Alex in Wanderland | Travel and Diving Blog

Jun 17, 2013 Posted by Alex

Rest in Peace, Google Reader

Google Reader, my beloved tool for keeping up with favorite blogs, is going the way of the travelers’ check (or the dodo, as the more traditional saying goes). On July 1st, Google Reader will shut...

Jun 15, 2013 Posted by Alex

Twenty Four Hours in Singapore

As I sat in my Bangkok hotel room frantically booking a flight out of the Philippines — I had just heard that immigration was strict in their dislike of one-way flights into the country — I...

Jun 14, 2013 Posted by Alex

As I packed for my most recent five month trip to Southeast Asia, my fourth such journey in as many years, I vowed that my next flight abroad would be to a new region of the world. I felt certain that the...

Jun 12, 2013 Posted by Alex

Exploring Bohol By Motorbike

Time was up. Heather and I had only days left in the Philippines. Being a bit of a lazy traveler myself, I was more than content to beach-bum away our remaining days on Malapascua. I’m also pretty...

Jun 11, 2013 Posted by Alex

Circumnavigating Eden: A Walk Around Malapascua

When it comes to diving-focused destinations like Koh Tao, or the Perhentian Islands, or Malapascua, I get a lot of questions about what there is to do for non scuba fans. Malapascua is still deliciously...

Jun 10, 2013 Posted by Alex

My Travel and Blogaversary: Year Two

Yesterday marked a very special anniversary for me: Two years of remote self-employment, two years blogging away here at Alex in Wanderland, and two years of living nomadically. It’s been a trip, in...

Jun 9, 2013 Posted by Alex

Photo of the Week 104

Happy Sunday, everyone! I hope wherever you’re reading this post is as beautiful as where I’m writing it from — my sunny backyard in Albany, New York! This week has been a quiet one for...

Jun 7, 2013 Posted by Alex

Diving in Malapascua

Idyllic Malapascua is just a teeny blip on the Philippine’s tourism radar in comparison to bigger stars like Boracay or Palawan — and that’s part of what makes it so alluring to those...

Jun 6, 2013 Posted by Alex

Paradise Found: Malapascua Island

So technically, I’ve already declared paradise found at least twice on this blog. First, way back in 2009 when I landed on the Perhentian Islands in Malaysia and felt certain that I had indeed...

Jun 4, 2013 Posted by Alex

Consider My Mind Blown: Diving in Donsol

So far, Donsol had been a bit of a bust. It had been a mission to get there, and thus far the fireflies and whale sharks had been a disappointment. But we had one more creature left on our list to see...

Jun 3, 2013 Posted by Alex

Photo of the Week 103

Greetings from Toronto! I’m posting from TBEX, the travel blogging conference that I gushed about last year in Colorado. This conference has well and truly been a whirlwind, and I’m glad...