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Anthro on Foot Publishes 61 Self-Guided Audio Walking Tours

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Let’s connect!

After five years of working on this project (plus two if including our first trial drafts), so happy to announce that 61 self-guided audio walking tours for all 17 regions in the Philippines are now live on YouTube and the izi.TRAVEL app!

To address accessibility issues, starting March 2025, all tours in Filipino will be offered for FREE! For our ‘why,’ please see this post. Please bear with us as we slowly, but very surely, reproduce each tour in the local language.

Again, thank you so much for believing in our project and for featuring us!

Check out our tours here: izi.TRAVEL app, YouTube

Let’s keep on walking: Patreon

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Anthro on Foot Goes to Northern Ireland

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Hello!

For my travel photos on IG: @anthro0nfoot

Sharing with you resources that helped me with travel planning + inspiration:

Books: James Joyce’s A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Dubliners, Ulysses; Leon Uris’ Trinity; Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray; Rick Steves’ Ireland; Rory Carroll’s Killing Thatcher; Thomas Cahill’s How the Irish Saved Civilization; William Butler Yeats’ Irish Fairy Tales. For reviews, visit Goodreads and Scribd*. 

Shows: Geography Now! Ireland, History of Ireland: Part 1 and Part 2, Why Ireland is Divided

Tourism sites: UK visa (Please read on the British Irish Visa Scheme if you intend to visit the Republic of Ireland, too), Ireland’s official tourism website, Belfast’s free walking tour

Travel planning sites: Airalo eSIM ($3 discount code: RAIZEL7816)*, Airbnb,  Booking.com*,  Skyscanner, World Nomads*

(*Note: It helps keep this site going every time you sign up or book from these links. I am a big fan and have been using these sites since 2015. If this blog helped you in any way, it doesn’t hurt to make your booking from these links. Thank you!)

P.S. My keys to sustainable travels: acknowledge that your trip might not go as planned | back up important files before and during travel | bring a portable multi-cooker, coffee/tea press, food containers, utensils, water bottle, water heater, and clothesline rope | bring extra medicines and prescription | bring souvenirs from home for friends you’ll meet along the way | get a local sim card | get travel insurance | have an extra card to be used only for emergencies | learn the language if you deem it necessary | listen to your gut | only bring stuff that you can carry on your own | it’s okay to get adventurous with food, but only go for what’s vouched as clean and safe | record and stay on top of your expenses | stay in accommodations where cooking is allowed | take public transportation | treat everyone and yourself with kindness and respect, as always | treat guidebooks as guides; don’t get boxed by them | visit local cafés, markets, and parks (if the weather and security situation permit) | walk as much as you can | wake up early | when faced with difficult decisions, ask yourself why ❤

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Anthro on Foot Goes to Ireland

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Dia duit!

For my travel photos on IG: @anthro0nfoot

Sharing with you resources that helped me with travel planning + inspiration:

Books: James Joyce’s A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Dubliners, Ulysses; Leon Uris’ Trinity; Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray; Rick Steves’ Ireland; Thomas Cahill’s How the Irish Saved Civilization; William Butler Yeats’ Irish Fairy Tales. For reviews, visit Goodreads and Scribd*. 

Shows: Geography Now! Ireland, History of Ireland: Part 1 and Part 2, Why Ireland is Divided

Tourism sites: Irish visa (As of November 2025: If you hold a valid UK visa, you don’t need a separate visa provided you first set foot on UK soil before entering Ireland. For more details, check the British Irish Visa Scheme.), Ireland’s official tourism website, Dublin’s free walking tours

Travel planning sites: Airalo eSIM ($3 discount code: RAIZEL7816)*, Airbnb, Booking.com*, Skyscanner, World Nomads*

(*Note: It helps keep this site going every time you sign up or book from these links. I am a big fan and have been using these sites since 2015. If this blog helped you in any way, it doesn’t hurt to make your booking from these links. Thank you!)

