Travel Tips

(date written - July 17, 2007)

- got scholarship for a 2-month Japanese Language Training Course
- free two-way ticket
- free dorm
- free food
- free laundry
- with transpo allowance
- with food allowance during Saturdays & Sundays
- free books

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(date written - May 26, 2007)

2007 Reunion of Former Students in Japan (Tsudoi)

14-Day Free Expensive Tour Alert
(June 3 -16, 2007)

2007 Reunion of Former Students in Japan (Tsudoi)
41 Former Students all over South East Asia and China

June 3 - Manila to Tokyo, Japan
June 4 - Orientation (Tokyo Prince Hotel)
June 5 - Lecture (Tokyo Prince Hotel)
June 6 - Panasonic Showroom & Production I.G.
June 7 - Partnership Renewal Program
June 8 - Partnership Renewal Program
June 9 - End of One-week Program
June 10 - 15 - Homestay with Japanese Family
June 16 - The Homecoming

Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok, Yangon & Hanoi

(date rewritten : May 12, 2007)

4 Asian Travel Schedule
44-Day for Four Asian Tour

March 28: Clark, Philippines - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
March 29 - 31: Kuala Lumpur
April 1: Kuala Lumpur - Bangkok, Thailand
April 2: Bangkok
April 3: Bangkok - Yangon, Myanmar
April 4 - 5: Yangon
April 6: Yangon - Mandalay
April 7 - 9: Mandalay
April 10: Mandalay - Bangan
April 11: Bangan
April 12: Bangan - Yangon
April 13 - 19: Yangon
April 20: Yangon - Bangkok
April 21: Bangkok
April 22 - Bangkok - Hanoi, Vietnam
April 23 - Hanoi
April 24 - Hanoi - Halong Bay
April 25 - Halong Bay - Cat Ba Island
April 26 - Cat Ba Island - Halong Bay - Hanoi - Lao Cai
April 27 - Lao Cai - Sapa
April 28 - Sapa - Fansipan Mountain
April 29 - Fansipan Mountain
April 30 - Fansipan - Sapa
May 1 - 5 - Sapa
May 6: Sapa - Bac Ha - Lao Cai - Hanoi
May 7: Hanoi
May 8: Hanoi - Bangkok
May 9: Bangkok
May 10: Bangkok - Manila, Philippines

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Recently Concluded 4 Asian Saga
March 28 - May 10, 2007

"4-day Kuala Lumpur Family Bonding Brigade Tour" - done
"3-day Bangkok Rest Day Only Tour" - done
"3-day Yangon Be Wet & Wild Water Festival Tour" - done
"4-day Mandalay Monks-Watching Tour" - done
"2-day Bagan Stupa to Stupa Biking Tour" - done

"7-day Yangon Pagoda to Pagoda Hunting Tour" - done
"3-day Bangkok Stop-Over Food-Tripping Tour" - done
"3-day Halong Bay - Cat Ba Island Romantic Tour - done
"3 days/2 nights Hansifan Muddy Trekking Summit Tour" - done
"6-day Sapa Minorities Tribal Tour Alert"- done

"1-day Bac Ha Market Bargaining with Tribal Community Tour" - done
"2-day Hanoi Last Shopping Panic-Buying Tour" - done
"2-day Bangkok Thai/Japanese Food Resto Extravaganza Tour" - done
"1-day Bangkok - Manila Back to Reality via Cebu Pacific Air Homecoming Tour"

June 2006
17 : Day 1 - Clark, Philippines - Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia
18 : Day 2 - Kota Kinabalu - Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei
19 : Day 3 - BSB, Brunei - Labuan, Malaysia
20 : Day 4 - Labuan - Kota Kinabalu
21 : Day 5 - KK
22 : Day 6 - KK
23 : Day 7 - Kota Kinabalu - Bangkok, Thailand
24 : Day 8 - Bkk
25 : Day 9 - Bkk
26 : Day 10 - Bkk
27 - Day 11 - Bkk
28 - Day 12 - Bangkok - Seam Riep, Cambodia
29 - Day 13 - SR
30 - Day 14 - SR

