HAPI Officers for 2026

ANNOUNCEMENT Here is our new set of HAPI officers for 2026: Michael Sherman – Chairman Janice Buenaventura – Assistant CEO Shawn Evans Quiming – Website manager, HAPI isko Shane Haro – Scholar’s Chief and Editor in Chief, Interviewer Edgar Louis de Gracia- Web master Christian Fajutagana – BOT, Consultant IT / HAPI website Irine Villamoran […]

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Gorgeous Guatemala , My 92nd country

I was pleasantly surprised by the beauty of Guatemala. By the time the plane landed, I saw a huge volcano overpowering the landscape. It was Agua volcano. There are a few more, of course. We just hoped that they will not erupt while we were there. Guatemala has a lot of UNESCO heritage sites also, […]

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Interesting Ireland by Gate 1

Ireland is one of those countries that interests me. It is just my 91st country to visit. I did not do my research about Ireland because I want to be surprised, besides, I have worked with many Irish nurses with “Irish brogue”. How lovely!. Doors are very interesting and buildings have great architecture. The butter […]

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East African Safari – Kenya and Tanzania

I went back to Africa to see Kenya and Tanzania and they did not disappoint. The landscape and culture are similar yet different. Our hot air balloon ride was glorious, yet not as great as the Cappadocia ride in Turkey. But, cannot compare due to the scenery available . Fantastic vacation. The highlight in Kenya […]

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China Discovery: from Shanghai to Beijing and many cities in between, for our 29th wedding anniversary

Finally, another dream come true. A visit to China as my 81st country. Amazing, marvelous, highly progressive and interesting country and cities, to say the least. All infrastructures in the modern cities are fantastic work of art and engineering phenomena. The highspeed train lone, says it all and the buildings galore in Shanghai.

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