The Great Taiwan Escapade 2023

Taipei, Taiwan - Every year since 2015, we see to it that we go overseas to take a much needed yearly vacation. Last November 2023, we set out to go to Taipei, Taiwan!

Inside Taipei Main Station Day 1

Post Pandemic Trip: Back To Bangkok, Thailand

I wanted this blog to be short and concise. But let's see, I'm a bit excited sharing our story of our recent trip to Bangkok, and it happens to become our second time around. 

Goodbye, IO horror stories LOL

I uploaded a vlog about this now and named it as "revenge trip" to Thailand. I don't know though, probably because we promised to get back to the country ASAP. And since pandemic stopped the world for two years, it became a reality. And Thailand so far is the first Asian country to open it's borders to everyone, making it an attractive destination.

Anyway, here we go. Our second time in Bangkok, Thailand!

Spontaneous Trip to Bangkok Thailand

2019 has been nice to me. That year gave me another reason to smile, and gave me an important boost spiritually. I've been fighting depression (not clinically diagnosed) for the past couple of months and having to travel again on a far away land made me feel loved all over again. Not to mention that I traveled once again with my mom for this spontaneous trip, both of us benefited on this.

Why call it spontaneous? Yes, it's not planned for a year, but it was planned just two (2) months. We were able to book a cheap flight via Cebu Pacific Air going to Bangkok last August 2019. This is the first time we're doing this because we're mostly fond of planning a year ahead. Especially on an international trip, which is risky. 

For the record, Bangkok, or Thailand itself was never in my bucket list. I never wanted to go there, because I know upon research that it was quite similar to Manila. Scams are rampant, some people saying that the locals are very similar to Filipinos. Neither of this I cannot tell as of the moment during pre-planning, because at the back of my head one thing that I kept reminding myself that we should not be scammed.

Map of Thailand and neighboring countries