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A Step by Step Look on How I Travel

I have time in my hands since I am waiting for my flight. I cannot really sleep because I am excited today (always giddy before heading towards a destination) so I am going to give this blog another chance. People always ask me how I go about my trip. So I am sharing this to all of you today. Step 1: Seat Sale Hunting I usually start my journey by buying the ticket. So when the Piso Fare hits the website of  Cebu Pacific , I'm already checking for available seats. No fixed destination. Not sure which and how many friends I'll go with. Once I see that magical 'piso', that will enable me at least a 3d2n stay on that destination, I take note of it (not book yet). Step 2: Finding Accomplices Once I found the best date (meaning it is on an American Holiday or the weekend), I bug my friends (mostly my seatmates or my travel buddy). I remember everyone who said they'd want to join me in the future. I tell them the date, destination and the amou...

Crossing Borders : Bangkok to Cambodia

We were really hesitant to go through this since we are both girls and you know how paranoid the parents get The problem is, our ticket to Manila is coming from Siem Reap. So we tried with all our might to check for flights from Bangkok to Siem Reap, but they are too expensive for us  (yes, 125dollar one way is already costly for us) .  Being the frugal people that we are, we don't want to waste our return ticket so we searched for alternatives. One of the most helpful blogs that I found was from  Lakwatsero . We are already determined to follow his path when I ran into a news from  Bangkok Post . The first blog is really helpful however, I felt uncomfortable with the transfers. I'm really anxious with the thought of not having a vehicle from the border to Siem Reap (although I know it's close to impossible and it's just the paranoid me talking). So our agenda on our first day in Bangkok is to go to Mochit Station then took a cab to Northen Bus Terminal and book thi...