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More Exciting for Second Time in Thailand

Going back to Thailand... Tense with excitement, anticipation and not little apprehension as a landing- gear clunked down and the fasten seat belts sign came on, I looked out the window eagerly. I was so fascinated with the view and the big plane I was on.  After 5 hours flight, I saw like a jewels in black velvet, the lights of Abu Dhabi shimmered on the long straight airport road that crossed the dessert. I couldn't see the city because we arrived at the airport with the Etihad Airlines at night to transfer to Thailand. We needed to catch 9:45pm, now...we were panicking because it’s almost 9pm and we couldn't find the gate 30. We had to go through other inspections. It wouldn't be easy for an old woman to catch up the flight. We had to run for boarding. Thank God, we made it...  I know very soon on 7 am, we'll be in Thailand. I enjoyed the flight with Etihad Airbus. It was enormous. I liked their foods and of course the movie box. I watched a

My First Time to Fly out of the Country Alone

April 23-24, 2012 Thailand was the first and last country I visited. It was both pain and joy before going to the place and coming from the place. From the Philippines to Thailand If there's one thing I learned during my first flight is you have to prepare all your important documents upon entering the immigration control. Don't ever leave these documents in the check-in baggage. Finally, better to travel light. In case if the immigration won't allow you to travel, then you have still chance to get your stuff. Feelings so nervous inside the airport... It's my turn to present my ticket to Cebu Pacific Airlines agent, and she said that she wouldn't allow me to travel because I don't have ticket back to Philippines. She had to call her boss to confirm my case. I showed them my ticket out from Thailand to Serbia. They approved it. Their concerned was to make sure; I would be out from Thailand after the duration of stay. Still shaking... I wa

Athens and its Myth and History: Our Experience and Story Series 2

The Athens Hills and its Antiquities Our Athens’ experience is very remarkable one. If Athena was real, she had convinced me well that she existed in Greece and that Greek Mythology was not just a myth, but people were living in this truth as foundation of their lives. This is what I realized upon seeing all the facts and ruins in Athens.  Everything I had learned from my English Mythology class and History had revived and kept flashing back what’s written on text are becoming real this time. Watch the video here. The most remarkable thing that moved me was when I saw a pieces of olive fruit and pomegranate fruit offered to goddess Athena. Here is the link for the other  Antiquities in Athens . Areopagus Hill  The View from Areopagus Hill The uninterrupted view of the city on the top of the Areopagus Hill is very accessible by steps sculpted into the rock. In nighttime, this place was the most romantic place we had with my husband. In a cool