Out and About
Rose Dela Cruz
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memories, musings, and practical information
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Hiking in Predeal, Romania
Hiking Options in Romania: Why Predeal? When I first searched up hiking options in Romania, Predeal wasn't actually listed much of anywhere, so I originally planned and was looking into hiking in the Bucegi Mountains from Busteni or Sinaia. For the Bucegi...
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Adventures in Singapore, part 4
1. Accommodation (in general) So, it's time to talk about hostels! I did far too much research on this, and ended up in what was actually my second choice -- my first choice, Footprints Hostel, ended up being booked while I was still looking -- and because I'd booked...
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Adventures in Singapore, part 3
Hiking at the Bukit Timah Nature Reserve I got up pretty early this morning (ok, like 7 am) because the plan is to go hiking with Ja and some friends at the Bukit Timah Nature Reserve. Due to the unfortunate weather in Singapore, that means going before the sun has had...
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My Last Day in Romania + Transportation Matters
Walking Wow, today was absolutely filled with transportation issues. That's sort of funny, considering my hostel was in the center of Bucharest, pretty much, and I chose it specifically for location and so I'd have easy/good access to transport. I knew I'd be carting my...
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Kayaking at Railay Beach
Kayaking on our final day at Krabi For our last day here, Ja and I went to Railay Beach to go kayaking. That was loads of fun, though I gained yet another shade of tan. Neither of us have ever been before, so there we were trying to figure out how to paddle and all...
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Hiking the Dragon Crest Mountain trail
1. What is Dragon Crest Mountain As the name suggests, it's a mountain. In Thai, it's also called Khao Ngon Nak, but what's special about it is the hiking trail, which is about 3.7 km one way, has super fantastic viewpoints, and is also free and relatively accessible....
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Island Hopping at Krabi
As the title suggests, Ja (a friend from uni) and I went island hopping today, which just means we hired a longtail boat to do a private tour of these four islands, except it was only three actually, because for one of them the driver (skipper? captain? what's the name...
