I have temporarily stopped posting travel related articles in this blog due to the recent disasters in the Philippines : earthquake in Bohol and storm Haiyan/Yolanda's devastation of some parts of the Visayas region. If you wish to help out, there are established institutions like the Philippine Red Cross, Gawad Kalinga and World Vision, that can accept volunteers and/or donations.
I hope to continue with travel-related posts in a few weeks. I have just gone back to Southern California and will be covering other areas for this blog.
