galà: Adventures of the Most Well-Traveled Filipinos

by Donalito Bales Jr.

What does it take to travel around the world? What surprises await you as you dream, discover and uncover your next great adventure?This book explores, for the first time, the Filipino wanderlust from the perspective of twenty of the most well-traveled Filipinos as they take you on their journeys around the world, sharing their colorful stories as well as their best travel tips and recommendations in a well-curated manner. It is as entertaining as much as it is informative. This travel book is like no other.If you’re looking for inspiration to re-ignite your love for travel during these unprecedented times, then this is what you’ve been waiting for.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------‘In this thoroughly-researched and lovingly written compendium, Donalito Bales Jr. does what has never been done before - celebrating a diverse group of people who share one thing their love of travel. Both a who's who and simultaneously an intimate portrait of the colourful traveller community of the Philippines, this unique book makes me wonder why there isn't such a guide to the travellers of every country. An absolute must!’- Harry Mitsidis, The World’s Most Traveled Person, founder of NomadMania, and author of ‘The Curious Case of William Baekeland’‘Galà is the ultimate introduction to who is who among Filipino hard-core travellers. The author has managed to piece together a treasure trove of exciting, inspiring, and sometimes outright scary experiences from outstanding storytellers with a variety of backgrounds. If their worldwide tales don't encourage you to hit the road, I don't know what will.’- Gunnar Garfors, 1st person to visit every country twice, multiple Guinness World Record holder, and author of ‘198: How I Ran Out of Countries’‘Inspiring! Masterfully written with a variety of gold nuggets on world travel experiences.’- Jhet Torcelino-van Ruyven, world traveler, speaker and bestselling author of ‘The Tale of You Have the Power to Change Your Life’

Genres: Travel

400 pages, Kindle Edition

Published September 3, 2021

Reviews

[The Fate Diaries · Rating 4 out of 5]

I gotta say, I didn't expect to actually like the book. As someone, introverted, prefers indoors, and would immediately say "NO" to anyone whenever invited to hang out, reading a travel book would be the last on my list. But hey, I'm glad I welcomed the challenge.

Filled with guides, messages, recommendations, and more from Filipino Hodophiles (travel lovers), Gala will take you around the world in 400 pages or less. You'll get to discover and explore wonders through each of their testimonies... maybe even fell in love enough you'll actually find that push to finally do it. I was in awe to read their backgrounds, how it all started, where they are now, and stunned at the number of places they visited. This is a perfect companion read for aspirants, travel enthusiasts, and those like me who's still thinking it over.

But maybe this is actually the sign I've been waiting for—a change. To finally take that step and go to places I adored in movies, witnessed in books, and lived only in dreams. And this time, I'll hope I can say "YES". Besides, there's no age limit to how far you can go.

Thank you for sharing each of your journey. It's amazing, inspiring, and thrilling.

I would've rated it 5 stars, if only the format works well with my Kindle 2019. It also takes a bit of time to load pages on my Kindle app. However, I have no doubt that the paperback copy would be wonderful.