Hi! My name is Roxanne and my username is iTravelRox. I am new to Hive but I've heard about Hive from a community of another platform and I believe they are very active on Hive. Ok, let me say, the Read Cash community.
I wanted to register on Hive last year but not sure why I had difficulty signing up. A few days ago, I tried my luck signing up on my laptop, and ta-dah! I am here.
Anyway, I've been using iTravelRox on my travel website and other social media accounts. My travel blog is https://www.itravelrox.com.
Anyway, who am I?
I am a travel blogger from Cebu, Philippines. Now, I am a mother of two of Filipino-French kids. I used to be a solo traveler and a digital nomad (working as a Virtual Assistant). I met my husband in Phuket, Thailand while I was on 4-month backpacking in Myanmar, Thailand, and Cambodia.
What do I do here in France?
I am a stay-at-home mom of a 3-year-old boy and a 1-year-old girl. I am a mom of two kids under 2 years old with 17 months gap. So, my life as a new mom, a housewife, and dealing with a new culture and language is very overwhelming.
Currently, I am busy updating my travel blog now that people are very excited to travel around the world.
Some of the activities I did in France:
My Life as a Travel Blogger and a Digital Nomad
I started working online as a Virtual Assistant in 2009. I quit my office job in 2010. That's when I decided to be a freelance Virtual Assistant. I do a lot of several things such as data entry, content writing, SEO, graphic designing, and photo editing. My financial life was better as a VA compared to when I was working in a company. All I did was work for 12 hours, get different clients, and saved money. I started my travel blog in 2013, my first out of the country was in Malaysia.
As a travel blogger, it gave me several opportunities to collab with travel tour agencies and stay for free in different accommodations in exchange for promoting them on a travel blog. As a digital nomad, I can bring my work anywhere with me. I was lucky that I was able to stay in different places and different countries without worrying about vacation leaves.
The Countries I've Been To
- Malaysia in 2013 with a blogger friend
- Hong Kong and Macau in 2014 with college friends
- Japan in May 2015 as a solo traveler and returned in November 2015
- Made an unplanned trip to Hong Kong after Japan in June 2015 as I missed my plane to Cebu
- Another Malaysia trip with friends in June 2015 plus one week to Thailand, a total of 4 weeks
- Malaysia and Singapore in August 2015 to watch a Maroon 5 concert in Singapore.
- That's 5 countries in 2015.
- Been to Taiwan twice in November and December 2016.
- Again to Taiwan twice for the whole month of April (25 days) and May-Jun 2017 (26 days), thanks to my Japan visa.
- In 2018, I went to Myanmar, Thailand, and Cambodia for a total of 4 months.
- In 2019, we went to Bali, Singapore, and Palawan.
- As a family, traveling around France, Spain to spend the summer, and Belgium to visit my husband's relatives.
Adventures I love to do
I am into freediving and scuba diving. I did surfing in Leyte and Siargao. Hiked to Mount Zwegabin in Myanmar.
- Scuba Diving in El Nido, Palawan
- Hiking to Mount Zwegabin in Hpa-an, Myanmar
What topics I can write on this Hive platform?
I will write about travel, motherhood, and anything under the sun. Looking forward
to meet travelers and mothers in this Hive community.