Clark Museum (Clark Special Economic Zone, Pampanga)

Posted on 15 February, 2009 by Benjie Layug — 1 Comment ↓

Located near the old parade grounds, on the original site of the 217-bed base hospital (dating to September 1903), headquarters of the 3rd Combat Group in 1979 and the 3CSG Headquarters, this museum, Continue Reading →

Railway Museum of British Columbia: Railyard (Squamish, Canada)

Posted on 22 July, 2023 by Benjie Layug — Leave a reply

After lunch at White Spot at Squamish town center, we decide to explore the town and, just on the north side of the town, we chanced upon the 12-acre Railway Continue Reading →

Immigration Museum (Melbourne, Australia)

Posted on 5 November, 2019 by Benjie Layug — 1 Comment ↓

This museum, founded in 1998, is a division of Museums Victoria which administers the cultural and scientific collections of the State of Victoria. Its sister museums are Melbourne Museum (including the Royal Exhibition Building) Continue Reading →

National Museum of American History: Kenneth E. Behring Center (Washington D.C., USA)

Posted on 3 July, 2017 by Benjie Layug — Leave a reply

The National Museum of American History (NMAH): Kenneth E. Behring Center, a museum that is part of the Smithsonian Institution, collects, preserves, and displays the heritage of the United States in the areas of social, Continue Reading →

House Museum of Alexandre Chavchavadze (Georgia)

Posted on 1 December, 2014 by Benjie Layug — 1 Comment ↓

After lunch at Pheasant’s Tears in Sighnaghi, Buddy, Pancho, Melissa, Riva, our guide Sopho and I continued on the final leg of our 3-day, GNTA-sponsored Georgian Countryside Tour, a 50-km./40-min. Continue Reading →

Stalin State Museum (Gori, Georgia)

Posted on 29 November, 2014 by Benjie Layug — 1 Comment ↓

After lunch, Buddy, Pancho, Melissa, Riva and I, plus our Georgian guide Sopho Makashvili, proceeded on our GNTA-sponsored tour of Stalin State Museum located within Gori town proper. This museum, officially Continue Reading →

Dinosaur Island (Clark Special Economic Zone, Pampanga)

Posted on 18 April, 2014 by Benjie Layug — Leave a reply

Dinosaur Island Entrance Clark Freeport Zone’s very own Dinosaurs Island, the Philippines first ever animatronics dinosaur amusement theme park, is the next best thing to watching Jurassic Park. Apatosaurus (Deceptive Lizard) Irritator It Continue Reading →

A Historical Tour of Clark (Pampanga)

Posted on 15 February, 2009 by Benjie Layug — 1 Comment ↓

After watching the early morning flight of Clark’s famous hot air balloons, Jandy and I returned to our Toyota Revo and made our way out of Clark as we still Continue Reading →

Stotsenberg Parade Grounds (Clark Field, Pampanga)

Posted on 30 December, 2008 by Benjie Layug — Leave a reply

When one mentions Clark Field in Pampanga, the first thing that comes in most peoples’ minds is duty-free shopping. Having booked ourselves for an overnight stay at Hotel Vida, we Continue Reading →

Nayong Pilipino sa Clark Expo (Pampanga)

Posted on 12 November, 2008 by Benjie Layug — Leave a reply

Nayong Pilipino sa Clark During a lull in the Flavors of Spain Foodfest held at Hotel Vida, Grace, Norma, Ethel, Mitch and I boarded a van and visited the Nayong Continue Reading →

This travel blog, a diary of the author’s local and international travels, aims to provide the reader with news and information on people, places and events that would interest the avid traveler and tourist. But, it also aims to be much more, providing insights on the wonders of this beautiful country, as well as the world, beyond the strict confines of the city. Have a BLAST seeing old churches, exotic temples, educational museums as well as palm-fringed islands; white sand beaches; thundering waterfalls; placid lakes; fiery sunsets; turquoise seas; cathedral-like caves; swirling rivers; majestic mountains; stupendous, amphitheater-like rice terraces; awesome volcanoes and the like. Get to know the movers and shakers in the tourism industry; find out where to titillate the palate; rejuvenate your body; feed your adrenalin, unwind and relax; satisfy your craving for history and culture; and find out what's being celebrated and where.

BENJAMIN “BENJIE” LAYUG, an architect by profession (he finished his B. S. Architecture degree from the University of the Philippines Diliman in 1982), is also a copy editor for two publishing houses; travel writer; blogger; architectural historian; author; concert. movie and musical reviewer (for www.pep.ph); and a motivational speaker.

As a free-lance travel writer, he has, in the past, contributed articles to Travel Update, Philippine Daily Inquirer, COLORS, TODAY, 7107 Islands Magazine, Business Day and Bluprint. He currently writes for Artplus Magazine and the Business Mirror.

He is also the author of the following travel books:

A Philippine Odyssey (New Day Publishers, 2005)
Pathfinder’s Travel Guide: Boracay (Great Books Trading, 2006)
A Tourist Guide to Notable Philippine Churches (New Day Publishers, 2007)
A Tourist to Notable Philippine Historical Landmarks, Monuments and Shrines (New Day Publishers, 2010)
A Tourist Guide to Notable Philippine Museums (New Day Publishers, 2012)

Some of his books now appear in the local library shelves of the National Library of the Philippines, De La Salle University, Ateneo de Manila University, University of Sto. Tomas, U.P. Diliman, Centro Escolar University, San Sebastian College, Miriam College, Silliman University, to name a few, as well as internationally at the National Library of Australia and the University of California Berkeley Library.

Now a senior citizen, he is probably one of the oldest, if not the oldest, active travel blogger in the country today. He also has a lifestyle blog called F.Y.I.:Firing Your Imagination (www.firingyourimagination.blogspot.com). Benjie has traveled to two-thirds (53) of the country’s 81 provinces and over 20 countries in 4 continents.