Flight chronicles of the backpacker Tutubi, with travelogues, pictures/photos/videos, travel guides, independent and honest reviews, affordable, recommended resorts and hotels (including inns, guesthouses, pension houses, lodges, hostels, condotels, bed and breakfast and other cheap accommodations), commuting guides, routes (sometimes street maps and GPS coordinates/waypoints) and driving directions to answer "how to get there" questions, information and tips on tourism, budget travel and living in Philippines, Exotic Asia and beyond!
Backpacking, independent travel, and flashpacking are cheaper than the "cheapest package tours" and promotional offers around but you can also use travel information for family vacations, even romantic honeymoon destinations.
More than the usual tourist spots and "places to see," this blog advocates heritage conservation, environmental protection, and history awareness for Filipinos, foreigners, and ex-pats wishing to explore Paradise Philippines and Exotic Asia!
Typhoon Season/Rainy Days Travel Ideas: From Museums to Storm Surfing
Just what every traveler doesn't want is for summer to end and be stuck at home during typhoon season. Here are a few tips from Tutubi to do during these no "starry, starry nights" with occasional rains, low pressure areas, inter-tropical convergence zones, tropical depressions and storms hounding the weather news.
When was the last time you visited the National Museum? During elementary school days herded in and out of the bus on a field trip? Museums are the repositories of our country's heritage and showcases our culture, history and the richness of our biodiversity. Tip: There's still free entrance to the National Art Gallery, right across the National Museum, for you to catch a glimpse of Juan Luna's Spoliarium.
2. Learn New Languages
Tutubi studied Spanish and Japanese (Nihongo) in college, self-studied a little French and Cebuano. He can actually understand Cebuano and can speak it "gamay lang" just to haggle with vendors and ask directions from Cebuanos.
Just recently, he's heard about the free Korean language classes at the newly-opened Korean Cultural Center in Bonifacio Global City, Taguig City, he might give enrolling in the free Korean language class in Manila a try if the schedule permits.
3. Couch potato travel or the armchair explorer by watching Travel TV shows
Cheap and cozy travel watching travel tv at the comforts of home and help you plan your next trip. A handy Travel TV Show Schedules compiled by Tutubi (needs updates though). On Sunday mornings, Byaheng Bulilit, Pinoy T.A.L.K. and Easy Ride if you don't have cable TV channels like Living Asia Channel and Discovery Travel and Adventure.
Storm Chasers: Storm Surfing
For the adrenaline rush and dangerous one at that, when most people avoid the beaches during typhoons, a handful of adventurers actually paddle out on surfboards to meet gigantic waves on the surfing beaches facing the Pacific Ocean. Try the beaches of Bicol (Bagasbas Beach, for one) or those in Baler, Aurora (where the closing scene of Oliver Stone's Hollywood movie "Apocalypse Now" was shot). It's also during typhoon season where the world famous Cloud Nine waves of Siargao come alive.
Storm Surfing Philippines, a haven for storm surfers :P
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