Dear Mouse-in-the-House, I am mad. Like, really mad. Stark, raving are the adjectives that come to mind. And hence the letter. You must be musing, sitting there on our table, hiding behind the kalash, what I am talking about. But that is what we were taught, you see. Write letters if you have problems – […]
Now any person who cooks has to know his or her share of failed experiments in the kitchen. It’s almost a rite of passage to fail in your first few attempts, as you try and master your kitchen and the intricacies of cooking. And I don’t only mean the extra or no salt kind of […]
Venturing upto El Nido, the northern tip of Palawan, in our Philippines adventure, was almost an afterthought. While flight changes and accommodation did cost a bit more than expected, it was the best decision, travel-wise! Our hostess, in Puerto Princesa, had kindly arranged for an airconditioned van to pick us up from our home-stay, which […]
We were headed to El Nido the next day, so on our third day in Puerto Princesa, we wanted to keep a day for some unstructured goofing and exploring. I had duly called up the Firefly Watching booking office, and booked ourselves a tour at 8 PM later in the day. We decided to do […]
Our second day in Puerto Princesa was the scheduled Underground River Tour. Our hostess had arranged for the tour guide to come and pick us up at home at 7 sharpish. Given that our home-stay was tucked out of nowhere, with kachha roads abounding, this service was much appreciated. Since it was too early to […]
We had decided that the Philippines would be our next travel destination a while ago. A mere 2 hour flight from Taipei, made it a hop, skip and jump away. But further research made us realise that it is impossible to cover the full country in a single trip. For one, there are too many […]
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