After college graduation, I decided to leave the Philippines and start a journey to the unknown. I worked in Kuwait and Iraq for years before finally realizing that traveling is what I really wanted. With that, I quit the 9-5 career lifestyle and pursue my travel passion.

In 2013, I decided to head off backpacking to Southeast Asia with my brother and sister. That’s where I started living a nomadic life. I traveled from country to country, even outside Asia, as a digital nomad before deciding to buy a house and settle down.

Finally, in 2019, I chose Montenegro as my second home. I bought a stone house and started doing a renovation project to start a new life with my cats.

Since Montenegro is a young country, choosing it as a place to settle down was one of my best choices. It’s ideal for digital nomads and is easy to immigrate to (for now) so I was able to bring my brother and his family here which is also one of my goals.

The first half of 2021 was not easy because of the things that happened -- from chronic pains, operations, and a lot more. But this didn’t stop me from continuing my goal of visiting all the countries in the world using my Philippines passport.

With all the things that happened and still happening, it made me even stronger and I’m finally slowly coming back to being a solo traveler. So, cheers to more journeys and adventures coming!

1. How to start a travel blog?

Here’s a full article I wrote about it and some tips =)

2. How to make money from Travel Blogging?

If you’re just starting a blog, here are my tips on how you can start making money.

If you’re already blogging and want to take it to the next level, read my article on how these bloggers earn more than 5,000USD per month! Some are even earning more than $25,000 per month! Yup, per MONTH. =)

3. Can I travel with my Philippines passport?

Yes, I’ve been traveling full-time since 2013 with my Philippines passport. You can read my passport and visa experiences here.

4. For Filipinos: How can I apply for a tourist visa?

You don’t need to hire a travel agency to help you with the visa because you can do it directly at the embassy or online. Below tips are only about Tourist visa and NOT work visa.

• Guide on How to get a UK Visa – Tourist, Marriage & Residency

• Guide on How to get a USA Tourist Visa

• Guide on How to get a Schengen Visa (for Europe travel!)

• Guide on how to re-apply for a Schengen visa if you get rejected – Remonstrance Process of Schengen Visa

• Guide on How to get Japan Visa

• Guide on How you can travel to visa-free countries around the world based on Kach’s travel experiences to over 80 countries!

• Guide on How to get AUSTRALIA tourist visa

5. For Filipinos: Do I need a return flight ticket to the Philippines when I travel long term?

If you’re already based abroad, you will only be required an onward flight ticket and not necessarily a ticket back to the Philippines. This is based on my personal experience,  I left the Philippines in 2013 and only returned on 2017 after visiting 70 countries.

However, if you will begin your journey from Manila or Cebu then the immigration official will ask you to provide a return flight to the Philippines. Long-term travel is not yet a common thing in the Philippines.

6. How can I become a backpacker?

Get a backpack, travel on a minimal cost and stay in a cheap backpackers hostels (you can find our recommended lists here in Asia etc)

7. Where can I find volunteering opportunities?

We have a detailed article here. =)

8. How can I travel the world if I DON’T HAVE MONEY?

Here are my very detailed 50 tips on how you can travel without money, earn money on the road and even how you can prepare yourself before going on a big trip!

9. What’s the best route to travel around South East Asia?

There are different routes but I usually suggest our readers (who are first-timers)to start in Thailand then follow the “pancake trail” – Here’s our complete itinerary guide on how you can do it!

10. What camera do you use on your travels?

We have Olympus, Huawei Phone, Nikon and now a CANON G7x for blogging. But you can find a lot of options here that are cheap and not-bulky.

11. What’s the easiest and cheapest way to go to South America from Manila?

We wrote 5 different routes here for you guys, you have to consider your budget and the visa. Here you go. =)

12. Can I really make money from teaching English?

Yes, we were teaching in Vietnam last 2013. I’m a Filipino citizen but my first salary was $17 per class but when I left in 2014, I was getting paid $25 per hour. My degree is not even teaching and I didn’t have experience.

However, you need to get a TEFL certificate (usually 120 hours is the requirements, read my personal TEFL experience here.

13. How do you handle criticisms of being in an “interracial relationship” – specifically the negative stigma of being a “Filipina with Foreigner?”

Love this question and I know a lot of people can relate, I wrote a very popular article here on the Truth and Lies about Filipina with Foreigners.