Hi guys! I just came back from another backpacking trip. This time, I was able to tick two major items off my travel goals. First, I was able to explore several cities in the Americas. This trip was long overdue, kasi nag-pandemic and all. And second, I was able to circumnavigate the earth, crossing the timezones in a single trip; at proud na proud ako dun!

To be clear, hindi ko napuntahan lahat ng bansa sa mundo; hindi po ganon, at di ko din afford yon. The idea of circumnavigation is that you must travel the world by crossing every meridian of longitude in the same direction.

The idea of doing it on a single trip naman is when you are leaving home, traveling for a time, then returning home. It doesn’t matter if you will be going to multiple countries. This is still considered to be a single trip, as you will be leaving home and returning home only once.

The push to visit America this year was actually triggered by my credit card points that’s about to expire. I’ve been specifically saving it for a trip to US. However, my points can only serve me a one way ticket. As such, I am tasked to book separate tickets for my outbound and return. Given the case, Bojo Macaraig of Lakbay Online, then pitched me the idea to get tickets from different airlines and go a long way for the outbound, then take the pacific route for my return; thus, achieving a circumnavigation. So I did just that. From Manila, Philippines, I flew 9 hours westward to Riyadh in the Middle East, then an onward flight of approx. 15 hours, crossing the EU/African continent, towards JFK/New York in the United States. From there, I had spent several days exploring cities in North, South and Central America.
My flight home to Manila was from Los Angeles, crossing the Pacific this time.

The Route: Manila > Riyadh,Saudi Arabia > New York,USA East Coast > Toronto/Niagara,Canada > Cancun/Valladodid,Mexico > Cuzco,Peru > Rio de Janeiro,Brazil > Bogota,Colombia > Costa Rica > Nicaragua > Honduras > El Salvador > Los Angeles,USA West Coast > Singapore > Manila

Ask me what’s the greatest learning that I gained from doing this? … Na Bilog Gid ang Mundo. Proven ko na. Charot!

And from start to finish, I traveled all by myself, carrying only my Northface 71L backpack.

Will post soon my detailed itinerary for this +30 days trip; cost included. Relax lang sa yors ha? manarbaho sa ko. update update lang latur.

For now here are some highlights of the trip kay cute ko diri. bye!