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Food Tripping in Boracay
For the number of available activities, popular restaurants and for just relaxing at the beach, a 3 days 2 nights trip to Boracay is not enough. Aside from the island’s blue waters and white sand, Boracay also offers a mouthwatering variety of food. Some restaurants have already built-up a following thus making these restaurants a tourist spot themselves. As we only have a short period of time, we couldn’t try all the popular restaurants. We also used this food tripping to visit all the stations in Boracay. Listed below are the restaurants we’ve tried with it’s corresponding arrangement as uploaded.
1-5. Café Maruja – Located in Station 3, it’s a beachfront café that serves all-day brunch food. They’re especially famous for their instagrammable smoothie bowls.
6-8. Cha-cha’s – Located in Station 2, this beachfront café is the in-house restaurant of COAST. They’re also famous for their Ube Champorado, which I really loved.
9-12. Maya’s Filipino Cuisine – Located in Station 1, this beachfront restaurant serves Mexican and Filipino food. They also serve Jony’s Fruitshake. We devoured all the food we ordered here.
13. Coco Mama – Located in Station 1, his shop is also famous for its instagrammable coconut ice cream. It was also good for me, as I love sweet things.
14-17. Mama’s Fish House – Located at Diniwid beach, this restaurant is situated next to Microtel. They are famous for their paella, and it was so good!
18. Halomango – Located in D’mall Station 2, this shop sells mango ice cream. This was just okay for us but still worth trying.
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Land Tour in Boracay: DIY
One of the many activities in the famous island of Boracay is the land tour. This is also a nice addition to your itinerary when visiting the island aside from water activities. It is a different experience to go around the island by traversing the roads as you’ll be passing by the local neighborhood. You can arrange the land tour without online booking. There will be a lot of vendors offering this activity right as you arrive the island. The prices depends on the vehicle, no. of people, and the itinerary. You can also haggle down the price a bit and compare to other vendors.
We engaged a tour operator by the shore and arranged the details via text. Our itinerary is based on what my family and I wanted to see with the tour lasting for 3 hours. The tour is flexible regarding drop-offs and duration. You may extend for a fee but it depends whether the driver have another booking or not. We tipped our driver as he was very helpful especially in taking our group photos.
As featured in the photos, these are the list of places we went to:
1-2. Willy's Rock
3. Leaning coconut tree at Bulabog Beach
4. Boracay Station 2 shore
5-6. Boracay Newcoast (Cujo's Keyhole)
7. Puka Beach
8. Boracay Station 3 shore
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Visit Ho Chi Minh for the Food!
Banh Mi Huynh Hoa is a famous banh mi shop. It was my first banh mi ever and it was good!! I liked that they separate the veggies when you order allowing me to customize it.
Café Apartments' The Letter Café - there were no other people so we were able to take all the photos that we want. The interiors were so pretty. The drinks were also good. It was also my first time trying Vietnamese coffee.
Second café we visited in Cafe Apartments was the Good Day Café. We were again lured by the entrance and pretty bohemian interior photos. Here we tried some unique drinks and a slice of cake.
A street food we found between book street and the post office is Banh Trang Nuong or grilled rice paper tacos. This was so good! Egg, pork, cheese, and some sauce as filling makes up this delicious street food.
Secret garden is a beautiful rooftop restaurant hidden in an alley, near some of the tourist spots. You have to climb a tiring amount of stairs as there’s no lift to reach the restaurant. The restaurant was packed! Everything that we ordered was good! The ambiance and décor was great. The lights gave off a whimsical feeling while dining. Would go back to this restaurant again!
We had pho in Ben Tanh Market after shopping for souvenirs. We just went to the first shop that we saw and we did not regret it. The pho tasted very good. We paired it with green mango shake.
The famous coconut coffee from Cong Caphe we tried near Tan Dinh Church was also one of my favorites. It’s a blended ice drink perfect for the hot weather outside.
We made a reservation for Blank Lounge in Landmark81. We bought cocktails to cap off our second day. The experience was thrilling as we were seated alfresco on the 75th level of the building!
Our last meal before going back to Singapore was in Saigon Center at Som Thai. Food was good. So far everything we ate in this trip were all tasty, no complaints.
