Bula Suva: A Fijian Sojourn
What I could only remember was the aching. I was fairly new in a country for a job that didn’t agree with my insatiable thirst for creativity. I was with “friends” who didn’t speak my brand of poetry. It would have been okay if I didn’t have much choice. But no. Back in Cebu, I [...]
Purangi Estuary, New Zealand: Serenity and Serendipity
The gravity of travel lies in the reckoning that no matter how much planning and control one pours into the trip, there will always be a thing or two that will deviate from what is expected. That’s how I fell into a life of travel, at the very least. The happy accidents brought about by [...]
North Island, New Zealand: Notes from the Passenger Seat
The ten hour drive between the world’s coolest little capital of Wellington and the big little city of Auckland, is my single most travelled route in the country. today, let me drive you through the experience– must have’s, must do’s and must snaps. 1.) Camera First and foremost, I am a traveler AND a [...]
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Brisbane Hop-on Hop-off Tour
Brisbane is the capital of Queensland, one of six Australian states. The city is home to two million residents, half of the total population of the entire country of New Zealand. Brisbane was originally home to an early European penal settlement and word is that it was those convicts who built the city around what [...]
Rugby World Cup 2011: Let’s party like it’s 1987
The morning stalled in five-minute increments. Work required me to report from 7 until 3 in the most important day of everybody whose feet stands on New Zealand soil. In this country, Rugby is a religion. While I may have not realized how the game is deeply embedded in the New Zealand society in the [...]
Rain Ariane Librando Amantiad.
26. Filipino expat to New Zealand.
Registered Nurse. Writer. Photographer. Traveler. (on training) Scuba Diver. Blogger since 2004
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A Hepburn in a Hilton World.style. grace. rocknroll. writes poetry. into postcard prose. shoots drama. photographs emotions. the film squad's most ardent popcorn girl. would never ever get over Kurt Cobain. travels a whole darn lot. drafts breakup letters in coffee shop napkins. cannot, for the life of me, sing.
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