a must! Coffee is also good! So after eating, we got ready to depart
La Union. Went to the room, fixed our stuff. My one last request is that we try
Makai Bowl for lunch. Smoothie bowl for lunch because why not?! I got guilty
with all the food we ate so I tried to eat healthily on my last meal in La Union.
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The short trip was fun
because I was with my friends. La Union on the other hand is so crowded! There
are lines everywhere, people everywhere. I don't know. Maybe going there on a
weekday is better? Well at least I finally know why people are so in love with
La Union. Good food and the beach. Plus yeah maybe the vibes - just exclude the
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Maaya Legaspihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10175924963575211047noreply@blogger.com0San Juan, La Union, Philippines16.6719671 120.3627578000000516.5502761 120.20139630000006 16.7936581 120.52411930000005tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3760548448812987226.post-39065497198514324492019-05-14T18:22:00.000+08:002019-05-15T15:19:53.801+08:00The Grand Palace and Chao Phraya Dinner Cruise<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">This is our second to the last day in Bangkok. As for Ton, this is her last day because she'll be going back to Manila a day earlier than us. This is actually my second time now in the grand palace (<a href="http://www.maayalegaspi.com/2016/01/thailand-2015-bangkok.html" target="_blank">first time here</a>) and it still never fails to amaze me. I mean guys, if you have to visit at least one temple, then this is it. <a name='more'></a></span></center>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">As usual, there are a lot of tourists, especially Chinese people in the temples. And even with the high number of tourists, they are still strict in terms of dress code. For one, my mother was asked to cover her knees even though her shorts are just above the knee. And that's one thing I really admire about them, they really put the rules in effect and make sure everyone follows it.</span></center>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Just a quick background, Thailand's Grand Palace is one of the most sacred places for Thais. This used to be the home of the kings since King Rama I. Personally, the reason why I like this temple so much is because of how intricate the design of the temples is. The walls are carefully carved, the gigantic statues, even the ceiling was very much thought of. And even as a second timer, I am still in awe with every structure I see. I think the only downside on both occasions I visited the grand palace is that there are a lot of visitors that it is hard to go around.</span></center>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">One of the reason too why this place is famous is because it houses the temple of the Emerald Buddha, which ironically is not really emerald but rather jade. The Emerald Buddha itself has a long history. It was originally found in Thailand with no artifacts as to who made or where it was originally from. </span></center>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">For 200 years, the emerald buddha was in Vientiane, Laos after it was taken by Lao invaders until it was taken back by King Taksin. And now, the grand temple is the permanent home of the emerald buddha. The Buddha was famous because it was known to give prosperity and luck among others. There are also beliefs that the Buddha originally came from India to Sri Lanka, to Angkor Wat in Cambodia.</span></center>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Imagine, this is just the history of the emerald buddha, what more of the whole Indochina. Indochina's history is just very complex that visiting these countries is not enough to understand. But as to what I always say, I like learning history through visiting the country. It's face to face with history itself.</span></center>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">We had lunch right after then went back to our Airbnb to rest before we have our dinner cruise at the Chao Phraya river. I am excited about this dinner because this is my first time to do this in Bangkok even with countless visits. What can I say? The food is just okay. I mean not really exceptional but let's just say above average. The desserts though is not that yummy. But what I liked the most aside from the food is the view. You can see some of the temples being lightened up. Even the grand palace! Too bad I wasn't able to take a good photo of it at night because it gets blurry.</span></center>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The grand palace at night is so stunning. It's sad we can only see it from the outside because it closes at just about 3pm-ish so entry to the palace at night is not permitted though even with just the façade being visible, it is still so beautiful. </span></center>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">And that's it. If you're interested in booking the Chao Phraya dinner cruise too, we got our tickets from <a href="https://www.klook.com/en-PH/activity/375-chao-phraya-princess-cruise-bangkok/" target="_blank">Klook</a>. You can sign by clicking <a href="https://www.klook.com/en-PH/activity/375-chao-phraya-princess-cruise-bangkok/" target="_blank">this link</a> and get P150 off on your first booking. ;)</span></center>
