Stories
When was the last time you stepped outside and soaked in all your surroundings? For most of us, we’ve endured a whole year of quarantine. As our borders slowly open up again, we now have the opportunity to be more...
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I was born and raised in a coastal town. My favorite pastime as a kid was jumping off our jetty and running towards crashing waves. But as I got older, I found myself drawn to the mountains. I preferred the company of forest trees and seeing the world from a mountaintop.
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The Philippines is known for its festivals, and the region of Cordillera is no exception. One of them is the Punnuk Festival of Hungduan, an annual celebration that marks the end of the harvest. It's a celebration worth seeing, as well as worth protecting.
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It started off with a flight to Calgary with my 48 Liter hiking pack. Paolo met Krista at the arrivals section of the airport and off they went to get the rental car. It was a 2-hour drive to get to the Canadian Rockies. The scenery was beautiful, to say the least, and it got better and better the more they got enveloped by the mountain ranges.
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Iceland was our dream destination. But we thought it was one of those trips you take once you retire and you have enough money to indulge on things you used to just fantasize about. But then a seat sale came along and we started learning more options. We realized it was possible to turn this dream into a reality much sooner than we expected.
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