“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” - Mark Twain

It was this particular quote I read from the Philippine Panorama magazine, published April 6, 2008 that prompted me to do this blog. My aim is to chronicle my travels here in the Philippines. This includes food trips, vacations, and even itty bitty things about my dear country. At the moment, there is still no plans to travel abroad due to financial constraints. For now, I will just explore my own country. In a way, I am also aiming to promote the country’s tourism. There’s a lot of ungrateful Filipinos who speak nothing but negative things about the Philippines, and I want to change that.

It is not a secret that I don’t have much money to go on traveling. But, it won’t prevent me from discovering the wonderful places my country has to offer. I will just apply what my old friend Dean used to do. He told me he would work so hard for one whole year, saving all what he could save then will take a month off from work to go traveling. Hmmm… I could do that, too! I will try to save all that I can save, then I when I can withdraw enough money from my Pay Pal account, then I will go out of town.

Since I cannot travel everyday to feed this blog, I apologize if some of the post will be taken from the past. Before this blog was created, there were a lot of places I’ve seen that I want to talk about, so please give me the privilege to take a look and grab something from the past. I promise to make this blog a worthy read, and I do hope you’d enjoy what I can offer. I am not a good writer, nor a good photographer, so as early as now, I want to apologize for the minimal errors I will encounter. Of course, not all the post in this blog will be about my travels. Sometimes, I might blog about my travel plans, or list down my travel wish list. All in all, this blog will tackle anything and everything about traveling.

Let me also take this opportunity to thank the ever kind and ever understanding, Laarnaay. She helped me all the way from the purchasing of the domain, to the setting of the whole blog, down to the widgets and plugins. Without her help, this blog will never really come to life. Thanks a lot, Anne. Go ahead and check out her site here. Don’t forget to leave some lovin’ okay?

So without further much adieu, I welcome you to my humble blog. Please enjoy your stay, and do come back again soon. I will try to update this blog as much as I can.

*** Jenn ***

(Picture in this post: a wonderful sunset in San Juan Beach, La Union taken by my sister summer of 2006. Thanks for this wonderful shot, sister. Take note, this was taken using the old film camera.)