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Maaya Legaspihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10175924963575211047noreply@blogger.com0Bangkok, Thailand13.7563309 100.5017651000000613.2627269 99.856318100000053 14.2499349 101.14721210000006tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3760548448812987226.post-33900557137000300692019-05-04T16:00:00.000+08:002019-05-04T16:00:05.161+08:00Quick Escape to Baguio<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: 9pt;">I never really
appreciated long weekends that much until I need it to have a vacation. I would
say I am in my longest streak of not filing a VL and SL and so far I am doing
okay. I mean, it's a struggle but with my situation right now, I really don't
have a choice. So when holy week approached, I feel like I'm a student in a
sembreak because, for the longest time since the Christmas holidays, I can get a
decent vacation from work.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9pt;">I grabbed this chance
to have a quick escape to Baguio with my mom and my sister. We left Manila at
Thursday midnight then our plan is to go back Saturday so we will not get stuck
in traffic.</span></div>
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If you're reading my
blog, you would know how I've always loved Baguio because of its cool weather
and just recently, because of its food scene. During this visit, we didn't go
to the usual Baguio tourist places. Instead, we just enjoyed the cool breeze that
we cannot have here in Manila during the summer season, eat our hearts out, bargain
hunting in Baguio's night market, and just basically enjoy and unwind through
food and good ambiance.</div>
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<span style="font-size: 9pt;">I've booked our Airbnb
accommodation a little bit early because based on experience, I know how
accommodation can get fully booked on peak seasons especially during holy week
wherein people from Manila go to other places to have some time off as well.</span></div>
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The accommodation is
situated in a good location just near Baguio cathedral. I think the only
downside in the location is how steep the streets are. My mother had a hard
time walking uphill. But this is Baguio and we don't have a choice.</div>
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Our departure time in
Victory Liner Cubao was supposed to be 3AM but it got delayed and we departed
at around 3:30am. I even saw one of my college friends in the terminal too.
LOL. We arrived just past 12 and we are soooo hungry. On normal days, we are supposed to arrive before 10am but I guess this is just one of the effects of holy week. The traffic is just so bad especially in La Union where I assume most people would go.</div>
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<i> New taho flavor: Ube taho - manong said they used Good Shepherd ube jam</i><br />
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<span style="font-size: 9pt;">So before checking in, we
decided to eat lunch first. My mother suggested "Good Taste". I
haven't heard about this restaurant before even with going to Baguio almost
every year, this is the first I have visited this restaurant. I mean I am
always on the lookout for a good restaurant in Baguio and this never came up in the
search result.</span></div>
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And in fairness, when
we arrived in the restaurant, there are A LOT of people lining up just
to eat inside. I thought we still need to wait which I am most certain we cannot
do because of how hungry we already are. Thankfully, since we are just 3 people,
the staff directed us to go inside already. The people with the long line
outside seems to be in a group tour that's why there are a bunch of
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<i>Look at the serving!!! </i></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9pt;">Their menu is very
comprehensive. I think almost all the Filipino favorites are included in the
menu. This could be due to hunger, I don't know, but we ordered way too much
our stomach can handle. The staff getting our order seems to be surprised and
wants to trim down the food we are ordering because it turns out, the serving size is very generous! I cannot stress this enough but it is so budget friendly but
with generous serving too! </span></div>
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And to top it all off? The food is actually
delicious! How are they able to do that? If it's here in Manila, I'm sure the
prices wouldn't be the same. Their spicy buttered chicken is soooo yummy. Their
80 peso halo-halo is one of the best! The serving plus the taste! </div>
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So right after lunch,
we went to check-in in our Airbnb for this trip. And that's it for that day.
Really. LOL. We are just so tired we didn't go out and instead just chill and
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The next day... We
visited The Lourdes Grotto as requested by my mother. After all, it's still holy week.
