Jakarta, Indonesia

It was a fun-filled training in Bogor, a town roughly an hour half from Jakarta and is between Jakarta and Bandung. But it had to end and I found myself with 4 days extra to spend in Jakarta, Indonesia. I stayed at a nice hotel in Bogor and the bus terminal was right next to [...]

Bogor, Indonesia

Bogor didn’t change much from the last time I was here. The only significant change I saw was the hotel. I don’t remember it being there last year.

I was in Bogor for Phase 3 of the Natural Resource Management Conflict Mitigation, Management and Transformation Strategies and Processes organized by RECOFT and The Nature Conservancy. The [...]

Between a stone and a hard place

I was pretty excited about my travel plans to Philippines next month but my worst fears have now become reality. It should be said that I haven’t told anyone at work about my retreat and I planned to keep it that way and to merely continue to work via the internet as I have been [...]

Traveling Quirks

Quirky things that happened during my recent travels.
KL-Chiang Mai
Just as we finished boarding, the cabin crew started doing the head count. Normally it’s 2 people that does it; one starting from the back and working to the front and another vice-versa. It suddenly came to a point where all the cabin crew started doing the [...]

The Insatiable Hunger For Traveling

I just got a call today. It seems I’ll be going Chiang Mai on Sunday!
I’m absolutely psyched. Since my 2 day trip to Bangkok for the Human Rights Day in Dec 07, I’ve been racking my brain at another shot at returning to Thailand. A little over a year, I finally get my wish. No [...]