Face it, you are not all-knowing and you can’t memorize all the streets too. Therefore, you need a map. Whether you are a veteran traveler or just starting, you need an accurate map with you as you go along your journey.
What I do before was to buy a map from the nearest bookstore or download and print a map from the internet, but those entails additional costs, especially if I want it colored.
Yet through the years, I have learned a valuable lesson- Don’t buy a map. Ask for one (maybe two?). 🙂
FREE MAPS are available is you are keen enough to look for one. When I travel out of the country, I get maps from the airport before I get a taxi. If traveling in the Philippines, I make sure to drop by the tourism office and ask for one. When I was at the Department of Tourism a month ago, I got all the provincial maps of Regions 4A and 4B. It was helpful as I plan my next adventure.
And before I forget, the Philippine map from Mercury Drug’s calendar was very helpful for me. If you can get that, please do!
Ask for two if you can, so you can pass the other to other travelers.
Enjoy traveling! Share this tip to others too!
buying the Road Map of the Philippines is also a good thing… especially for a long trip. 🙂 National Bookstore is where they are from.
But nothing can beat FREE! hehehe
true! i saw that with estan, parang gusto ko rin bumili..but for now, dun muna tayo sa libre.hehe
true! a map is a must. Oldskul na kung oldskul pero ma gusto ko tlga ang mapa kesa GPS(kase wala ako pabili!haha). Pag wala ako map parang bulag ako, as much as possible gusto ko alam ko kung asan ako kahet pa wala akong compass. haha Makakuha nga nyang free map sa Mercury Drug. 😉
GPS? yaan mo pagyumaman ako gael, bibili ako ng 3 GPS, bigyan ko kayo ng tig-isa ni estan. ok ba yun?
nice!!! thanks for sharing… helpful talaga ang mga maps… di masasayang ang time u when u travel…
pa-copy ako ng map ha? mag post ako ng mga provinces na napuntahan ko na… thanks!! =D
sana nga meron expandable na maps noh..sure mervs! haha thanks thanks!
grabe, sobrang addicting ng mag travel… hahaha!!! yup, kelangan malibot natin ang buong Pilipinas bago man lang tayo kunin ng lupa… wahahaha!!! thanks po… =D
saw your post on this, marami-rami ka pang lilibutin sir
Hmmm…oo nga no? Nakalimutan na natin ang mapa…this is what i need as I am about to start “backpacking”….
ayos, go and start “backpacking”!
Great post, I’m waiting for another!
Yeah, good tip 🙂 I get maps from travel/tours-agency hopping; even if you don’t book anything yet. I guess that’s part of their marketing strategy anyway, so help yourself to that. There are also a lot of free map applications for smartphones if you use those. OK na din yun. Nothing beats old school maps for me, though. I can preoccupy myself for a long time with good, detailed maps.
Great tip! Kelangan ko nga ‘to, medyo old school pa naman ako. Thanks for reminding us that we need this. 🙂
thanks, hope you also learn from the other tips
pwede naman gps ng smartphone. I can recommend mapdroyd for android phones. it’s absolutely free and you can selectively download offline maps of countries. practically lahat ng countries. ang disadvantage so far na nakita ko ay ang map ng thailand ay naka thai text. di ko pa na check ang maps ng countries that don’t use the latin alphabet.
disadvantage kasi ng paper maps ay if you are out in the streets trying to find your way from a foldable map, halata sa mga masasamang elemento na dayo ka. pag phone naman, delikado sa snatching 🙂