July
1 - Day 15 - Seam Reap - Phnom Pehn
2 - Day 16 - PP
3 - Day 17 - PP
4 - Day 18 - Phnom Pehn - Sihanoukville, Cambodia
5 - Day 19 - Sihanouk
6 - Day 20 - Sihanoukville - Phnom Pehn
7 - Day 21 - Phnom Pehn - Saigon - Nha Trang, Vietnam
8 - Day 22 - Nha Trang - Hoian
9 - Day 23 - Hoian - Hue
10 - Day 24 - Hue
11 - Day 25 - Hue
12 - Day 26 - Hue - Hanoi
13 - Day 27 - Hanoi
14 - Day 28 - Hanoi - Bangkok, Thailand
15 - Day 29 - Bkk
16 - Day 30 - Bkk
17 - Day 31 - Bkk
18 - Day 32 - Bangkok - Kolkata, India
19 - Day 33 - Kol
20 - Day 34 - Kol
21 - Day 35 - Kol
22 - Day 36 - Kol
23 - Day 37 - Kol
24 - Day 38 - Kol
25 - Day 39 - kolkata - Varanasi
26 - Day 40 - Vara
27 - Day 41 - Varanasi - Gorakhpur
28 - Day 42 - Gorakhpur - Sunauli Border - Bhairawa Border
29 - Day 43 - Pokhara, Nepal
30 - Day 44 - Pokh
31 - Day 45 - Pokhara - Jomoson - Larjung

Aug.
1 - Day 46 - Larjung - Dana
2 - Day 47 - Dana - Tatopani - Shikha
3 - Day 48 - Shikha - Ghorepani
4 - Day 49 - Ghorepani - Pokhara
5 - Day 50 - Pokh
6 - Day 51 - Pokh
7 - Day 52 - Pokhara - Trisuli - Kathmandu
8 - Day 53 - Kathman
9 - Day 54 - Kathman
10 - Day 55 - Kathmandu - Patan - Kathmandu
11 - Day 56 - Kathmandu - Bhaktapur - Kathmandu
12 - Day 57 - Kathmandu (one hour mountain flight)
13 - Day 58 - Kathmandu - Nagarkot
14 - Day 59 - Nagarkot - Kathmandu
15 - Day 60 - Kathman
16 - Day 61 - Kathmandu - Chitwan
17 - Day 62 - Chit
18 - Day 63 - Chitwan - Lumbini
19 - Day 64 - Lum
20 - Day 65 - Lumbini, Nepal - Gorakphur, India to Varanasi
21 - Day 66 - Varanasi - Jaipur
22 - Day 67 - Jaip
23 - Day 68 - Jaip
24 - Day 69 - Jaip
25 - Day 70 - Jaip
26 - Day 71 - Jaipur - Udaipur
27 - Day 72 - Udaip
28 - Day 73 - Udaip
29 - Day 74 - Udaip
30 - Day 75 - Udaipur - Chittorgur - Udaipur - Jaisalmer
31 - Day 76 - Jaisalmer

Sept.
1 - Day 77 - Jaisal
2 - Day 78 - Jaisal
3 - Day 79 - Jaisal
4 - Day 80 - Jaisalmer - Sam
5 - Day 81 - Sam
6 - Day 82 - Sam
7 - Day 83 - Sam
8 - Day 84 - Sam
9 - Day 85 - Sam
10 - Day 86 - Sam
11 - Day 87 - Sam - Jaisalmer - Jodhpur
12 - Day 88 - Jodhpur - Ahmadabad
13 - Day 89 - Ahmadabad - Mumbai
14 - Day 90 - Mumb
15 - Day 91 - Mumbai - Aurangabad
16 - Day 92 - Aurangabad - Ellora - Aurangabad
17 - Day 93 - Aurangabad - Ajanta - Aurangabad
18 - Day 94 - Aurangabad - Mumbai
19 - Day 95 - Mumbai - Goa (Madgaon)
20 - Day 96 - Goa (Madgaon - Old Goa - Panaji)
21 - Day 97- Goa (Panaji - Old Goa - Panaji)
22 - Day 98 - Goa- Hampi
23 - Day 99 - Hampi - Hospet - Hampi
24 - Day 100 - Ham
25 - Day 101 - Ham
26 - Day 102 - Hampi - Vijayawada
27 - Day 103 - Vijayawada - Kolkata
28 - Day 104 - Kol
29 - Day 105 - Kol
30 - Day 106 - Kol

