The TravelWhore
It all began when I got a pre-owned film camera as a gift from a distant relative back in 1996. I stared taking photos of almost anything that I find interesting and on each photograph, I always write notes at the back of the print and make it ala post card or I just simply post it in a photo album.
Everything have changed now, We now have what we call Travel Blogs (Web Log) where we can share our travel experiences. Traveling for me is the highest form of learning, I love discovering each destinations culture and heritage, arts and crafts, language, food and its lovely people.
Let me share to you the joy of traveling one step at a time. ....read more
Posted by
melo in Monday, March 16th 2009
Yesterday, Nina and I went to Pier 15 to checkout MV Doulos Floating library. Carrying 330 volunteers from 50 countries, MV Doulos crews don’t just sell books, they also reach out to prisoners and orphans by conducting short educational programs and providing hope and inspirations to each country they visit.
All of the volunteers on the [...]
Posted by
melo in Thursday, January 29th 2009
It was my day off when I visited the Manila Post office last week to pick up the package I bought from Ebay. It took almost two weeks for them to send me the notice that my package has arrived, Oh well, at least it didn’t get lost.
Since most of my travel gears, travel books, [...]
Posted by
melo in Saturday, January 3rd 2009
It’s not clean unlike the streets of Madrid and it’s definitely not as colorful as the City of Beijing. This is Manila and I call it my “Hometown”. Whenever I need to tour around a friend in Manila, there’s only one place I always have in mind… It’s Quiapo.
It’s new year and I promised my self that [...]
Posted by
melo in Friday, January 2nd 2009
The feast of the Black Nazarine is an intense, day-long festival in Quiapo Manila. The Black Nazarene festival is considered the largest religious festival in Asia.
Every 9th of January, thousands of devotees from all walks of life come to the church of Quiapoto take part in the procession as a way of strengthening their faith [...]
Posted by
melo in Saturday, December 20th 2008
Metro Manila will glitter with lights and sounds when the Department of Tourism (DOT), through its National Capital Region (NCR) office, mounts a traditional lantern-making and display competition as a Yuletide season project for the public.
Dubbed as “Paskong-Pasko Sa Metro Manila 2008,” the project is organized by the DOT-NCR office as part of promotional efforts [...]
Posted by
melo in Sunday, December 7th 2008
Watch Choral concerts and various artistic performances in the weeklong celebration of 3rd Pipe Organ Festival in Manila Cathedral Basilica.
“With a good pipe organ, majestic melodies become a staple in our liturgical menu, and we envision the Manila Cathedral-Basilica to be the source and symbol of such sounds of wonderful splendor in the local Church,” [...]
