Downgraded food service from PR? on Oct 27, 2011 in Business Trips Travel Articles Food Articles Airlines Earlier this week, I had my first chance of flying Philippine Airlines after the hiatus around flight cancellations due to employee strikes condemning the (already started effective October 1) outsourcing plans of ground crew (Sky Logistics), in-flig...
Changing name, revamping and backposting on Jun 18, 2011 in Personal You may have noticed a slight change to my blog. I moved from thebackpackboy.com to simply backpackboy.com. This allowed me to have a URL that is simpler, shorter and easier to remember. If you have been following, please change your references to...
Leaving Shanghai on May 27, 2011 in Travel Articles Trains China Shanghai Shopping Centers Airports Today is our last day in Shanghai. I am writing this post as we wait for our flight back to Manila, taking into account our final activities in the city. Morning was spent mostly on last-minute shopping back in Nanjing East Road. It wasn't as cr...
Lazy Sunday.. NOT! on May 26, 2011 in Bridges Fast Foods Travel Articles Lounges China Shanghai Shopping Centers Food Articles Churches Restaurants Sunday is usually rest day or an easy day for us, whether we are at home or in a trip. Today, we intend to relax a bit while still squeezing in some activities in the city. Early in the morning, we made a trip to a cathedral nearby. Xujiahui Cathed...
Pudong Walk at Night on May 24, 2011 in Travel Articles Lounges China Shanghai Observatory Towers Food Articles Restaurants We only rested for a few minutes when we were dropped off back at the hotel late this afternoon after our Zhouzhuang and Suzhou Day Tour, a resting period spent at the executive lounge of our hotel until early evening. Tonight, I had these items...
Zhouzhuang and Suzhou Day Tour on May 23, 2011 in Suzhou UNESCO World Heritage Sites Travel Articles China Tours Food Articles Restaurants Museums Zhouzhuang Today, or at least this morning, is reserved for a day tour outside Shanghai. We commissioned the same agency we had yesterday for our Shanghai City Tour for today's Zhouzhuang and Suzhou coach day tour (USD73 each, inclusive of transportation, entra...
Shanghai Birthday Spree! on May 20, 2011 in Hotels Travel Articles Lounges China Shanghai Food Articles Accomodations Airlines Restaurants It has been a habit that every year, around the dates of the birthdays of Julie and my mom, the three of us go out for an out of town or out of country travel. Two years ago, we were in Bangkok, Thailand and last year we had it in...
Shanghai Acrobatic Show on May 20, 2011 in Travel Articles China Shanghai Shows We have heard about Shanghai acrobatic shows and troops before but we didn't make any arrangements to see one live while we were in the city. In fact we've seen it on TV and I found it just okay watching from the tube box. Because of the recommendati...
A Tour of Shanghai on May 20, 2011 in Parks Travel Articles China Shanghai Tours Temples Food Articles Restaurants Museums Woke up today to a very good sunny morning and the temperature outside is 12C. I know it's far from the comfortable 28C (or mid-20s) that we have back in Manila, but I was told temperature today is already warm and it could get colder at this time of...
Another Wax Museum - Madame Tussauds Shanghai! on May 20, 2011 in Travel Articles China Shanghai Museums Tonight, we went to Madame Tussauds Shanghai, located at the 10th floor of New World Building, in Nanjing Xi Road. It is accessible by train stopping at People's Square station. Not because you've been into one does it mean you've seen...
