It is often said that when one door closes, another one will be opened. Over the past month, we have had to reach deep to evaluate our very own business and dream – our open door. It is with weeks of thought, hours of discussion, and the most humbled feelings that we announce today that the AbsoluteVisit trip has come to an end. We will not be continuing on to visit the rest of the Top 100 Places as we originally had planned.
Although this door has closed, we will not simply let it slam behind us. To our avid support group, we would like to help you understand why we came to this decision and what’s next for AbsoluteVisit.
[AbsoluteVisit is NOT going away. Read on to see what why we are making this change and what's up next!]
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Wow, it has been over three weeks since we have provided an update! Apologies for the delay, but on to the madness . . .
After we last wrote an update from Siem Reap, we spent a few days in Bangkok before heading to the Philippines for 11 days. Here we traversed the metropolis of Manila, saw our seventh AbsoluteVisit (The Banaue Rice Terraces, #33), and explored two amazing Philippine islands – Palawan and Boracay.
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OK, now that you are done laughing about Brad and I in our hard hats and skirts (uh uhm – they made us wear them!), we can carry on. Prambanan is a 9th Century Hindu Temple and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The site was originally made up of 240 different temples, but what stands today are roughly a dozen with the remains of the others surrounding them.
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Well, as the saying goes, “everything good must come to an end.” Our time in the Philippines is now over and it’s time to say goodbye, but let’s change that to see you soon!
We had a thrilling 11 days in the Philippines which took us to Manila, Banaue, El Nido, and Boracay. I’m exhausted when I think back on it, but a smile always comes to my face with the incredible memories that were made. My only regret, not staying longer. There were many places on the trip that we could have easily stayed an extra day or two. Add to that several more islands that are now on my must see list and it seems like we could have, and perhaps should have, visited for a month! I will return.
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A little over a week ago, we visited AbsoluteVisit #33, The Banaue Rice Terraces! This was our 7th AbsoluteVisit of the trip and was one that we had never seen before, but had always dreamed of. We were able to conquer the terraces of Banaue, Batad, and Hapao in an incredibly action-packed 48 hours that included two overnight buses, hours of hiking, and thousands of pictures. This crazy little trip to one of the world’s most beautiful places left Brad, Anne, and I astonished and equally exhausted!
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I snapped off this shot in the final seconds of sunlight. The rays of sun reached around the globe to illuminate the bellies of the clouds giving them an almost fictitious shade of pinkish-red. This is my favorite time of sunset (about 15 minutes after the actual sunset) – when is yours?
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El Nido is an incredible piece of land located on the northern tip of the island and province of Palawan (check-out this map for a birds-eye view). I first heard about El Nido from our travel friends, Jenn and Jon, when they checked it out for over a week! Their pictures were stunning and I was instantly convinced that I had to see this place on my own. With a trip to the Philippines already on our itinerary to visit the AbsoluteVist, The Banaue Rice Terraces, adding this to our plans was a no-brainer.
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