P.S. My keys to sustainable travels: acknowledge that your trip might not go as planned | back up important files before and during travel | bring a portable multi-cooker, coffee/tea press, food containers, utensils, water bottle, water heater, and clothesline rope | bring extra medicines and prescription | bring souvenirs from home for friends you’ll meet along the way | get a local sim card | get travel insurance | have an extra card to be used only for emergencies | learn the language if you deem it necessary | listen to your gut | only bring stuff that you can carry on your own | it’s okay to get adventurous with food, but only go for what’s vouched as clean and safe | record and stay on top of your expenses | stay in accommodations where cooking is allowed | take public transportation | treat everyone and yourself with kindness and respect, as always | treat guidebooks as guides; don’t get boxed by them | visit local cafés, markets, and parks (if the weather and security situation permit) | walk as much as you can | wake up early | when faced with difficult decisions, ask yourself why ❤

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Anthro on Foot Goes to Qatar

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Assalaam ‘alaikum!

For my travel photos on IG: @anthro0nfoot

Sharing with you resources that helped me with travel planning + inspiration:

Books: Erik Ringmar’s History of International Relations: A Non-European Perspective, Erin Meyer’s The Culture Map, John McManus’ Inside Qatar, Klaus Ferdinand’s Bedouins of Qatar. For reviews, visit Goodreads and Scribd*. Also, a web read: Qatar’s Maritime History and Heritage

Shows: Adam Sobel’s The Workers Cup, Geography Now! Qatar, The Story of Al Jazeera

Tourism sites: Qatar eVisa (this site also checks your eligibility for visa-free entry), Qatar’s official tourism website

Travel planning sites: Airalo eSIM ($3 discount code: RAIZEL7816)*, Airbnb, Booking.com*, Skyscanner, World Nomads*

(*Note: It helps keep this site going every time you sign up or book from these links. I am a big fan and have been using these sites since 2015. If this blog helped you in any way, it doesn’t hurt to make your booking from these links. Thank you!)

P.S. My keys to sustainable travels: acknowledge that your trip might not go as planned | back up important files before and during travel | bring a portable multi-cooker, coffee/tea press, food containers, utensils, water bottle, water heater, and clothesline rope | bring extra medicines and prescription | bring souvenirs from home for friends you’ll meet along the way | get a local sim card | get travel insurance | have an extra card to be used only for emergencies | learn the language if you deem it necessary | listen to your gut | only bring stuff that you can carry on your own | it’s okay to get adventurous with food, but only go for what’s vouched as clean and safe | record and stay on top of your expenses | stay in accommodations where cooking is allowed | take public transportation | treat everyone and yourself with kindness and respect, as always | treat guidebooks as guides; don’t get boxed by them | visit local cafés, markets, and parks (if the weather and security situation permit) | walk as much as you can | wake up early | when faced with difficult decisions, ask yourself why ❤

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Anthro on Foot Goes to Tanzania

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Jambo!

For my travel photos on IG: @anthro0nfoot

Sharing with you resources that helped me with travel planning + inspiration:

Books: Abdul Sheriff’s Slaves, Spices and Ivory in Zanzibar, Abdulrazak Gurnah’s Paradise, Dave Richards’ Wildlife of East Africa, Erik Ringmar’s A History of International Relations: A Non-European Perspective, Kelly Askew’s Performing the Nation, Peter Haugen’s World History for Dummies, Terry Stevenson et al.’s Birds of East Africa, Walter Rodney’s How Europe Underdeveloped Africa. For reviews, visit Goodreads and Scribd*. 

Shows: BBC’s Serengeti series, Geography Now’s Tanzania

Tourism sites: Tanzania eTA (Alternatively, you may secure a visa on arrival at border ports. I got mine at the Namanga border. Check here for the visa-free countries list), Tanzania’s official tourism website

Travel planning sites: Airalo eSIM ($3 discount code: RAIZEL7816)*, Airbnb, Booking.com*, Skyscanner, World Nomads*

(*Note: It helps keep this site going every time you sign up or book from these links. I am a big fan and have been using these sites since 2015. If this blog helped you in any way, it doesn’t hurt to make your booking from these links. Thank you!)

