“Fi gurfa?”, he asked in an impatient tone.“Mafi.”, I bit my lip feeling a bit restless.“Lesh?!”, a question I was anticipating.“Uhm…”, not sure how to explain myself. “Full. Baden.”“Okay, shukran.”, and he stalked off. I heaved a sigh of relief. I nervously glanced at my Moroccan boss who was eyeing me from afar. She nodded…
Author: Gay Mitra
Snapshot Saturday: The Tourist
Crashing a pictorial.We were covered in sweat, panting. Wandering around Sri Lanka’s Galle Fort with our heavy luggage was a terrible idea. I checked my watch. We got an hour left before our train departs for Colombo. On a distant grassy patch of the fort, a bunch of Sri Lankans were having a ball taking…
Old Phuket Town: Vintage Charm
Drop the word Phuket during a conversation with backpackers who haven’t been to Thailand and there’s a high probability that you’ll get dreamy stares backed up with oohs and aahs from sun worshippers amongst the group. Phuket is indeed synonymous to tropical island cliches: Swaying coconut trees, white powdery sand, and lagoons from cyan to…
Mt. Cabuyao, Benguet: Into the Clouds
Not quite Mt. Pulag. But like other mountains in the Cordillera Region of the Philippines, Mt. Cabuyao at 2,025 meters above sea level, is almost constantly engulfed in a sea of clouds even on a clear summer day. Its renowned two discs called ‘radar’ by locals perched atop the peak, though gargantuan, could easily hide….
Snapshot Saturday: River Rhine
It was autumn. The last leaves that clung to the trees’ branches were multihued in earth shades, yet my visual of the River Rhine in Germany seemed monochromatic. Perhaps it was the temporal melancholy. Possibly homesickness. My first time overseas fours years ago was a hodgepodge of happy-sad emotions. In my head, a compass was…
Piedras Blancas, California: Seal Ville
The zigzagging segment of California’s Highway 1 that ascends to Big Sur made me feel all snoozy, however, a nipping frigorific breeze that seeped through the sunroof kept me wide awake. My hubby, our 8-month old daughter and I were aboard our hired car en route to San Francisco from Los Angeles. Half an hour…
Snapshot Saturday: Postcard #1 Surfer’s Paradise, Australia
G’day from Gold Coast, Australia! Remember what we mentioned on a post a month ago about sending a postcard to one reader each month? Well, we received such overwhelming response from you guys and let’s just say we got a long, long list of addresses here! So, to kick off The Postcard Project, we will…
My 7 Links: Blast From The Past
A fellow Pinay travel blogger, Graciel of Pinay On The Move nominated me to participate in the My 7 Links Project. It’s a brilliant project by Tripbase “to unite bloggers from all sectors to share lessons learned and create a bank of long but not forgotten blog posts that deserve to see the light of…
