A Filipino’s First Time Travel to America: Expectation Vs Reality
Time check, its 2:20 AM in the Philippines and I am wide awake. With coffee on my right and my laptop charged 100% I have decided to write this blog – First time travel to America coz heck jet lag is real. My first time travel to America happened last August 26, 2019. First off, no this was not planned ahead of time and two this was for work- I mean my 9-5 job. So thank you dear employer for bringing me over to the States, ask me about my full time work on the comments below if you are that curious (wink). My first time travel to America had…
The New Boracay: What Changed 10 Months After It Re-Opened?
October 26, 2018 that was when the new Boracay welcomed tourists to its pristine beaches once again. After a much publicized closure of the famous island last April 4, 2018. Boracay finally opened its doors errr shoreline to the public. So what changed? For this post we shall call the upgraded destination as the New Boracay. But has the island significantly changed that much for it to merit the description of The New Boracay? My First Solo Travel Experience: Boracay will always have a special place in my heart. This is where I had my first solo travel experience back in August 2016. I never was given the opportunity to…
China Travel Guide: Hong Kong- Macau 5 Day Itinerary
When you read a post that is titled China Travel Guide. What is the first thing that would come to mind? Perhaps, a guide on how to get to the Great Wall of China? Or a China Travel Guide on where to find Pandas. The options are limitless but for this post we are to talk about a China Travel Guide in Exploring Hong Kong and Macau. I will try to provide you with tips and recommended places to visit based on my recent trip to these two China territories. Plus if yall are nice I’d even throw in the estimated cost – wink wink. China Travel Guide: Recommended Hotels…
Macau Travel Tips: Commonly Asked Questions About Macau
Traveling to Macau anytime soon? Read along for Erik the Hungry Traveller’s Macau Travel Tips to ensure your stay in Macau gets to be worthwhile! Below are the questions that I asked myself before my trip to Macau. And if your reading this blog then you must be like me who wants to know the basics of the place before actually going to the place. These are situations where the words SURPRISE! does not always mean good news. So consider yourself lucky that I am sharing this with all of you (LOL). I visited wonderful Macau last May 2019 so these tips are fresh as it can get. Okay here…
How to Get To Macau via Hong Kong by crossing the Hong Kong- Zhuhai- Macau Bridge
Planning on traveling to Macau via Hong Kong? Well here is a cheaper and much faster alternative than riding a ferry. This is traveling to Macau by crossing the Hong Kong – Zhuhai- Macau Bridge. The Hong Kong – Zhuhai- Macau Bridge (HZMB) is a 39 km long, bridge – tunnel system that connects the three territories: Hong Kong, Zhuhai (entry point if you want to visit Mainland China) and Macau. This post will be a travel for dummy’s guide on how to get from the Hong Kong International Airport to Macau via Hong Kong – Zhuhai- Macau Bridge. So are you ready? Let’s begin. Note: our entry point…
Where to Eat in Cebu: Anton’s Cebuano Chinese Restaurant
Anton’s Cebuano Chinese Restaurant is the flagship restaurant of Amethyst Boutique Hotel. Check out my hotel review for AMETHYST BOUTIQUE HOTEL CEBU So is their in house restaurant worth a visit? Read along to for my restaurant review for Anton’s Cebuano Chinese Restaurant – I promise this would be a quick one. Afternoon Delights at Anton’s Cebuano Chinese Cuisine. After checking in to my room, I decide to wander a bit around the hotel. That got me very thirsty and hungry. Good thing Anton’s Cebuano and Chinese Restaurant was open during that time for me to have a quick drink and some snacks. The Thirst Quencher, Appetizers and Oh Dessert!…
The Newest Gem in Cebu City – Amethyst Boutique Hotel Cebu Review
Doing another hotel review and this time I got to do a weekend stay at Amethyst Boutique Hotel Cebu! I have been doing a number of reviews for this site but this is the first time I am featuring a Cebu owned hotel. For those of you who are unaware, I Erik the Hungry Traveller am a resident of Cebu City Philippines. Thus, I believe it is about time that I do more features of my hometown- Planning to do more features of my hometown and boy oh boy there are a lot of wonderful places to visit here in Cebu. Anyways, enough of the pleasantries and let us move…
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For the second year in the row Erik the Hungry Traveller has been awarded as one of the Top Philippine Male Bloggers by Feedspot. Wohoo! I cannot contain my excitement to be a part of this list… again! What’s the Criteria? The Best Philippines Male Blogs from thousands of top bloggers in the Philippines using search and social metrics. These websites are actively working to educate, inspire, and empower their readers with frequent updates and high-quality information. -Feedspot Feedspot recognized Erik the Hungry Traveller as one of the Top Philippine Male Bloggers since last year- 2018 when the website was just 4 months old. Fast forward to 2019 and we my friends are…
14 Types of Travel Buddy & Knowing Which One Suits Your Travel Persona
One misconception about being a solo traveler is that we hate interacting with fellow travelers. That we revel on the thought of having a travel buddy. On the contrary we thrive in an environment where we meet like minded individuals. And I’d like to stress on like minded individuals. On my 3 years experience as a solo travel I have met different types of travelers. Now that I am expanding my traveling horizon. I created a few profiles of travelers that I have met while solo traveling. I initially started with 7 but the more I looked back on my travels the list grew until i eventually settled with 14…
2019 Top Philippine Travel Blogs by Ranked at the Top
Last January 30, 2019 Erik the Hungry Traveller received wonderful news. This blog of almost one year received the honor of being one of the Top Philippine Travel Blogs for 2019! The recognition came from Joseph Archibald who runs Ranked at the Top Not only was this website recognized as one of the Top Philippine Travel Blogs for 2019. Readers of Ranked at the Top were also given the opportunity to get to know Erik the Hungry Traveller better through a short interview. You can check the full length interview at Ranked at the Top : Top Philippine Travel Blogs for 2019 along with the rest of the awardees. Or…