We decided to eat breakfast at Chocolate de Batirol. And guess what? They are
closed for renovation. LOL. They are only open for takeout. We are so disappointed
but what can we do? Instead of chocolate de Batirol, we ate breakfast at
Starbucks. We are already inside Camp John Hay's vicinity so we just decided to
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suman. Some window shopping before we went to The Good Shepherd and Baguio
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just me but Baguio's public market seems to sell vegetables priced higher than
usual. And the vegetable vendors seem to be limited to 3 to 5 stalls only.
Gone are the days where there are vegetable vendors almost everywhere you can haggle to your heart's desire. Now, there are just very few. Same with strawberry vendors, I
could count with just my one hand. What I observe is that stalls that sell
pasalubong grew in numbers. Maybe visitors opt to buy goods in jars instead of
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dinner at Don Henrico's in session road. Don Henrico's in Baguio is like a
Baguio favorite. We have it here in Manila but when we're in Baguio, we always
eat there. Hehe.</div>
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We also tried our luck
in finding good stuff in the night market. There are actually a lot of good
jackets. It's just that there are a lot of people it's quite irritating
already. Feels like we are in Divisoria. Skin to skin with people we don't know
who. In the end, I've managed to buy 1 jacket and I feel like I could still
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day, my sister and I went for a quick gym sesh. One of the times I appreciate
Anytime Fitness lol. Had lunch at Café by the Ruins, which by the way was not
how we expected. I've eaten here before but this time, I can say it's already
overrated. None of the dishes we ordered is something we enjoyed. We are quite
disappointed because we always see this in every blog about Baguio and yet it's
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went back again to the public market to look for sweaters. I have this one
sweater I got in Baguio when I was still a kid and up to now, I am still using
it because the material is durable plus it's fashionable. We got it in the public
market so we decided to look for good sweaters. And I am not sure if we look hard enough but we couldn't find a good sweater shop. Are we looking in
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things I buy whenever in Baguio is coffee beans. I always buy at this certain
store in the public market and bring home Barako beans to my father. The
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going back to Manila is at 5pm so while waiting for 5pm, we stayed at Starbucks
killing time.</span></div>
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This trip was short
but sweet. I've also noticed that there aren't many tourists this time compared
to last year. Or maybe we just didn't go to the tourist spots? I'm expecting
flocks of people but even though taxi drivers say there are a lot of people, it's
nothing compared to the previous years we went to Baguio. I think maybe because
other tourist spots are booming nowadays like La Union. I can only imagine how
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So that's it. I am not
sure when will be the next time I'll visit Baguio but maybe not this year or
next year? I just realized that aside from chilling, there's nothing much else
to see if you frequent Baguio like I do. I just like the weather and the food.
Also, the familiar feeling when I am there. There are just too many good memories.
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<span style="font-size: 9pt;">I've been to Bangkok a lot of times but this is my first time visiting Damnoen Saduak Floating Market.
And by far, this is one of the nicest floating markets I've been to. It is
literally, a "FLOATING MARKET" where people can buy goods from the sellers
in the boats. When I first went to Ho Chi Minh, we are told that we will be
seeing a floating market in the Mekong River but what we imagined was different
from the actual floating market they have there.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9pt;">We started our day
very early because call time is around 8am near the entrance of Century Mall.
We had a very rough day the day before and the hotel we stayed at have beds
that could eat you alive. If It weren't for the tour, I'm sure we all would
still be dreaming in our beds that morning. Ton, on the other hand, didn't come
with us in the floating market because she already experienced it so instead
she bought souvenirs and shopped for some stuff.</span></div>
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the call time so we opt to eat breakfast first in a nearby eatery. It was just
a small one but looking at it from the outside, it looks like they serve yummy
Thai food. So off we go. I ordered some kind of noodles with soup while my
mother ordered Tom yum early in the morning. I like how comforting noodles and
soup are, pair it with Thai's chili powder and it was suddenly one of great of
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lot of people in the meetup area. I'm not sure if the company that's taking us
to the floating market is Klook itself or some kind of third party company. I'm
guessing Klook because they gave us water bottles with Klook's label on it.