P.S. My keys to sustainable travels: acknowledge that your trip might not go as planned | back up important files before and during travel | bring a portable multi-cooker, coffee/tea press, food containers, utensils, water bottle, water heater, and clothesline rope | bring extra medicines and prescription | bring souvenirs from home for friends you’ll meet along the way | get a local sim card | get travel insurance | have an extra card to be used only for emergencies | learn the language if you deem it necessary | listen to your gut | only bring stuff that you can carry on your own | it’s okay to get adventurous with food, but only go for what’s vouched as clean and safe | record and stay on top of your expenses | stay in accommodations where cooking is allowed | take public transportation | treat everyone and yourself with kindness and respect, as always | treat guidebooks as guides; don’t get boxed by them | visit local cafés, markets, and parks (if the weather and security situation permit) | walk as much as you can | wake up early | when faced with difficult decisions, ask yourself why ❤

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Anthro on Foot Goes to Kenya

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Jambo!

For my travel photos on IG: @anthro0nfoot

Sharing with you resources that helped me with travel planning + inspiration:

Books: Dave Richards’ Wildlife of East Africa, Erik Ringmar’s A History of International Relations: A Non-European Perspective, Jomo Kenyatta’s Facing Mount Kenya, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o’s Petals of Blood, Peter Haugen’s World History for Dummies, Terry Stevenson et al.’s Birds of East Africa, Walter Rodney’s How Europe Underdeveloped Africa. For reviews, visit Goodreads and Scribd*. 

Shows: Daphne Matziaraki and Peter Murimi’s The Battle for Laikipia, Geography Now’s Kenya

Tourism sites: Kenya eTA (you may also apply for an East African visa if you’re planning to visit Rwanda and Uganda), Kenya Wildlife Service (a state-operated one-stop shop for all entry tickets to national parks, marine parks, and sanctuaries), Nairobi National Park Travel Guide

Travel planning sites: Airalo eSIM ($3 discount code: RAIZEL7816)*, Airbnb, Booking.com*, Skyscanner, World Nomads*

(*Note: It helps keep this site going every time you sign up or book from these links. I am a big fan and have been using these sites since 2015. If this blog helped you in any way, it doesn’t hurt to make your booking from these links. Thank you!)

P.S. My keys to sustainable travels: acknowledge that your trip might not go as planned | back up important files before and during travel | bring a portable multi-cooker, coffee/tea press, food containers, utensils, water bottle, water heater, and clothesline rope | bring extra medicines and prescription | bring souvenirs from home for friends you’ll meet along the way | get a local sim card | get travel insurance | have an extra card to be used only for emergencies | learn the language if you deem it necessary | listen to your gut | only bring stuff that you can carry on your own | it’s okay to get adventurous with food, but only go for what’s vouched as clean and safe | record and stay on top of your expenses | stay in accommodations where cooking is allowed | take public transportation | treat everyone and yourself with kindness and respect, as always | treat guidebooks as guides; don’t get boxed by them | visit local cafés, markets, and parks (if the weather and security situation permit) | walk as much as you can | wake up early | when faced with difficult decisions, ask yourself why ❤

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Anthro on Foot Goes to Laos

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Sabaidee!

For my travel photos on IG: @anthro0nfoot

Sharing with you resources that helped me with travel planning + inspiration:

Books: Anthony Reid’s A History of Southeast Asia, Erik Ringmar’s A History of International Relations: A Non-European Perspective, Grant Evans’ A Short History of Laos, Peter Haugen’s World History for Dummies, Thomas Suarez’s Early Mapping of Southeast Asia, Wiley’s A Short History of Southeast Asia (Peter Church, ed.). For reviews, visit Goodreads and Scribd*. 

Shows: Charles Kimball’s History of Southeast Asia podcast, Disney’s Raya and The Last Dragon (which drew lots of inspiration from Laotian culture), Geography Now! Laos

Tourism sites: Nomadic Matt, official tourism websites for Laos eVisa, Laos, Luang Prabang

Travel planning sites: Airalo eSIM ($3 discount code: RAIZEL7816)*, Airbnb, Booking.com*, Skyscanner, World Nomads*

(*Note: It helps keep this site going every time you sign up or book from these links. I am a big fan and have been using these sites since 2015. If this blog helped you in any way, it doesn’t hurt to make your booking from these links. Thank you!)

