I used to love to blog – it was my own personal diary. However, I realized it became too private to share to the outside world. I haven’t had a chance or a reason to write until now.

Everyone wants to travel.  In fact, it has become too cliche to say “i love travelling” in your online dating profile because who doesn’t want to explore the world? There is liking the idea of traveling and actual traveling. I know in my heart I’ve always wanted to see the world but circumstances – whether personal, financial or emotional, made me procrastinate.

Once I started traveling though, I became sort of addicted.  It became my passion – to create a list of places I want to go, experiences I want to be part of, be lost in a completely different city. I started blocking long weekends for potential travel trips, adding a travel line in my monthly budget, and investing on camera, skills etc. to make my experience better.

One of the greatest obstacles I have to overcome is the idea of traveling solo.  What pushed me to do it is when I realized I cannot hold off my own travel plans, delay seeing the world just because there is no one I can go with.  Planning with friends and family create its own limitations. I realized that is not what I want my traveling experience to be so I created a compromise – I set a travel plan for myself and share it with friends, friends I do not mind travelling with. If they would like to join me, they are welcome to. In which case, we work together for an itinerary that works for both of us (hi Jeannette! hi Wendy!), and take the trip together. Somehow, it works and I am thankful.

Starting this year, I will document all my trips and if I can, I will also post prior trips that I took. I realized since I invested so much time researching and documenting  my experience through photos, I might as well share it with other travelers who  may benefit from my research.

So please enjoy and let me know what you think in the comments section!