We're moving!

Thank you all for dropping by and bearing with the geek for the last couple of years with inconsistent updates and non-sense blabbers and excuses. 

It has finally reached the geek's senses to get things on the serious side.  The geek is not getting any younger but  traveling is still a passion.  It's viral and once you get bitten, it's incurable!

The geek is maturing faster than he was hoping for. A guy no longer in his 20s needs to get things seriously. With all the drama and goings on in his esoteric life, it can be compared to uneven pavements...

The Backpacking Geek is moving to a new home. We're still working on remodeling, restructuring, repainting...We're not ditching the old stuff really...we're merely moving to provide a better experience.

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Thinking about moving...getting serious (in a fun way)...

Times change...

The traveler or shall I say backpacker in me has dragged my feet to a few places here and there and a bit out there...I've written stories of my (mis)adventures in this space for a couple of years.  Then I found myself exploring the city on foot running marathons. I forgot about the tales of getting lost "in translations" and literally in places I've been in...

A couple of weeks ago, I was dragged some place south of Manila and had a good time! It reminded me of this space and the untold stories of my aimless wanderings...the trip rekindled the fire in my heart for exploring and pushing myself to try new things...the itchy traveling feet wants to travel but doesn't want to stop running marathons...

I need a race-cation! Pinoy Fitness has cleverly coined the word to blend running races and traveling. So I figured I'd start working on satisfying my penchant for getting lost while keeping that same pair of feet in running shoes.  Why not race out of town so I can have a 'Race-Cation'...

Times really do change...

I am currently working on finding a new home...a new space to share my race-cations...and as time move us to become better, we need a better home to nurture our passion...

Yes, the Backpacking Geek may move to a new home...a better one with a lot more than just a backpack!

Watch out for it!

Conquering Magdalena

Let me get this out before the memories fade like the rest of 2014...

Magdalena, Laguna - and I have no idea where it is until yesterday.

Because it is Memorial Day today and we have a long weekend, I kind of stuffed a whole lot in my calendar...I slept late on Saturday night...err not really. I just closed my eyes lying in the dark waiting for my alarm clock to go off a little over an hour after I set it. I came home very early Sunday morning after spending the night at the PETA Theater for Kung Paano Ako Naging Leading Lady: The Musicale by Carlos Vergara.

D' rafters@McDonald's Taft
Photo: Jennifer Estrellado

So it was Sunday morning. The call time was 4:30AM  at McDonald's Taft. I had hamdesal and coffee to officially start my day! I met the team: Dexie (the ring leader), Jenn (the bully), Omie (the muscle man), Ron and Wendy (used to work with the same company) and Darrel (the payroll guy). the original plan was to take the second DLTB bus to Sta. Cruz, Laguna. Well, things happen...we boarded the bus at the break of the morning light.

Because most of us were on the same theater last night...we all took that 2 hours of slumber...