The Golden Circle is probably the most basic route for tourists. I don’t know when’s the next time that I’ll be back in Iceland so we went all out and booked a Golden Circle plus Snowmobiling Tour. It is quite expensive for a day tour but I just thought of it as a gift to myself on my birthday. lollll I’ve written some of my experiences and tips for this tour so hopefully this will help you in planning your trip to Iceland!
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Grocery Shopping in Iceland
I always say it and I’m gonna say it again. Iceland is expensive so you would most probably go grocery shopping at least once to buy either food to cook, snacks for your road trips, or your essentials. We went grocery shopping thrice in our whole stay and I took some pictures of how much food is at the Bonus grocery in Iceland.
While there are other grocery stores in Iceland, I’m going to talk about BONUS because we’ve also shopped at another grocery store, 1011 and it was more expensive than Bonus. The Bonus store near our airbnb usually closes at 6:30pm so sometimes after we’re back from the tours, it’s already closed. 1011 is like 7/11 and it’s open 24 hours so when we need just a few stuff late at night, we just shop there even though it’s more expensive.
A Week in Gold Coast, Queensland
I cannot begin to explain how madly I fell in love with the Gold Coast. The minute I stepped out of the train station in Southport, I felt this fresh vibe of the place. I didn’t know that I was in for one of the best weeks of my life.
I tried making a video compilation of all the stuff that we did there and here it is. lol Sorry, still a noob in editing videos but I’m trying 😉
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Coron Island Escapade Tour
We only stayed two full days in Coron so we had to choose from one of these tours. We already toured around the beautiful sights of Coron Island on our first day and we wanted to try and see what Palawan beaches are made of so we chose the Island Escapade Tour.
HOTEL REVIEW: The Funny Lion
I rarely write reviews about the hotels that we stayed in (maybe because they’re mostly just budget hotels lol) but The Funny Lion is definitely an exception! I felt that I needed to write about our experience here because we actually didn’t want to leave the hotel. lol
Hotel Grounds/Services
The check-in was a breeze. Their lobby was un-airconditioned and open, and it was just so refreshing to see such a sight. Nice hotels usually have airconditioned and high ceiling lobbies but The Funny Lion’s lobby was quite unique. I wasn’t able to take a photo of it because I only go there to connect to the wifi. lol (P.S. Their wifi is quite bad and there was no LTE signal inside our room.)
The hotel has two buildings, and this one is facing the pool. Our room was on the lower left side of the building in the photo below so it was really cool to have the pool just outside our room.
Must Eats at Raohe Night Market in Taiwan!
March 11, 2017
We arrived late in the afternoon in Taipei after our wonderful trip to Yehliu. We had the bus drop us off at Zhongxiao Road and we just walked through the streets.
US Passport Renewal By Mail (Cebu City, Philippines)
I just got my crisp, 52-page US Passport in the mail a few days ago so I thought I could write about how I had it renewed. My passport will expire on October 2018 but I already have travel plans for next year so I just renewed by passport ahead of time.
Just a little background about me, I am 25 years old and I had my previous US passport renewed at the US Embassy in Manila when I was 16 years old. I had to go to the Embassy that time since it was my first time renewing it as an adult. Now that I’m just renewing my already adult passport, I did not need to go to the Embassy in Manila. Continue reading
Back to blogging…
As I was looking for tips on how to apply for a tourist visa for my boyfriend, I realized how much help I got from bloggers in my past trips. I like to plan ahead before going on trips, just to give my nerbyosa self a peace of mind. I used to have a blog but I used it mainly to rant about stuff when I’m angry (but I kept it private). lol
I realized that I have some free time so I decided to create a new and public blog. I’d like to keep everything useful in this blog. Not only will I post about my past and recent travels, I will try to post about how to’s and of course some of my life experiences (which I will narrate for my future children and grandchildren to read). I like to talk to people but because I’m away from home, (wherever home is), a lot of my friends aren’t really available all the time for me to meet up with.
You see, I don’t really have a permanent address. I’ve called a couple of addresses my home in my 24 years of existence. You might be confused but here’s a summary of the places I call/ed home or have lived in in the past.
Pittsburgh ’09 – Roadtrip from Toronto to Ohio
I was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA on a lucky Friday the 13th but my mom brought me back to the Philippines when I was just months old. I grew up in Iligan City and I was already 12 years old when I went back to visit the United States. I just went every summer to Los Angeles after that because I had to finish my studies in Iligan City.
After I graduated college, I went to LA for the summer but I had to go back and live in Sampaloc, Manila to review for the CPA Board Exams in June 2013.
After I got my CPA license in 2013, I went to live in Cebu for a few months (where my boyfriend lives) and then I went back to Los Angeles to live with my family in early 2014. I stayed there for six months and I even worked part time at Universal Studios Hollywood (’twas a fun job :b). A few things happened (I got pretty lucky) and I now live in Cebu.
So in case you did not read my blabs, here’s a summary of the places I have lived in the past:
Pittsburgh, PA > Iligan > Los Angeles, CA > (Iligan > Los Angeles) 7 times > Sampaloc > Cebu > Los Angeles > Cebu
LOL.
I need to go back to work now. ;))
Bye and welcome to my blog! Hope you’ll enjoy reading about my adventures!
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