P.S. My keys to sustainable travels: acknowledge that your trip might not go as planned | back up important files before and during travel | bring a portable multi-cooker, coffee/tea press, food containers, utensils, water bottle, water heater, and clothesline rope | bring extra medicines and prescription | bring souvenirs from home for friends you’ll meet along the way | get a local sim card | get travel insurance | have an extra card to be used only for emergencies | learn the language if you deem it necessary | listen to your gut | only bring stuff that you can carry on your own | it’s okay to get adventurous with food, but only go for what’s vouched as clean and safe | record and stay on top of your expenses | stay in accommodations where cooking is allowed | take public transportation | treat everyone and yourself with kindness and respect, as always | treat guidebooks as guides; don’t get boxed by them | visit local cafés, markets, and parks (if the weather and security situation permit) | walk as much as you can | wake up early | when faced with difficult decisions, ask yourself why ❤

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Anthro on Foot Goes to the United Arab Emirates

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Assalaam ‘alaikum!

For my travel photos on IG: @anthro0nfoot

Sharing with you resources that helped me with travel planning + inspiration:

Books: Amelie Le Renard’s Western Privilege (highly recommended to me but haven’t read it myself), Erik Ringmar’s History of International Relations: A Non-European Perspective, Erin Meyer’s The Culture Map, Jim Krane’s City of Gold, Michael Morton’s Keepers of the Golden Shore, Nicholas Ostler’s Empires of the Word, Tim Marshall’s Prisoners of Geography and The Power of Geography. For reviews, visit Goodreads and Scribd*. 

Show: Geography Now! UAE

Tourism sites: free walking tours in Abu Dhabi (self-guided, but temporarily unavailable as of October 2024) and Dubai, official tourism websites for Abu Dhabi, Dubai, the UAE

Travel planning sites: Airalo eSIM ($3 discount code: RAIZEL7816)*, Airbnb, Booking.com*, Skyscanner, World Nomads*

(*Note: It helps keep this site going every time you sign up or book from these links. I am a big fan and have been using these sites since 2015. If this blog helped you in any way, it doesn’t hurt to make your booking from these links. Thank you!)

P.S. My keys to sustainable travels: acknowledge that your trip might not go as planned | back up important files before and during travel | bring a portable multi-cooker, coffee/tea press, food containers, utensils, water bottle, water heater, and clothesline rope | bring extra medicines and prescription | bring souvenirs from home for friends you’ll meet along the way | get a local sim card | get travel insurance | have an extra card to be used only for emergencies | learn the language if you deem it necessary | listen to your gut | only bring stuff that you can carry on your own | it’s okay to get adventurous with food, but only go for what’s vouched as clean and safe | record and stay on top of your expenses | stay in accommodations where cooking is allowed | take public transportation | treat everyone and yourself with kindness and respect, as always | treat guidebooks as guides; don’t get boxed by them | visit local cafés, markets, and parks (if the weather and security situation permit) | walk as much as you can | wake up early | when faced with difficult decisions, ask yourself why ❤

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Anthro on Foot Goes to Papua New Guinea

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Hai!

For my travel photos on IG: @anthro0nfoot

Sharing with you resources that helped me with travel planning + inspiration:

Books: Christina Thompson’s Sea People: The Puzzle of Polynesia (a superbly amazing read!), David Graeber and David Wengrow’s The Dawn of Everything, Ian Campbell’s A History of the Pacific Islands, Jared Diamond’s Guns, Germs, and Steel, Kira Salak’s Four Corners, Read Books Ltd.’s South Pacific Tales, Robert Foster’s Materializing the Nation, Tim Marshall’s The Power of Geography. For reviews, visit Goodreads and Scribd*. 

Show: Geography Now! PNG

Tourism site: official tourism website

Travel planning sites: Airalo eSIM ($3 discount code: RAIZEL7816)*, Airbnb, Booking.com*, Skyscanner, World Nomads*

(*Note: It helps keep this site going every time you sign up or book from these links. I am a big fan and have been using these sites since 2015. If this blog helped you in any way, it doesn’t hurt to make your booking from these links. Thank you!)

