The first night that we hung out at Spin Hostel, the guys connected with two artists who were performing at their jam night. This eventually lead to us having connections for our island hopping tour and hike up Taraw Peak. Lucky enough, one of the artists, Mike, is also known as “the surfing guy” in El Nido. He introduced surfing to the tiny town and is solely responsible for teaching every local surfer how to shred. They even named a surf…
I have been living the sweet life. Every since I quit my job in March, I’ve been able to travel across the country with my boyfriend and dog making stops in Asheville, the French Quarter, SXSW, White Sands, etc. We got settled in LA and decked out our bedroom to actually look suitable for two young adults. We then traveled to Vegas, and then Utah to experience the most beautiful skies either of us has ever laid eyes on. We…
BOS–>Penn Station, NY via bus. Penn Station –>JFK via taxi. JFK–> ICN via 14 hour flight. 4 hour layover in ICN. ICN–> MNL via 5 hour flight (due to delay). We arrived at Ninoy Aquino International Airport Friday April 26th just past midnight local time. Despite the illusion of chaos going through security and customs, the process was fairly painless. Alan and his father had already been waiting for our arrival. PJ, Corey and I worked our way through the…
Las Vegas, NV: April 11-12, 2016 This drive should’ve been really straight forward considering our experiences so far, but the timing of a few events made things a little more complicated. Corey and I needed to get to Fort Collins by Friday May 15th, because I wanted to go with Dany and Joe to New Mexico to drop Joe off for his CDT hike. Unfortunately that same weekend, Corey’s company was going to take part in a huge convention in…
We only spent 2.5 weeks at our home in LA before starting another mini road trip that will lead into our month long Philippines adventure. We’re still getting acclimated but here’s how it’s going! Our apartment feels comfortable and feels like a home! I think it’s safe to say that Corey and I settled in very quickly. We’ve always felt that home is wherever the other person and Duke are, so this wasn’t an issue at all. Yeah, our lives…
The general outline for this entire trip was one day of driving, checking into the AirBnb during the evening, having 1 full day to explore the area and then leaving the next morning for another full day of driving. The only exception was San Antonio where we decided to stay an extra night. AirBnb I booked every AirBnB weeks in advance. The process was easy and only took a span of a few hours to book accommodations for the entire…
March 22-23, 2016 Day 1 Driving from SATX to Las Cruces was such a walk in the park! 8.5 hours primarily on I-10W! Because of switching over to Mountain Time, we arrived at our AirBnb in Las Cruces by 2:15pm. Corey and I didn’t really have much planned for NM besides going to White Sands National Monument. The plan was to just chill for the remainder of the day, grab some take out and then go star gazing. I was…
March 17-18, 2016 The plan of leaving Asheville at 1 or 2 did not happen at all. Corey slept at midnight and soon later in a half conscious state, kept muttering in his sleep about needing to close the doors. He was in the middle of having a nightmare and clearly paranoid. Then I totally got creeped out that he was having some premonition about a murderer about to break in and got up to lock both doors leading to…
March 14-15, 2016 Our original plan was to leave Boston at 1am Monday morning to get through NYC before rush hour picked up; however, Corey wasn’t even close to being ready when he got home at like 9:45pm on Sunday. Extremely frustrating!!!… but that’s a whole other story. We finally left at 4am and I drove the first leg until 7am. We were just beginning to hit traffic when we decided to get gas and take a car nap. I…