I’m sharing my travel itineraries to give you ideas for your own trip planning – where to go, what to see, where to eat, how long to spend, etc. Below is the general schedule that provides the framework of the trip. As we go, some stops are added or removed. You’ll find more details for […]
10 Experiences that push Iceland to the top of your To-Go list
Iceland is back on the world’s radar as they experience the country’s biggest continuous volcanic eruption in centuries. Bárðarbunga is part of Iceland’s largest volcanic system and is located under Vatnajökull, Europe’s largest glacier. Coupled with the havoc brought about by the 2010 eruption of the Icelandic volcano Eyjafjallajökull upon European air travel, Iceland’s reputation of being the Land of Fire […]
Discovering the Balkans: A Quick Summary
October 6 2014. Monday, 410pm London Time, currently over Northeast Canada, aboard Virgin Atlantic VS 039 en route to Chicago/Atlanta I’m coming home from 17-day trip to Eastern Europe, my first time in that part of that world. I have wanted to go to Croatia since around the start of my marriage. 9 years […]
Viajera Profile: Tessa Cruz
I thoroughly enjoy meeting fellow travelers – hearing their stories, asking them for recommendations, sharing my own experiences, making plans for future trips. There is a strong sense of camaraderie among travelers. Each conversation rekindles the fire for wanting to get out there again, to see more. This space is reserved for conversations with Viajera […]
The Viajera Filipina Manifesto
Breaking Free Kababae mong tao, bumabyahe ka nang mag-isa. (Loosely interpreted: You, a woman, have some nerve to travel by yourself.) Filipinos can immediately recognize the feeling of thinly veiled condescension and admonition that comes with this statement. Women who traveled, particularly on their own, were used to be viewed either with suspicion, as if […]
About Viajera Filipina
Viajera Filipina is a digital magazine geared towards the female traveler from the Philippines or of Filipino heritage wherever she is or going in the world. It seeks to open up the world to the Filipina traveler, as well as see it through her eyes.
Traveling 101
Traveling 101 Vacations mean a change of pace, a gentleness with ourselves, a time of rest and renewal, and a time to stretch ourselves and encounter new people, new lands, new ways, and new options. – Anne Wilson Schae I am always thrilled to hear when friends decide to make travel and vacation […]
The Transformation on Icelandair Flight 623
From what I could tell, the blonde lady sitting across the aisle from me was a local Icelandic woman. I was a Filipino-American visitor to her land of Vikings and volcanoes, concluding a weeklong wedding anniversary trip. As the Boeing 757 lifted off the ground and started to make its way up to the sky, […]
Shopping for home
SHOPPING FOR HOME by Maria Theresa Mendoza Cruz Ten years after I immigrated to the United States to work as a physical therapist, I sometimes seek the familiarity of home in different places in Atlanta. The big Simon malls with their flashy storefronts and trendy merchandise takes me back to Manila’s mega shopping centers. It […]
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