Backpacking Timor Leste (East Timor)

by Gay Mitra - January 17, 2013August 12, 201423

Unspoilt natural resources. Nonexistent skyscrapers. Grieving aged walls. Palm-fringed sandy shores. Beachside bars minus Bob Marley clichés. Unadulterated fresh seafood on the grill. Pink sunsets. Mikrolets. Dusk-colored leathery skin. Genuine smiles. Malaria. U.S. dollars. UN workers. The Democratic Republic of Timor Leste is Southeast Asia’s youngest. Like my home country the Philippines, it is further…

Dawn Of 2013: A Giveaway

by Gay Mitra - January 12, 2013August 12, 2014143

Day two of 2013 found us driving interstate in Australia. We were merrily cruising in a supermini car that we hired for five bucks a day. Yes, five Aussie dollars. But under the condition that we drive it from Sydney to Brisbane within five days. A time frame that certainly is more than enough to…

Christmas In The Skies

by Gay Mitra - January 4, 2013August 12, 201423

We were surrounded by faces with a beaten-down look you see in airports and other transport terminals during a holiday. That look which says, “Next year mom and pop are visiting our house!”. Mine bore a more beastly expression. Resembling that of a zombie mom’s, sans the blood and decaying skin. A drooling Luna on…

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