Oct.
1 - Day 107 - Kolkata - Bangkok
2 - Day 108 - Bkk
3 - Day 109 - Bkk
4 - Day 110 - Bkk
5 - Day 111 - Bkk
6 - Day 112 - Bkk
7 - Day 113 - Bkk
8 - Day 114 - Bkk
9 - Day 115 - Bkk
10 - Day 116 - Bkk
11- Day 117 - Bkk
12 - Day 118 - Bkk
13 - Day 119 - Bangkok - Shanghai
14 - Day 120 - Shang
15 - Day 121 - Shang
16 - Day 122 - Shang
17 - Day 123 - Shanghai - Beijing
18 - Day 124 - Beij
19 - Day 125 - Beij
20 - Day 126 - Beij
21 - Day 127 - Beij
22 - Day 128 - Beij
23 - Day 129 - Beij
24 - Day 130 - Beij
25 - Day 131 - Beij
26 - Day 132 - Beijing - Xian
27 - Day 133 - Xi'an
28 - Day 134 - Xi'an
29 - Day 135 - Xi'an - Mt. Huashan
30 - Day 136 - Xi'an
31 - Day 137 - Xi'an - Shanghai

Nov.
1 - Day 138 - Shanghai
2 - Day 139 - Shang
3 - Day 140 - Shang
4 - Day 141 - Shang - Hangzhou - Shang
5 - Day 142 - Shang
6 - Day 143 - Shang
7 - Day 144 - Shang
8 - Day 145 - Shang
9 - Day 146 - Shang
10 - Day 147 - Shanghai - Bangkok
11 - Day 148 - Bkk
12 - Day 149 - Bkk
13 - Day 150 - Bangkok - Clark, Philippines

9 days of Mourning
(date written - May 19, 2006)

April 10, 2006, I reached Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia, stayed for one night and went to Bangkok, Thailand the next day.

Stayed in Bangkok from 11th - 16th of April not knowing it was Songkran Festival
Thai New Year's celebration!!!
The whole nation was WET because it was a festival of water!
Pouring water to your body and putting some powder to your face.
It was indeed an exciting wetty-celebration of Thai locals and foreigners.

But those happiness during Water Celebration was a HEART-BREAKING DAYS FOR ME!!!

How can I forget those days?
How can I forget April 11?
Much more HOW CAN I FORGET APRIL 14???

In the Philippines, April 14 was Holy Friday for Christians.
In Thailand, it was the DAY OF BETRAYAL OF TRUST...

I dont know how to start my life again...
I dont know how to regain what I lost...
I dont know how to cope-up with this kind of cruel trials...
I dont know how to travel again with full of hope...
I dont know how to forgive people who made my life miserable...
I dont know now how to trust people...
KEEP ON PRAYING AND HOPE THAT ONE DAY I CAN STILL TRAVEL WITH NEW LIFE AND SOUL...

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9 days of Mourning

Kota Kinabalu / Bangkok
(last date visited - April 10 - 18, 2006)

April 10 - Clark, Philippines to Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia
April 10 - Kota Kinabalu
April 11 - 16 - Bangkok, Thailand
April 16 - Bangkok to Kota Kinabalu
April 16 - 17 - Kota Kinabalu
April 18 - Kota Kinabalu to Clark
April 18 - Clark, Philippines

Asian Mega Tour 2004

Mabuhay! It's me again! Your budget-travel buddy---JONJON!!! Yes, I am on my Asian Tour 2004 right now! I will update my VT page with lots of new, fresh & exciting experiences with blast of pictures as soon as I return home!

