The Kumkuat Korner

So there is no direct flight I could get my hands on from Shanghai directly to El Nido so my trip consisted of a flight from Shanghai to Manila, then Manila to Puerto Princessa then a 7 hour bus ride to Tapik Beach, my hotel about 45 minutes away from Downtown El Nido. Right off the start my transport van waited for me at the airport with a little handwritten sign with my name on it, and despite the one and a half hour delay from Manila to Puerto Princessa on the Cebu Airline I managed to get the last  only good seat on the van.  Both of my flights had been delayed which gave this shotgun front row seat the start of an epic adventure I would embark on. (To be frank, do not book Cebu Airlines. They're always running late, flights are always delayed, and are a pain in the ass especially if you have a connecting flight to catch the same day. I have spoken to employees of the airline and even immigration officers and they all say the same thing, book with anot...

It's been nearly two months since I went to Korea and I have not written a single thing about it. I have been busy with work and my new gym routine that I have been very lazy lacking motivation for writing about my trip to Seoul. I remember writing down on my notebook with shiny eyed excitement all the places I wanted to go to on my 5 day trip. I'm pretty impressed with myself that out of the seven places I wanted to go to, I managed to go to five all together. 1.) Gyeongbokgung Palace & 2.)National Folk Museum of Korea I know I know, you probably didn't even read the work Gyeongbokgung cause your brain was like Um, what the heck?!  Don't worry, I did the same thing. However, its pronounced GEEon-Buck-GUNN You're all welcome. This Gyeonbukgung ( GEEon-Buck-GUN)   Palace was built in 1395 and is the biggest palace out of five. The name of itself, Gyuonbukgung ( GEEon-Buck-GUN)  means Greatly Blessed by Heaven. The palace itself is not as bi...