Travels in 2016

As summarized here, it has been quite a while since our last touristy trip outside of Cebu. 2015 was mostly spent on trekking. Last 2014, we had a grand time motorbiking Siquijor on our 6th anniversary. After that, we went on a hiatus.

Migo & Miga’s DIY Pic in Cambugahay Falls, Siquijor

We were supposed to resume travels after the wedding but we were blessed with so many treks. We didn’t have a choice but to enjoy the blessings. 🙂

This year, we made it a point to include travel in our goals. Inorder to seal the deal, we booked tickets as soon as they went on sale. Booked a multi-city ticket that starts in Cambodia and ends in Thailand via Cebu Pac’s yearend sale. Finally, the long overdue travel to Asia would soon come into fruition. Yay! The best thing about it is leaving on my birthday. It’s gonna be an awesome start to my 30th year in this world! Weeeee! But of course, our honeymoon trip is the best of the two since it will be the husband and I’s first trip abroad. Plus it’s on our wedding anniversary. Hooray!!!
And because of these trips, we are trying to tone down our expenses and focus more on saving which means no more taxis, binge-eating, mood-induced shopping and even my fitness allowances are gone too.

Last year we had our wedding to think about. This year we had our travels. By 2017, it’s gonna be babies or…a trek in Nepal. Everyday is getting more awesome, alright!!!

How about you? What are your travel goals this year?  Will 2016 be a TRAVEL year for you as well? Let’s exchange itineraries. 🙂

Should Vang Vieng, Laos be On Our Itinerary?

Last December, the husband and I were finally able to booked our ticket to an Asia travel. Yahooo! We were thinking about it for some time now but got bumped with other priorities. After getting hitched last year, we got tangled into many things. We totally forgot the honeymoon. And yes, this is definitely not a honeymoon. Our trip to Hong Kong and Macau will be – this coming March. 🙂

This travel will be a realization of a dream and our first escapade longer than 5 nights. We were quite excited especially me. In my excitement, I hurriedly outline our itinerary. A recent post in Bright Side inspired me to include Vang Vieng in our target destination. Our itinerary sans Vang Vieng is already crazy – with A LOT of bus rides. With Vang Vieng, it’s foolishness.

Vang Vieng, Laos (pic from Bright Side)

But it seems so reachable. We are going there so might as well make the most of it. I’m pretty anal when it comes to planning. Day by day, I try to read something about our destination. It was then that I stumbled unto the bad history of Vang Vieng, written in 2012, almost 4 years ago. Reading it makes me hesitant to include it on our list even if there are posts that says that it’s pretty safe there now. Hmmm!

How about you? Are you planning to travel to Laos? Will you include Vang Vieng in your list? Need advise.