For the meantime, let me share you now my travel sked!

Dec. 8 , 2004 - Manila, Philippines (Departure)
Dec. 9 - 11 - Bangkok. Thailand
Dec. 12 - Chiang Mai & Mae Sai, Thailand
Dec. 13 - Chatilek, Myanmar & Chiang Kong, Thailand
Dec. 14 - Houay Xai, Laos
Dec. 15 - 16 - Luang Prabang, Laos
Dec. 17 - Vietien, Laos
Dec. 18 - Bangkok, Thailand
Dec. 19 - Bangkok (Asma's Wedding)
Dec. 20 - Siem Reap, Cambodia
Dec. 21 - Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Dec. 22 - Ho Chi Min, Vietnam
Dec. 23 - 25 - Vietnam
Dec. 26 - 29 - Phnom Pehn, Cambodia
Dec. 30 - Phnom Penh - Bangkok, Thailand
Dec. 31 - Bangkok, Thailand
Jan. 1, 2005 - Bangkok, Thailand
Jan. 2 - Ayuthaya, Thailand
Jan. 3 - 9 - Bangkok, Thailand
Jan. 10, 2005 - Bangkok - Manila, Philippines

50-day Asian Tour

(Thailand, Cambodia, Pakistan, India)
December 31, 2003 - February 18, 2004

I'm back!!! Just completed my 50-day Asian Tour! It was a tiring trip but a huge success! I enjoyed it even though I was suffering from diarrhea when I was in Pakistan and India. But the extreme hospitality of the Pakistani people will surely touch your heart; the Taj Mahal in India was so amazing and you will really fall in love with this world-class masterpiece; the Ankor Wat and other temples in Cambodia was truly a world-class heritage and spending Valentine's Day with your love-one in Thailand was the sweetest moment of all time!!!

December 31, 2003 -Thailand -1 day
January 1- 5, 2004 -Cambodia - 5 days
January 6 -Thailand -1 day
January 7-21 -Pakistan -15 days
January 22-28 -India -7 days
January 29 -February 6 - Pakistan -9 days
February 7-18 -Thailand -12 days

(date re-written : Nov. 11, 2006)

Travel Fare/Visa Fee/ Et al.

Bangkok - Manila (via Kuwait Airways) ThB 7,800

Xi'an - Shanghai (train - hard seater) - 182 Yuan
Beijing - Xian (train - hard seater) - 150 Yuan
Shanghai - Beijing (train - soft-sleeper) - 504 Yuan
Bangkok - Shanghai - Bangkok (via China Eastern Airlines) - ThB 13,700
China visa fee - (4-working day) - ThB 1,300

India Travel Fare:

Hospet - Vijayawada - Calcutta (by train/sleeper class) Rs 489
Hospet to Hampi (by public bus) Rs 10
Goa - Hospet (by local bus) Rs 177

Mumbai - Goa (Madgaon) (by train/sleeper class) Rs 293
Aurangabad - Mumbai (by train/sleeper class) Rs 178
Aurangabad - Ajanta (by local bus) Rs 72
Aurangabad - Ellora (by local bus) Rs 72
Mumbai - Aurangabad - (by train/sleeper class) Rs 178

Udaipur - Jaisalmer (by delux bus) Rs 240
Chittorgur - Udaipur (by local bus) Rs 53
Udaipur - Chittorgur (by local bus) Rs 73
Jaipur - Udaipur (by train/sleeper class) Rs 252
Varanasi - Jaipur (by train/sleeper class) Rs 318
Gorakhpur - Varanasi (by train) - Rs 134
Sunauli Border - Gorakhpur (by goverment bus) Rs 56

