Mel and the New Normal

It's been 2 months, but I remember visiting Coron like it was just yesterday! As I mentioned in my previous post, I wasn't a big fan of traveling around the Philippines for a long time. I've only been to Boracay once, while others my age have been there so many times. It has more to do with being parents at a young age, I think -- we were so eager to see other countries after not traveling for such a long time. Partially also because the cost of traveling locally was almost the same as the cost of traveling abroad. The cost of the hotels and the food were practically the same!  I booked Coron several times through Cebu Pacific's piso fair, but because of work, we never pushed through. As I mentioned in my previous post about Shore to Shore , even this trip almost didn't push thru either. I am so glad, though, that it did. We arrived late afternoon at Coron, and by the time we reached our hotel the sun had set. So what we saw were just the streets leading ...

J and I are, like, the worst kind of clients a travel service can have. Let me expound on this. I am what you call a "sale booker" when it comes to flights. Meaning, I only book flights when it's Piso sale at Cebu Pac. Otherwise, I wouldn't bother. I can say that about 98% of my ticket purchases were done on Piso sale. Aside from that, J and I are masters of commute. And we love it. Meaning, we commute everywhere when we travel! (This got us in trouble in Bangkok though.) For us, commuting is part of immersing yourself in the culture. So we walk and commute everywhere. So we hate any fixed tours. We are also super cheap people. We don't mind staying in places that look like bathrooms, as long as they're safe. If you're wondering why we do this, it's because J and I travel differently from other people. Everyday, J and I work. By everyday, I mean, EVERYDAY. We don't have rest days, weekends, etc. We work everyday. We work until 10PM. The goo...