by MayettaGrace | May 27, 2021 | JOURNALS, Travel Take Aways
To all OFWs, we all can relate how working abroad made us miss a lot of opportunities to be with our family. With the pandemic added to the picture, traveling home is almost impossible. If we’re friends IRL you’d know I was stressing out about this trip. Travel...
by MayettaGrace | Nov 1, 2019 | Travel Take Aways
If you’ve been reading my blog, you’d know how I’m most comfortable traveling alone. My take is when I am traveling, I like to relax and set my own pace (often slowly) where I don’t need to consult anyone if I want to sleep in or wake up early to watch the sunrise....
by mayettism | Nov 3, 2018 | JOURNALS, Sri Lanka, Travel Take Aways
It’s almost a month now since my birthday travel to the lovely country of Sri Lanka & it’s just today that I’m able to get this entry done. No, it wasn’t just because of some usual laziness but when you unexpectedly get hospitalized in a foreign country, get 20+...
by mayettism | Feb 15, 2016 | JOURNALS, Top Picks, Travel Take Aways
Surely you take occasional trips with groups, either with your friends or family members. While traveling with a group has its fair share of fun and collective pleasures, there are also known nuisances. Sometimes, it is because of these travel pet peeves that most...
by mayettism | Feb 11, 2016 | JOURNALS, Travel Take Aways
Traveling solo requires a lot of courage, and undeniably, cash too. Like most trips, it entails intensive preparation from planning where to go, scheduling your trip that won’t impede work or familial obligations, booking the best deal tickets and accommodations,...
by mayettism | Feb 9, 2016 | JOURNALS, Top Picks, Travel Take Aways
Looking back on the first solo trip I had, people raised their brows. They made speculations on why I’m choosing to travel alone. Some raised concerns about my well being, particularly my emotional state. They went on lecturing about the travel dangers especially...