A (mostly) photographic journey

My name is Janine Yu. I'm a travel writer who lives in New York City and hails from the Philippines.

You can reach me at gayuma9 at yahoo.

2011-08-22

Kuang Si Waterfalls
Luang Prabang, Laos

June 2011
2011-08-17

Chatuchak, Bangkok’s enormous weekend market where everything from hand-crafted jewelry to antiques and rare books to exotic animals, tsotchkes, and outfits for every sartorial sense can be had for a price —even this photo should have cost me 100 baht, according to the man with the mohawk, who demanded payment when I asked to take his picture.
2011-08-15

Hanging out in the East Village, NYC
August 2011
2011-07-31

While in NY, we were thinking of renting a car and going upstate along the Hudson river… we’re hoping [your boyfriend] can drive us. I got this idea after watching a video travelogue on Discovery Channel. However, if you have anything more interesting…please let us know. Please, no museums or cultural events.

— email from my dad, informing me of his imminent travel plans. Oh, parents. Sometimes I wonder how genetics works.
2011-07-30

Venice, Italy
April 2011
2011-07-26

A steaming hot bowl of pho, a national dish in Vietnam made of rice noodles, basil, scallions, lime, bean sprouts, mint, and in this case, thinly sliced pieces of beef.

I had this at the Hanoi airport. If only U.S. airports served dishes like this, we’d all pass out happy on the plane.
2011-07-23

buzzfeed:

Reykjavik, Iceland. Reblog if you’d rather be here.

[10 Places You Would Rather Be To Escape The Heat Today]

Automatic “let’s just talk about how freaking hot it is on the East Coast today” reblog.
(via thedailyfeed)

Source: buzzfeed
2011-07-19

Vung Vieng Fishing Village
Halong Bay, Hanoi

All the rowers ferrying tourists around the village are women. Tourism has afforded women their own livelihood, and it has provided better sanitation, a crafts industry, and a small school in this floating village ensconced in one of Halong Bay’s many karst clusters.
2011-07-18

Halong Bay at dusk

Halong Bay, Vietnam
June 2011
2011-07-15

Part of an email I received from a client today

Today I have a long lunch, in Madrid. This means that I know when the lunch will start but not when it will finish…This city is like this, very funny, as you know. After lunch we have to arrange Spain, settle the players for Real Madrid soccer, gossip about the celebrities, talk about beauties and finally discuss the sex of the Angels. These are things that must be done after lunch, otherwise you are not a real Spaniard.

Part of an email I received from a client today