Nepal Travel Fare:
Bhairawa - Belahiya Border (by manual rickshaw) NRs 35
Lumbini - Bhairawa (by local bus) NRs 30
Bhairawa - Lumbini (lby ocal bus) - NRs 30
Chitwan - Bhairawa (by Express bus) - NRs 300

1. August 16: Kathmandu - Chitwan (via Tourist bus) - NRs 300
2. August 12 : one hour Mountain Flight (via Buddha Air) US $ 100.00
3. August 7: Pokhara - Kathmandu (by bus) - NRs 200
4. August 7: Trisuli (1-day Water Rafting) - NRs 1,200
5. July 31 : Pokhara - Jomoson , Nepal (via Ghorka Air) - US $ 60.00

6. July 28 : Bhairawa Border - Pokhara (by bus) NRs 400.00
7. July 28 : Gorakphur - Sunauli Border - (by bus) Rs 55.00
8. July 27 : Varanasi - Gorakhpur (by train/6 hours) - R 87.00
9. July 25 : Kolkata - Varanasi (by train/14 hours) - R 315.00
10. July 18 : Sept. 27 - Bangkok - Calcutta - Bangkok via Thai Airways - THB 13,000

11. July 14 : Hanoi - Bangkok (via Air Asia) - US $ 40.00
12. July 7 - Saigon - Nha Trang - Hoian - Hue - Hanoi - (bus bus) US $14
13. July 7 - Phnom Pehn - Saigon - (by bus) US $ 5.00
14. July 6 : Sihanoukville - Phnom Pehn (by bus) - US $ 3.50
15. July 4 : Phnom Pehn - Sihanoukville (by bus) - US $ 4.00

16. July 1 : Siem Reap - Phnom Pehn (by bus) - US $ 3.75
17. Ankor Wat Entry Fee - $ 20.00 for 1-day pass
18. June 28 : Bangkok - Seam Riep, Cambodia (by bus) - THB 200.00
19. June 23 - K.K. - Bangkok 1-way Air Asiaticket -
RM 250.99 * 15 pesos = P 3,764.85
20. June 17 - Nov. 5 : Clark - K.K. - Clark 2-way Air Asia Ticket - P 5,487.00

to be continued...

(date re-written : June 8, 2006)

no work, no salary; no love, no pain but ....
I'm ready to bring my passport to happiness...

I gave up my job but I never quit my passion for teaching...
No more salary but I am ready to use my savings...
Painfully in love but I am ready to accept it...

Now...it is about time for me to move on...
And for that --- I wont allow anyone to fool and use me...
I wont allow anyone to invade my kindness...
I wont allow anyone to hurt my soul again!!!

Be ready 'coz I am coming your way...
Heading to a new destination full of hope...
142 days of mystical journey

As I return to my homeland...
I will assure you that I'll back with vengeance!!!

Back with vengeance means....

>>>>>am ready to teach!
>>>>>am ready to work!
>>>>>am ready to laugh!

>>>>>am ready to crack jokes with my students!
>>>>>am ready to check papers 'till 1 a.m.!
>>>>>am ready to calculate grades 'till 2 a.m.!

>>>>>am ready to take provincial teaching jobs!
>>>>>am ready to take private tutorials!
>>>>>am ready to meet new loveone!

Be careful, prepare yourself and be ready!!!Mabuhay...your new travel buddy!!!

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(date written: Nov. 27, 2003)

Mabuhay! Greetings from the 7,107 Islands Philippines! I am just fresh and new in this circle of amazing Virtual Tourist friends. Frankly speaking, I don't know where to start and how to build my own homepage yet. But in order to share my travel experiences to the most exciting travelers of the world, please give me enough time to refresh myself, find a good pictures to share with and recall all those good memories I had during my past travel so that I can put it into writing.

You can call me as your travel buddy Jonjon (that is my nickname)! I'm presently working as a Japanese Language Teacher here in Manila. After my teaching commitment this year, my next travel adventure will start this 31st of December and hope to see some of you exploring the beauty of the world!!!