People are grouped according to their nationality so we were with Filipinos all
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The first impression of
the place was it was just okay. I mean I don't expect much because I've seen
different Southeast Asian countries and I know what to expect already. There
are houses nearby the river where they also sell food, coffee, and
refreshments. On the main area, there are stalls of Thai food and different
Bangkok souvenirs. We were escorted first to ride the boat and look for stuff
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Remember that this place is already a tourist destination so I
am pretty sure buying stuff here is pricey compared to other places already.
The process is you will ride the boat, the driver of the boat will roam you
around the floating market, people from the store have this long stick with
hook on it so they can pull your boat over easily when they think you want to
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<span style="font-size: 9pt;">There are good shops
that sell many different kinds of woods, clothing, spices, and Thai souvenirs.
And while they are nice to look at, I am mostly fascinated by food vendors
inside their boat. It's kinda cool because these sellers also drive their boats
and when your boats are parallel with each other, you can buy food from them.
Some food they sell is, of course, coconut ice cream, corn, different kinds of
fruits, even chicken satay! And mind you, they are grilling the satay inside the boat
as well!</span></div>
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about 1 hr to 1 hr and 30 minutes then we still have free time to eat lunch and
roam around the vicinity. We bought fresh Thai iced tea (priced at 35 baht or
70 pesos at that time!) which is perfect for the weather as the weather is soooo
humid and hot. We also had our lunch here which is yet again pad thai and
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<span style="font-size: 9pt;">The food is actually
delicious and the price is reasonable. I liked this tour because it is
different from the usual temples and pagoda sightseeing. For a change, there
is something I did in Bangkok that doesn’t include temples. Not that I don't
like temples but just to experience and see other stuff. It's been temples all
over Southeast Asia. I wonder how we were not influenced by Buddhism and
Hinduism.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9pt;">After lunch, we went
back to the area where the van is parked. We waited for the others to come back
then we were brought back to the city. We met up with Ton and she escorted us
inside the Platinum mall for some Bangkok shopping and Big C for pasalubong shopping.
Actually, one of the things I liked to do whenever I am in another country is
shopping. Not that I splurge money but I like seeing local stuff because it's
like seeing something new again. Like you would notice how some countries like
so many spices while others are into tamarinds and other sour ingredients. It's
also fun picking stuff for your own or for your loved ones. Retail therapy at
its finest. LOL!</span></div>
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After souvenir
shopping, we went back to our Airbnb to rest for a while before we eat dinner
and watch Siam Niramit. My mother is into cultural shows that's why whenever I
travel with her, we always watch some kind of theater play or cultural show
somewhere. When we arrived in the area, the escorts are even in character too
as they wear some kind of Thai clothing wit majestic headpiece.</div>
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in Klook comes with a buffet dinner already so before the show, our tummies are
already happy and full. The food on the other is okay. Not too fancy but there
are many choices and very filling too! There's even a mini show inside the
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<span style="font-size: 9pt;">I don't have photos inside the theater or hall or whatever you
call it because photos and videos are not allowed but if you really want to
dive in and learn more about the history of Thailand and ancient Siam, then I
suggest you watch this one. The costumes are very colorful and they even have
an elephant as a cast member. They have over 150 members just for the show and
it really showcases the many beliefs of Thais.</span></div>
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Up next is The Grand
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<a href="https://www.klook.com/en-PH/activity/1221-damnoen-saduak-floating-market-bangkok/" target="_blank">Damnoen Saduak Floating Market Half Day Tour</a></div>
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If you don't have a Klook account yet, sign up using <a href="https://www.klook.com/en-PH/invite/EA58C?c=PHP" target="_blank">my link</a> and automatically get P150 worth of Klook credits you can use to book your first adventure. ;) </div>
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Maaya Legaspihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10175924963575211047noreply@blogger.com0Damnoen Saduak District, Ratchaburi, Thailand13.517084 99.95371460000001213.270110500000001 99.630991100000017 13.7640575 100.27643810000001tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3760548448812987226.post-88905670255458960162019-03-16T17:14:00.000+08:002019-03-16T17:14:26.663+08:00Cambodia-Thailand Border Crossing and Airbnb-Agoda Misadventures<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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It was our third day
