Blog Posts on travel souvenirs

5 Popular Souvenir Gift Ideas From Your Travels by Ovah Coffee on Jan 24, 2013Travelling overseas can be very exciting for all involved. You may be travelling on your own for business or travelling in a group with family or friends for leisure, exploring countries and destination hot spots that have been on your list for many...

Vacation Time: Taipei Zoo by MrsMartinez's Raves and Rants on Aug 4, 2012May 17, 2012 Day 5 Taipei Zoo 30 Sec. 2, Xinguang Rd., Wenshan District, Taipei City 886-2-2938-2300 ext. 630 Getting there: Wenhui Line to Taipei Zoo Station Schedule: 9 am - 5 pm (Gate closes at 4 pm) Open whole year except Chinese New Year's...

Shifen Sky Lantern & Raohe St. Night Market in Taiwan by MrsMartinez's Raves and Rants on Jul 16, 2012To all those who have been waiting for the continuation of our Northeast Taiwan Private Tour, here's the next installment ; p Shifen Sky Lantern Yes, the lighting of the sky lantern is done in the middle of the railway! When you think about...

Shifen Sky Lantern & Raohe St. Night Market in Taiwan by MrsMartinez's Raves and Rants on Jul 16, 2012To all those who have been waiting for the continuation of our Northeast Taiwan Private Tour, here's the next installment ; p Shifen Sky Lantern Yes, the lighting of the sky lantern is done in the middle of the railway! When you think about...

Northeast Taiwan Private Tour: Jiufen (Jioufen / Chiufen) by MrsMartinez's Raves and Rants on Jul 7, 2012Last Monday, I blogged about our private tour with our driver, Bill, in Yehliu Geopark where the Queen's Head is located. That was just the start of our 10 hour tour, he then drove us to Jiufen (九份) with a quick stop at these wonderful places lik...

Northeast Taiwan Private Tour: Jiufen (Jioufen / Chiufen) by MrsMartinez's Raves and Rants on Jul 7, 2012Last Monday, I blogged about our private tour with our driver, Bill, in Yehliu Geopark where the Queen's Head is located. That was just the start of our 10 hour tour, he then drove us to Jiufen (九份) with a quick stop at these wonderful places lik...

Learning a Lesson Twice by Womenality on May 30, 2012Local t-shirts from my travels are top on the list of the many requests I get from my friends and family members as souvenirs each time I go abroad. We are really a family with small to medium body built but my two aunts and sister are somewhat big.

Shenzhen Travelogue: Dongmen Night Market by MrsMartinez's Raves and Rants on May 2, 2012Forgive me for bombarding you with my China/Hong Kong posts, I have to finish everything before I leave for another vacation next week ; p spotted RMB10 (PhP68) clothing DH and I visited Dongmen Pedestrian Street twice during our brief stay in...

Eureka! | How does Baguio want to be remembered? by on Aug 26, 2011My former professor in Baguio once showed us a beautifully, painstakingly and skillfully carved 1-piece Belen (with complete characters). We all agreed that it was really a very beautiful work of art. Then he ranted that the wood carvers of Baguio a...

Eureka! | How does Baguio want to be remembered? by THE PINOY EXPLORER on Aug 10, 2011My former professor in Baguio once showed us a beautifully (and painstakingly) carved 1-piece Belen (with complete characters). We all agreed that it was really a very beautiful work of art. Then he ranted that the carvers of Baguio and Benguet shou...