The Journey of a Thousand Miles

While everyone is busy for their dates, flowers, chocolates, romantic dinner and other things, I am also busy of finding ways on how to escape this shitty day and make myself isolated just for one day (oppsss I’m not bitter lol). Who cares about this day anyway in fact it is prohibited to celebrate from where I am (now that’s sounds more bitter haha) I maybe alone but definitely I am not lonely, in fact, I guess I had a blast than any other people who actually celebrated it. Cool people, good food and good mood, can’t complain any further, I have the coolest people in the kingdom with me. Well, enough of this bitterness, and to be honest, I’m not! After some weeks of preparations and careful planning, finally it was a successful camping event. I must say so far this is the biggest event I have co-organized after the pool party last time. It was well attended and I am very happy to see old and new people in the group. This event has been a long plan since last year and we...

First of all I would like to say G lückliches Neues Jahr; Feliz Ano Nuevo; Bonne Annee;Gelukkig Niewjaar; Cheers to 2015! Well I must say that my 2014 was a great year for me because I was able to fulfill my goal of traveling. It was a good start of my journey of a lifetime! I was happy to take my very first trip and indeed I am deeply overwhelmed by the success of it. Planning a trip is not easy specially if you are doing it alone. It requires time to put up all together the things you want to do. So this time, as the year kicks off, it is time for me again to plan my next travel and I am putting it on the next level as it will be a Euro invasion! This will be a tough one as it will be a complex trip and there are a lot of things to consider as well. So as early as now I am starting to do some researches on the countries I'll be visiting because I want this trip to be organize and memorable as well.

If your palate is tired from eating foods from the chains of fast-food restaurants at the mall or at the corniche, then why not explore other options and try something different from your usual dining habits. This may not be new, but at least it will give some variations to the kinds of restaurants you visit. Dining to some commercial restaurants could be tiring sometimes because they offer almost the same kinds of menu. In this case try some specialty restaurants that provides authentic cuisine that may change your usual dining preference. Last week, some of my couchsurfing friends tried this Moroccan restaurant here in Al Khobar. Well it's not our first time there, we just thought of going back because as much as possible we are avoiding fast-foods. It was my fourth time here as far as I remember and it was just now that I knew the name of this Moroccan restaurant. I was brought here by my friend Alberto and for the very first time I had the chance of tasting Morocca...

If you are looking for a quiet and cozy place while sipping your favorite cappuccino or latte, this is the perfect place to be! A place where you can relax and at the same time enjoy your coffee while being surrounded by hundreds of Islamic artworks.   What separates this coffee shop from the rest of commercial stores like Starbucks, Costa, Segafredo and others is that the exclusivity of the place. Most coffee shops here in Al Khobar are crowded and sometimes the ambiance is not quite pleasing.   Not well known to many people, Cafea Arab has been existing since 2008 but it was neglected for some years due to lack of staff and it was just re-opened   two months ago. Cafea Arab is a fusion of European and Arabic style, it is a boutique coffee shop in an Arabic setting because it is actually located inside an Arabic gallery. So if you love arts, history and caffeine, you must visit this place. An ideal setting for coffee ...

I was thinking of a different Friday routine since I usually spend my rest day staying at home, do the laundry, iron clothes and go out with friends at night to have coffee and eat. It has been a practice for about a year and a half now and I want to give my Fridays some twists and meet other people. I have been a member of couchsurfing for a year now and I have attended some of the gatherings in the previous months and I had an amazing opportunity to meet different people . This community is really wonderful specially you gets the chance to meet and mingle with different nationalities. Lately I have been organizing events for the group and I was happy to see some old and new members, we had bowling event in the past weeks and last Friday we had this Tarout Island Historical tour. I have always wanted to go out of my backyard and go to other places here in Saudi but I just don't have the opportunity, plus I don't have my car as well hahaha. The farthest I've ...

Last week I made a post regarding the new security rules on airports bound for Canada, US and UK about bringing electronic gadgets. This is a follow up entry since airlines are now starting to advise passengers regarding this rule. So if you plan to visit UK, Canada and US, it is advised to switch on your gadgets in front of security teams on your point of origin. So if you are coming from Manila or any airports in the world bound for these countries, security checks will be done before boarding. If any devices that cannot be powered up will result in the passenger not being boarded on the flight unless he/she chooses to leave it behind.    So make sure all your gadgets are fully charged other wise you will be denied in boarding the plane or leave your gadgets behind.

One thing I hate about traveling abroad is that passing through a lot of security check. I know I shouldn't complain because it is for my own safety, but going for more than 3 checks is quite annoying specially if you have to remove everything (except your clothes of course), shoes, metal accessories, phones, and other things that needs to be checked. Now, the security at the airports became more tighter and strict as new regulations has been implemented. If you are traveling to UK, USA and Canada, new security regulations has been implemented regarding electronic gadgets. Passengers bringing all kinds of electronic gadgets, devices or battery operated must be switched on in front of a security teams and or demonstrate the item's functionality. Be sure all your gadgets are fully charged during the time of check-in to avoid delays. This new policy has nothing to do with the recent aviation unpleasant incidents but rather an additional airport security measures ...