Maison Marou is a must visit for chocolate lovers. We bought souvenirs from here and took a break for a bit.
Other food we tried that was not included here are: the breakfast and afternoon tea by the hotel, McDonalds, & Saigon Oi Café.
Featured in the photos are:
1-2. Coconut coffee from Cong Caphe
3-5. Secret Garden
6-7. Banh Mi Huynh Hoa
8-9. The Letter Café
10-11. Good Day Café
12-13. Pho at Ben Tanh Market
14. Blank Lounge
15. Som Thai
16-17. Maison Marou
18. Banh Trang Nuong
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A weekend in Genèva, Switzerland
Just spent a very chill weekend in 📍Genèva, Switzerland 🇨🇭There are so many things to do even you’re not a Skiier fan ✨ However when you walk around the city the snowy mountains would definitely caught your attention and tempt you the idea of learning skiing 😆 Anyway the food is great here, have to mention the cheese fondue🫕 Ohalala! while you’re enjoying your time in Genèva, please don’t forget to walk to Jet d’Eau and lie down on the bench and watch the sunset 🌅 it’s beautiful 🤩 just so you know, Genèva have a very comprehensive public transport system. So buy a day passes (€10 approximately) allows you to travel through between buses, trams and trains even the yellow boats!) it valid until 5 am. Have fun! #foodie #switzerland #weekendescape
A-must-do
📍Jet d’Eau
📍Restaurant Les Armures
📍St Perrier Cathedral
📍The Old Town
📍The United Nations
📍Broken Chair
📍The Red Cross Headquarters
Feb 2023
Cafe Hopping With Scenic River View
Every corner in Singapore is filled with good food. From traditional local Singaporean food to restaurants and cafes.
There is a stretch in quiet Robertson Quay called the quayside that's filled with tons of cafes. From good coffees, to amazing brunches to even wood fire pizza and even japanese yakitori. Most of the cafes open early morning at 7.30, even on weekdays. My favourite one to go to for freshly roasted aromatic coffee is Toby Estate but it does get crowded by 815 on weekends especially(mostly filled with cyclists) so do head down early! For good brunches there is prive, beast and the butterflies or even bomerang(australian cafe).
Robertson Quay is also popular among couples in the evening, allowing nice romantic strolls by the river, bridges and trees lighting up with decor and many restaurants there alsp open from 12noon till 10pm and some even later on weekends.
The entire stretch is a bicycle friendly, dog friendly place as well. So head down for both an enjoyable brunch or dinner at Robertson Quay!
FYI, also this is also a popular staycation place for many locals. Look up at hotels like studio M, M social or intercontinental hotel if you are keen for a weekend staycay.
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Yangshuo Mountains⛰
With some of the most stunning scenery in China, Yangshuo is located close to Guilin in the Southwest🗻 Famed for its breathtaking scenery, endless mountains and excellent hiking routes, Yangshuo is a wonderful nature escape for any weekend⛺️ Here you can cruise on a boat down the Li River, hike one of many steep routes up the famed mountains, or simply relax in these incredible surroundings🌲 You can enjoy a beautiful car journey through the mountains if you travel from Guilin to Yangshuo, or share a small raft boat with friends 🛶 This is truly the perfect place to unwind and relax, and I guarantee you will feel every need to return! It was an amazing week in nature🌿🌱🍃
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Shopping, sightseeing & more!
Getting There - Took flight from Kuala Lumpur to HCMC. Then grab to hotel.
Attractions - Ben Thanh Market (day& night), Cu Chi Tunnel, Mekong River Delta.
Hotels - Nhat Ha 1 Hotel , just opposite Ben Thanh market
Food & Restaurants - street food. superb! Must try Beef Pho. so auhentic taste. Theres alot small cafe selling delicious Vietnamese rolls. Dont forget the Vietnam Coffee. Unbeatable taste for coffee lovers.
Tips - Buy those roasted huge nuts for goodies. U wont regret it.
Shopping - Ben Thanh Market (day&night) . so cheap!#summervacation #shoppinghaven #cheapcurrency #girlstrip #weekendescape
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