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.