I thoroughly enjoy meeting fellow travelers – hearing their stories, asking them for recommendations, sharing my own experiences, making plans for future trips. There is a strong sense of camaraderie among travelers. Each conversation rekindles the fire for wanting to get out there again, to see more. This space is reserved for conversations with Viajera… Continue reading
The Viajera Filipina Manifesto
Breaking Free Kababae mong tao, bumabyahe ka nang mag-isa. (Loosely interpreted: You, a woman, have some nerve to travel by yourself.) Filipinos can immediately recognize the feeling of thinly veiled condescension and admonition that comes with this statement. Women who traveled, particularly on their own, were used to be viewed either with suspicion, as if… Continue reading
About Viajera Filipina
Viajera Filipina is a digital magazine geared towards the female traveler from the Philippines or of Filipino heritage wherever she is or going in the world. It seeks to open up the world to the Filipina traveler, as well as see it through her eyes.
Traveling 101
Traveling 101 Vacations mean a change of pace, a gentleness with ourselves, a time of rest and renewal, and a time to stretch ourselves and encounter new people, new lands, new ways, and new options. – Anne Wilson Schae I am always thrilled to hear when friends decide to make travel and vacation… Continue reading
The Transformation on Icelandair Flight 623
From what I could tell, the blonde lady sitting across the aisle from me was a local Icelandic woman. I was a Filipino-American visitor to her land of Vikings and volcanoes, concluding a weeklong wedding anniversary trip. As the Boeing 757 lifted off the ground and started to make its way up to the sky,… Continue reading
Shopping for home
SHOPPING FOR HOME by Maria Theresa Mendoza Cruz Ten years after I immigrated to the United States to work as a physical therapist, I sometimes seek the familiarity of home in different places in Atlanta. The big Simon malls with their flashy storefronts and trendy merchandise takes me back to Manila’s mega shopping centers. It… Continue reading
