http://travel.surfcali.com my travel log Sat, 04 Oct 2008 22:49:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I recently came across a neat website called world66.com. The site offers customized maps of countries and states you've visited. Just fill out the simple online form and an html code will be generated for you. Just add the html code to your website. That's it. I've added the maps ... http://travel.surfcali.com/2005/08/30/travel-maps/ I just came back from my surf trip to Costa Rica and Nicaragua. What a trip! I left early Tuesday morning May 24th and spent the whole day travelling. The first thing I noticed at the airport was, a couple had Balikbayan boxes. Presumably lost? The Philippine Airlines counter is ... http://travel.surfcali.com/2005/06/22/surf-highlights/ Hello. I just came back from Costa Rica and Nicaragua a week ago. I have been busy and I haven't had the chance to upload the pictures I took nor made entries in my journal until now. I just uploaded 2 picture albums for your viewing pleasure. Enjoy. I'll talk ... http://travel.surfcali.com/2005/06/21/back-from-costa-rica/ My cousin and her husband visited us last Monday for a couple days. I brought them to the usual tourist spots in and around San Francisco. I haven't been to San Francisco in more than a year and a half, so I pretty much felt like a tourist. We went ... http://travel.surfcali.com/2004/04/29/san-francisco/ I am now back in the US. Its been five long months on the road, but I thoroughly enjoyed my stay in the Philippines. It was sixteen years ago when I last visited the Philippines and there are so many, many changes. Some good and some bad. In some ways, ... http://travel.surfcali.com/2004/03/09/back-in-the-us/ Being away from the U.S. this Thanksgiving, I decided to keep the spirit of Thanksgiving by cooking a turkey, ala Philippine style. I went to a grocery store and bought a 15 lb turkey for 1500 pesos or roughly $27 dollars, which is a lot of money to most Filipinos. ... http://travel.surfcali.com/2003/12/02/thanksgiving-day/ Hello, Just wanted to say hi. I haven't posted anything for a while. I have been staying here in Iloilo City, Philippines for the past two and a half months. Its December now. I say the biggest difference between September/October and now is the weather. Although it is still quite ... http://travel.surfcali.com/2003/12/02/weather-in-december/ My brother Kerwin and I just came back from our recent trip to Boracay. We stayed on the island for several days this time around although the weather did not cooperate. It rained for a couple of days. As some of you know, Boracay is the premier resort island in ... http://travel.surfcali.com/2003/10/24/boracay/ Kerwin and I went to the province of Antique this past week. We went to the towns of Bugasong and Tibiao to see relatives. Our relatives took us around Antique to Kalibo, Aklan where they hold the Ati-Atihan festival every January. It was definately a very intriguing trip since this ... http://travel.surfcali.com/2003/10/04/antique/ Kerwin and I are currently in Bacolod, Philippines. We came from Iloilo City yesterday when we heard our second cousins died. We took the ferry boat yesterday and this morning we attended the funeral. We plan to stay here for a few days until next Monday. This is actually my first ... http://travel.surfcali.com/2003/09/24/bacolod/