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Last Night in Melbourne, Australia 🇦🇺 Flashback

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🇦🇺 Australia Flashback The 3 Sisters with the Newlyweds, Missy & Ren April 3, 2013 — Edithvale, Melbourne, Australia. Celebrating the bagong kasal (newlyweds). Diana, Renee, Missy, Luz & Grace. Throwback to our unforgettable trip Down Under 🇦🇺✨ . My wife Tess, my titas, my cousin, and I traveled to Australia to attend my cousin’s wedding—a beautiful celebration of love, culture, and family. 🛡️ Family is Forever For Filipinos, family is the heart of everything we do. Whether we are in the Philippines, the U.S., or Australia, our bonds remain unbreakable. No distance can sever the roots that tie us together. Special Access for the Titas: DIANA GRACE LUZ Click your name above to see more photos! Labels: australia, family, wedding, titas, jf, perseveranda
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Location: Melbourne VIC, Australia
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OFW on Al Muraqqabat Rd

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Walking to dinner in Deira August 25. Al Muraqqabat Rd. Deira, Dubai. United Arab Emirates. A Filipina texts on her phone.  
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Coral Dubai Deira: Al Muraqqabat Rd - August25

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Selfies on Al Muraqqabat Rd after midnight in front of Coral Dubai Deira Hotel August 25. Deira, Dubai. United Arab Emirates. I took selfies after Desiree, Mikey & Tintin dropped me off at my hotel. Taken with my iPhone 11. Files stored on my hard drive (Seagate One Touch Hub Media - 8 TB).
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Location: 788G+CF2 - Al Muraqqabat Rd - Deira - Dubai - United Arab Emirates
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Happy Birthday Luz!

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Flashback: Tita Lila's Birthday in Las Vegas Family is forever.  August 11, 2001. Tess, Baby Nica and I met the titas in Las Vegas, Nevada. It was the second year Tess & Tita Lila had an August celebration together in Vegas. The first one was 1999.  My dad drove Nica & her parents to Oakland Airport. Nica's First Time in Las Vegas We stayed in Monte Carlo Hotel (?) The titas were the first ones to find out that Baby Jian was on his way I think one of them made a comment that Tess looked a little heavy (they might've been wondering already).  I'll post our photos from 8/12 and 8/13 in the next couple days. Please come back. 💬 Your Turn! Do you have a favorite family flashback? Share it with us in the comments! Better yet — if you’d like to guest blog your own memories here on Pinoybuilt.com , send us your story and a photo. Let’s keep our history alive together! 📧 Submit your fl...
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The closest I got to Iran: Khor Fakkan & Gulf of Oman

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Khor Fakkan Beach & Gulf of Oman Flashback: Khor Fakkan Beach - Sharjah - United Arab Emirates. Khris and I drove from Dubai to Khor Fakkan in the emirate of Sharjah, from the Persian Gulf to the Gulf of Oman. We got to Khor Fakkan right before 8 PM, but as you can see, it was HOT & HUMID. This was September in UAE so expect it to be hotter than hell. What is Pinoybuilt.com? Pinoybuilt.com is an online Filipino Community built on Google technoloogy. As a Filipino born in the Philippines and a previous IT Product Manager at a Fortune 500 company, this is my way to show my Pinoy Pride. As a father to three kids born in California, this is how I'd like to share my Filipino (as well Filipino-American) culture and heritage with them and our extended Filipino family. How can one join Pinoybuilt.com? Since it's built on Google technology, you just need a Google account. Give me your Gmail address and I can send it an invite to be an "Author" on this Blogger.com ...
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Memorial Day Weekend Vacation in Cancun

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When AJ and I spent a week+ in Cancun & Cozumel Cancun, Mexico. AJ and I stayed at the Hyatt Regency Cancun. I googled it, but in the same location now stands Hyatt Ziva Cancun, an All Inclusive Resort. A receipt shows AJ and I went to Senor Frog's on May 21, then Chichen Itza on Friday May 22. In the first photo is our concierge at Hyatt Regency. It's funny how I always had questions to ask our concierge. LOL. I have to commend her on her professionalism (in addition to her beauty). She politely declined my invitation for dinner and even just drinks. I tried. My favorite conciege ever! After taking the photo with our conciege, AJ and I took a bus through the jungle to Chichen Itza. It was at least a 2.5 hour ride since we stopped at several hotels to pick up hotel guests. We got to Chichen Itza after 12 noon, I believe. It was hot. Not Dubai HOTTT, but jungle hot. Here's a photo of me in front of the Temple of Kukulcan, or El Castillo. This is the main strucure at Chic...
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Location: 97751 Chichén-Itzá, Yucatan, Mexico
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Proud Pinoy in Cozumel, Mexico. Kayumanggi as they come!

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Flashback to my Cancun/Cozumel vacation Cozumel, Quintana Roo, Mexico: I get brown when I'm in the sun. Proud Pilipino always. How now brown cow -- or make that brown carabao! Photo credit: Ajay Santos Join us & help build a Fil-Am online community. Please leave a comment, and  click to follow our website  www.pinoybuilt.com. Join one of our sites in California: Los Angeles , Sacramento ,  San Diego , San Francisco ,  San Jose  or Vallejo . Click on a tag below to browse.
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Location: Cozumel, Quintana Roo, Mexico
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Gevora Hotel: Dubai Dinner, Highest View Lounge

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Dinner at Gevora Hotel, Highest View Lounge Flashback. Dubai, UAE. February 17, 2022. Dinner at the tallest hotel building in the world, Gevora Hotel, according to Guinness World Records. The four-star hotel opened in February 2018 after a construction period of twelve years. We had dinner at the Highest Vew Lounge, the "highest restaurant in the Middle East situated 280m from the ground with 360 degree views of the Dubai skyline." The Burj Khalifa towers in the background behind me. I still have tons of photos to edit and post, but my Dubai vacation photos are here > ae.pinoybuilt.com . Join us & help build an online community. Please leave a comment, and  click to follow our website pinoybuilt.com . Click on a tag below to browse.
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Location: 101 Sheikh Zayed Rd - Trade Centre - DIFC - Dubai - United Arab Emirates
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Giants Causeway

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40,000 interlocking basalt columns, the result of an ancient volcanic fissure eruption #giantscauseway #finmccoollegend #builtbygiants It was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1986 and a national nature reserve by the Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland in 1987. In a 2005 poll of Radio Times readers, the Giant's Causeway was named the fourth-greatest natural wonder in the United Kingdom. Much of the Giant's Causeway and Causeway Coast World Heritage Site is owned and managed by the National Trust. It is one of the most popular tourist attractions in Northern Ireland, receiving over 998,000 visitors in 2019. Access to the Giant's Causeway is free of charge: it is not necessary to go via the visitor centre, which charges a fee. The remainder of the site is owned by the Crown Estate and several private landowners.
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Location: Giant's Causeway, Bushmills BT57 8SU, UK
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Ruins of Kilmacduagh Monastery

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Cliffs of Moher

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