Quest for the True North

My Lakbayan Grade is B-!

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I just checked my Lakbayan grade again after so long, and I was surprised to see that I have been promoted! I used to be only a C last year, from being a C- three years ago. It’s not easy pulling up scores in Lakyaban, so my few trips this year must have pulled a lot of weight.

Next on the bucket list: Baguio-Sagada (it’s embarrassing to admit but yes, I haven’t been there), Mindoro, Samar-Leyte, Siargao, and the Zamboanga peninsula. A friend is inviting me to tag along with him and immerse with the Mangyans in Mindoro, and my Trippers friends are planning a long road trip to Samar next summer, so yay!

There are still so many places I want to see, and so many things I want to do. I want to explore Asia next, the backpacker way. I really really want to go backpacking. I’ve been travelling for awhile now, but I was always just a tourist,  the kind who goes to the usual places that people go to, takes photos, and buys souvenir items to take home. Something changed this year, though. I’m bored with resorts. I now prefer to sleep in a tent, to get myself dirty, to be inconvenienced. Still, backpacking needs funding because I’d have to leave my life behind for awhile.

Kaya universe, pahinging pera please!