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Road trip during the busiest month

One of the busiest months that took away most of my work hours was last December 2012 when we brought along our van and went on a road trip and traveled between two islands via inter-island vessel or barge. It’s just too sad that we were not able to tour more because our van broke […]

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Travel

Vehicle maintenance before a road trip

Before a holiday road trip, it is important to evaluate your vehicle and be prepared with the trip essentials. You just can’t risk your vacation being ruined with some car breakdown, right? Change the oil and check if the fluid levels are normal, i.e. transmission fluids, wind shield wiper fluids and brake fluids. Don’t postpone […]

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Life

Repair Day

Yup, today is Repair Day for our family van. So, I had to commute to the city to do some errands. It’s a bit inconvenient to go around without your own vehicle, and I wasn’t able to buy some important groceries because it would be too heavy and bulky to carry when riding a public […]

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Travel

Getting your vehicle ready for travel

Our recent road trip to Cebu via the mountainous terrains of Don Salvador Benedicto municipality taught us some valuable lessons in road travel. While we did prepare our van days before; a technician even came here to troubleshoot and do some maintenance jobs on it, the van was not prepared for something else, the mysterious […]