backpacking and this I swear is one of my most hassle days in 2018. I am not
exaggerating that. We had a very stressful problem with our Airbnb host and
Agoda booking. But first, let me start the post by narrating how we did border
crossing by land! </div>
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I am always a fan of
border crossing because living in the Philippines means we don't have a
neighboring country that we could travel to by land so it was really fun
crossing borders and observing how just by one single border changes how the
way people live. This is most evident when we crossed the Laos-Thailand
border. The way the drivers navigate is different from both countries. In Laos,
they follow right-hand drive while in Thailand, they follow left-hand drive. So
you could literally see differences by just how we changed lanes when we arrive
in the border of Thailand. Little things like that fascinate me.</div>
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<span style="font-size: 9pt;">Anyway, back to Siem
Reap. I had to research this thoroughly because if not done right, border
crossing will get more hassle. Upon searching the world wide web and countless
border crossing guides, they all say one same thing, there are A LOT of
scams happening. With my </span><a href="http://www.maayalegaspi.com/2017/04/from-getting-ripped-off-in-hanoi-to.html" style="font-size: 9pt;" target="_blank">experience in Hanoi being scammed by a taxi driver</a><span style="font-size: 9pt;">, I
know we have to be vigilant since I think this is one of the meccas of scammers. The thing is, when you cross
borders, you cannot do it during an overnight trip because the immigration
office will be closed by that time. Unlike airports whose immigration is manned
24/7, these border immigration offices only open in the morning and close at a
certain time so better check the time to avoid problems.</span></div>
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Of course, the initial
plan was to ride an overnight bus but since the immigration office closes at
nighttime, we opt to take the day bus. There was an overnight bus but the
reviews were all terrible like some would say the bus was very small, there are
cases of where some of the belongings got lost, most would say they feel it is
not safe, and they had to wait for the immigration office to open.</div>
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So when we established
that we will take the morning bus, there's one bus line that netizens always
recommend, the Giant Ibis. I cannot remember if we booked the ticket online or
if we booked it via our hotel. </div>
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The morning of our
departure, we were picked up by a tuk-tuk going to where the bus was parked. I
like how they pick up passengers instead of just waiting for them to arrive.
Maybe it's to avoid long waiting time and not knowing whether the passenger
will show up or not? </div>
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Once we were at the
place where the bus was parked, there was also a mini convenience store. We
decided to get some food because it would be a very long ride. I think 8 hours
more or less. Good thing we got food from the store because we had problems
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The border is located
in Poipet for Cambodia's side and Aranyaprathet for Thailand's side. The area
was very busy that you should be attentive all the time. <b><u>ALWAYS</u></b> hold on to your
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Anyway, when we arrive
at the border, fortunately, we didn't encounter any issue. Since we have Philippine passports, we are entitled to a visa-free entry. However, for
western people, I heard rumors about how they always have a hard time passing
the border with different scams targeted to them here and there. </div>
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We had to alight the bus and go to the immigration office ourselves. They said the bus will
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I guess it took us
more or less 15 minutes in the Siem Reap border then we had to walk all the way
through the Thailand immigration. Now, this is where it gets interesting
because, during the time we were there, there are limited signs to where you
will need to go in order to go to the Thailand immigration. It was a long walk
and you can easily get lost. </div>
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When in doubt, ask for
people who looks like a tourist too because locals can scam you and might bring
you somewhere else. Tourists might not know as well but at least you know you
are with someone who is also looking for the correct place. Walk as fast as
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Thailand immigration, on the other hand, is very different from Siem Reap. Well, for one, it is
airconditioned. Imagine walking under the sun at a southeast Asian country, the aircon was such a relief.