P.S. My keys to sustainable travels: acknowledge that your trip might not go as planned | back up important files before and during travel | bring a portable multi-cooker, coffee/tea press, food containers, utensils, water bottle, water heater, and clothesline rope | bring extra medicines and prescription | bring souvenirs from home for friends you’ll meet along the way | get a local sim card | get travel insurance | have an extra card to be used only for emergencies | learn the language if you deem it necessary | listen to your gut | only bring stuff that you can carry on your own | it’s okay to get adventurous with food, but only go for what’s vouched as clean and safe | record and stay on top of your expenses | stay in accommodations where cooking is allowed | take public transportation | treat everyone and yourself with kindness and respect, as always | treat guidebooks as guides; don’t get boxed by them | visit local cafés, markets, and parks (if the weather and security situation permit) | walk as much as you can | wake up early | when faced with difficult decisions, ask yourself why ❤

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Anthro on Foot Explores the Philippines

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Update: Since I became a parent in 2019 and with the pandemic in 2020, I decided to cut back on unnecessary travel for personal reasons. I have since channeled my ever-inquisitive Anthro on Foot energy on exploring the wonderful world of nature and our region with my child, and the wealth of wonderful literature that has been sitting on my to-read list for years. Always thankful for the amazing opportunity to visit all these wonderful destinations. All trips that follow are related to pilgrimage, work, travel incentives, and inevitable reunions.

Hello/ Mabuhay!

For my travel photos on IG: @anthro0nfoot

Sharing with you resources that helped me with travel planning + inspiration:

Books: Amado Hernandez’s Ibong Mandaragit; Anthony Reid’s A History of Southeast Asia; Arlene Chai’s The Last Time I Saw Mother; Dante Ambrosio’s Balatik; F. Sionil Jose’s Mass, My Brother My Executioner, Po-on, The God Stealer, and Other Stories, Tree; Francisco Baltazar’s Florante at Laura and Ibong Adarna; Funny Komiks; Jessica Hagedorn’s Dream Jungle; Jose Rizal’s El Filibusterismo and Noli Me Tangere; Lonely Travel Philippines; Lope Santos’ Banaag at Sikat; Lualhati Bautista’s Dekada ’70; Maximo Ramos’ Philippine Myths, Legends, and Folktales; Mellie Lopez’s Handbook of Philippine Folklore; Miguel Syjuco’s Ilustrado; Nick Joaquin’s The Woman Who Had Two Navels and Tales of the Tropical Gothic; Peter Bellwood’s The Austronesians; Rafe Bartholomew’s Pacific Rims (recommended to me but I haven’t read it yet); Reynaldo Ileto’s Pasyon and Revolution; Teodoro Agoncillo’s A History of the Philippines; Thomas Suarez’s Early Mapping of Southeast Asia; Tim Fisher’s A Photographic Guide to Birds of the Philippines; Trinidad Pardo de Tavera’s The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines; UP College of Medicine’s Guidebook on the Proper Use of Medicinal Plants; Wiley’s A Short History of Southeast Asia (Peter Church, ed.). For reviews, visit Goodreads and Scribd*. However, since Philippine history is not grounded in writing, to me the best stories in the Philippines are those passed orally, through chants, songs, poems, and our parents’ and grandparents’ bedtime stories.

Shows: Charles Kimball’s History of Southeast Asia podcast, Darangen Epic, Geography Now!

Tourism sites: free walking tours, official tourism website, Pinoy Mountaineer

Travel planning sites: Airalo eSIM ($3 discount code: RAIZEL7816)*, Airbnb, Booking.com*, Skyscanner, World Nomads*

(*Note: It helps keep this site going every time you sign up or book from these links. I am a big fan and have been using these sites since 2015. If this blog helped you in any way, it doesn’t hurt to make your booking from these links. Thank you!)

P.S. My keys to sustainable travels: acknowledge that your trip might not go as planned | back up important files before and during travel | bring a portable multi-cooker, coffee/tea press, food containers, utensils, water bottle, water heater, and clothesline rope | bring extra medicines and prescription | bring souvenirs from home for friends you’ll meet along the way | get a local sim card | get travel insurance | have an extra card to be used only for emergencies | learn the language if you deem it necessary | listen to your gut | only bring stuff that you can carry on your own | it’s okay to get adventurous with food, but only go for what’s vouched as clean and safe | record and stay on top of your expenses | stay in accommodations where cooking is allowed | take public transportation | treat everyone and yourself with kindness and respect, as always | treat guidebooks as guides; don’t get boxed by them | visit local cafés, markets, and parks (if the weather and security situation permit) | walk as much as you can | wake up early | when faced with difficult decisions, ask yourself why ❤