It was a very fruitful year! 2010 was a major coup in terms of travel for this peripatetic old soul: published in National Geographic, wrote for CNN Go, won the Wandering Juan contest, rounded North Luzon twice, visited enough provinces to make it just six more to complete all 79 and a whole lot more!

Langyaw.com is highlighted in the recent issue of Expat: Travel and Lifestyle (Philippines) Magazine

There’s a marked contrast. A glaring showcase of opposites. Shabby apartment buildings, tiled roof traditional houses, century old churches and government buildings at one end. Then you have glitzy high rises, skyscrapers filled with lights and neon marquees dancing on a foggy night at the other end. Macau’s old meets the new.

Latest update of my travels from third quarter of 2008 – December 2010. Six more provinces to go to complete all 79 in the Philippines

A downloadable PDF photo e-magazine focusing on the quaint town of Cuyo, a remote municipality in Palawan in the north Sulu Sea. Thirty three pages, thirty one colored image spreads.

Its pushing and shoving and about making it to your destination from a Philippine National Railways rush hour train trip in one piece. While it’s quite an ordeal, it was a very good and fun experience!

My first travel blogging talk at a major blogging event in Iloilo was good base on the feedback and the questions fielded from the participants. It’s good inspiring other bloggers.