LOL. Also, this is where the line gets long. We are already worried about the bus leaving us but luckily there are also other passengers from the bus who are
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Once we got our
passport stamped, we hurriedly walked to the other end to ride the bus. The guy
there told us to eat lunch first because the bus was not ready. So we
looked for money changers and actually went to ALL banks and money changers we
could see but they don't change Philippine Peso and Cambodian Riel to Thai
Baht. LOL. We didn't have any USD with us so we are all starving. Thanks to the
snacks we got from the convenience store, we managed to get through the day.
The bus also took a lot of time before we were asked to ride again. </div>
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I think it was 4 or 5
PM when we arrive in Bangkok. Finally!!! It was soooo exhausting. Our first
stop was Khao San Road since we were dropped off nearby, we decided to eat
there first and change money. First order of business? Pad thai and mango
sticky rice of course! Oh, how I miss legit pad thai. If you don't know yet,
<a href="http://www.maayalegaspi.com/2017/08/sea-life-bangkok-ocean-world-and-khao.html" target="_blank">Khao San Road</a> is like a party and backpacker street in Thailand. This is where
you will most likely find cheap hostels starting from 350 baht per night. This
is where we stayed when my father and I backpacked in <a href="http://www.maayalegaspi.com/search/label/Hanoi" target="_blank">Hanoi</a>, <a href="http://www.maayalegaspi.com/search/label/Laos" target="_blank">Laos</a>, and <a href="http://www.maayalegaspi.com/2017/08/sea-life-bangkok-ocean-world-and-khao.html" target="_blank">Bangkok</a>.
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<span style="font-size: 9pt;">This time, since I am
with my mother and my sister, I am pretty sure they will not like the room
situation in Khao San Road. It was decent but well, you know what I mean.</span></div>
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After eating, we
decided to go to the Airbnb place I booked. AND GUESS WHAT?! THE HOST IS NOT
RESPONDING TO ME. Take note this is already 7 or 8 ish in the evening, we are
dead tired, and we might not have a place to stay in for the night. It sounds
funny to me now but believe my horror and my stress when I thought we had no
place to stay in. What's a girl gotta do you ask? I tried contacting Airbnb. I
used my PH number (which was billed 1000+) for the call I made. Huhu. To make
the story short, they gave us $50 to go and book a hotel where we can stay in
for the night then they will find us a place the next day in Airbnb where we
can check in.</div>
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So I booked via Agoda.
My patience was getting shorter and shorter and the fatigue is eating me alive.
GUESS WHAT?! The hotel we booked was fully booked!!! We had to climb a flight
of stairs with our luggage only to find out it was freaking fully booked. By
this point, I feel like crying already. To make it worst, my card was already
charged. </div>
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The people in the
hotel though recommended one hotel which is just nearby. They made the call for
us and told the other hotel that we are coming. Agoda, on the other hand, assured
me that the payment will be refunded plus they gave a voucher I can use on my
next booking. I am not pleased with the voucher, just imagine the hassle. And
all the taxi fare we had to shoulder because of all this. </div>
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But thank God though
because the hotel we stayed in for the night was sooooo posh and has one of the
most amazing beds I slept into. <a href="http://www.tha6.com/rooms/" target="_blank">THA Hotel's</a> interiors are amazing, and again, the bed!
I cannot stress this enough. LOL. Maybe it was just that we were all tired but
we all agree that the bed was soft like we could sleep in all day.
Unfortunately, we just have one night in this hotel and our call time the next
day is early. </div>
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The hotel's details are as follows:</div>
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="font-size: 12px;">2 Ekamai 6 Sukhumvit 63 Phra Kanong Nua Wattana Bangkok 10110</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="font-size: 12px;">Tel+662-7140888 Fax +662-7140999</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="font-size: 12px;">Email: info@tha6.com</span></span></div>
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So that's how we spent
one day in our Siem Reap-Bangkok trip last year. Good thing I still remember
some of the details. Hehe.</div>
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<span style="font-size: 9pt;">I would say Airbnb
handled our concern appropriately but I still wish this incident didn't happen.
Their support calls and checks in on us, they are also very responsive. As for the host? I don't know what
happened to him. He had many good reviews so I don't know what happened to him that
night. All's well that end well I guess. :)</span></div>
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