travels: places and people

travel stories from cities across four continents
tiananmen square jump china: sfc hong kong scales the great wall
11 december 2004


melissa wanted to fulfill one more wish before leaving hong kong later this month: travel to beijing and experience china's splendid beauty at its best. she will be assigned to my home city of davao by mid-october so there is not much luxury of time to waste. read article


shibuya, tokyo, japan japan: impressions of tokyo
17 november 2005


it would be unfair to consider my findings and observations in japan accurate considering the fact that i only visited tokyo and my stay only lasted six days. but it does not prevent me from noticing its cosmopolitan beauty with a touch of a genuinely alluring classical japanese culture.