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00:00This is Meiji for those who have travel goals this year.

00:05It's perfect because we're going to meet an inspiring Filipina today.

00:10Can you believe it?

00:12She's the first Filipina to travel to every country in the world using a Philippine passport.

00:20Wow!

00:21She's amazing!

00:22And she's with us today, Katch Medina Umandap.

00:25Katch, good morning!

00:26Good morning!

00:27Good morning and welcome to Rise and Shine Philippines.

00:30Of course, Katch, we're very amazed.

00:33And congrats on your journey.

00:36You checked everything on the bucket list.

00:40Well, tell us about your journey.

00:41How did you start this?

00:43And when did you start traveling?

00:45Actually, the first time I went to the Philippines on an international flight was when I was 20 years old,

00:51when I graduated from college.

00:53And then, I realized after four years, I worked in the Middle East.

00:56I worked as an OFW in Kuwait and Iraq.

00:59And after that, I was like, okay, I have savings now.

01:02And then, I decided when I was 24 years old, 2013, to go backpacking.

01:08My six-month plan lasted until last week.

01:11So, 12 years until I accomplished the mission.

01:14Wow!

01:15In a span of 12 years, you were able to travel around the world.

01:18You're now 36 years old.

01:20I'm 36 now.

01:21You're the youngest, right?

01:22I'm the youngest.

01:23You were able to travel around the world.

01:24Yes, I say that I'm the youngest because there are two Filipino-Americans who have accomplished it.

01:29Odette Ricasa was the first one.

01:31She's a Phil-Am based in Los Angeles.

01:33And then, the second one is Tita Luisa Yu.

01:35She's a Phil-Am based in Miami.

01:37And then, I am the first one who's using a Philippine passport without other citizenship.

01:42You were with them?

01:43I was with them.

01:44We're still friends.

01:45So, did you meet them during your travel journey?

01:49Or did you talk to them first?

01:51Or did you have a group?

01:53How was that?

01:54We had a group.

01:55It's like a Guinness World Record for adventurers.

01:59So, in the whole world, only a few 500 people were able to complete it.

02:03So, Tita Luisa, Tita Odette, and me were part of this organization.

02:07Like, Nomadmania, TC's Traveler's Sensory Club, Most Traveled People.

02:11It's like an exclusive if you're aiming to do that.

02:14So, I traveled with Tita Odette.

02:16When she was finishing the countries of 2022, I helped her with the visas.

02:20And then, I traveled with Tita Luisa.

02:22She finished it at 79 years old.

02:25She accomplished it.

02:26We were together in Sri Lanka.

02:28Like, it's the same circle.

02:29So, everybody knows everyone.

02:31If that's your mission.

02:34And you know, having that organization, you know that you're safe and secured.

02:37That you have accountability people or partners while you're traveling.

02:42Because backpacking is hard, right?

02:44It's not organization, I go with them.

02:46But if you claim to have a world record, they verify you.

02:51But you do your own thing.

02:53You do your own thing.

02:54But you communicate with these people.

02:56Like, okay, who will go to Sudan?

02:59Who will go there?

03:00So, there's a community.

03:02Yes, it's a community.

03:03But not like I go with them.

03:05But they verify, like, did you go in?

03:07Did you just stay at the airport?

03:08Like, they are the ones.

03:10It's like a Guinness.

03:11What are most of your travels?

03:12Are you solo?

03:13Mostly solo.

03:14I move faster.

03:15And then, it's faster.

03:16You know, like, especially in countries that are, like, dangerous.

03:19It's better if you're quiet.

03:21You're like a chameleon.

03:23But if you go with a group, it's like too much attention, you know?

03:27You know, what Katch is doing is good.

03:29Because you know, I hear this from the elders.

03:32When you're old and you travel, it's hard.

03:35So, better start while you can, right?

03:38Yes, it's hard to carry luggage.

03:40I highly, really, I really, now that I'm back in the Philippines,

03:43I really want to motivate, like, you know, like, or educate the younger ones.

03:47Start travel muna sa Philippines hanggang minor ka.

03:49After 18, go.

03:51Okay.

03:52But you need to learn muna how you can sustain and pay for it, diba?

03:56So, now I'm curious, Katch.

03:58Sa dami-dami ng countries na napuntahan mo, ano yung mga life lessons na nabaon mo?

04:02And now you're back here in the Philippines.

04:04Life lessons, you know.

04:06Actually, she asked me earlier, what do you do?

04:09I'm a digital nomad.

04:10So, the life lesson that I'm gonna tell you is, like,

04:14if you wanna travel, like, full-time, you wanna do, like,

04:17kasi you need three things in life to travel.

04:19You need time, money, and good health.

04:21And to have it at the same time, it depends on the chapter of your life, diba?

04:26Kapag bata ka, may time ka nga, may good health, but you don't have the money.

04:29But when you're older, you have the money, you don't have the time, and this.

04:32But I am a digital nomad.

04:34So, kapag digital nomad ka, you work online.

04:37So, like, you can work anywhere you want.

04:39Like, for example, I'm earning money to write a content.

04:42Habang nasa Cebu ako, I can make the same money while writing a content.

04:46Habang nasa Kenya ako.

04:48Basta may Wi-Fi ka.

04:49May Wi-Fi, may internet.

04:51You know, like, even after COVID, diba, everyone's working from home.

04:54So, now, what I was, like, lesson is, like, learn digital skills.

04:57It's the future.

04:58So, like, if you can learn that, you can work anywhere you want.

05:01Ito, work from vacation, to.

05:04Ano ang may pinata?

05:05Ano ang may dose, eh?

05:06Heating two stones, diba?

05:08If you're traveling, tapos you're mixing also yung work, ano?

05:12Ang saya naman nganggag.

05:13Kasi kailangan natin ng show money.

05:15For the visa applications, diba?

05:17Actually, that's also what I want to ask.

05:19Hindi ka ba nahirapan sa pag-apply rin ng mga visa?

05:21Kasi yung problema rin ng mga Philippine passport holders.

05:24May limitation lang rin.

05:25So, with our Philippine passport, we can only travel to 65 countries visa-free.

05:29Like, but yung iba, mga visa on arrival, or what.

05:32Mahirap.

05:33Kasi, like, you have to have money to pay for the trip.

05:36Pero at the same time, you need to have the money to be on your bank,

05:39to show them that you can afford to do it.

05:41Hassle talaga.

05:42But I told everyone, like, sa blog, na, you know, like, if you want to do this,

05:47start first in visa-free countries.

05:49If you have enough travel history, enough confidence,

05:52then go hit na yung mga visa countries like Japan, South Korea.

05:57May strategy, so you'll not get rejected.

05:59So first, South Korea, get South Korea visa.

06:01Then, get Japan visa.

06:02Then, you get, like, Middle East visa.

06:04Then, Australia.

06:05Then, Schengen.

06:06Saka, muna target yung USA.

06:08Magparami ka muna na maestas.

06:09Ayo, pagandahin mo muna ang profile mo.

06:12Which one is your favorite?

06:13Favorite?

06:14Like, there's so many, ah.

06:16But, like, I'll consider na, if I am not a Filipino living in the Philippines,

06:20I'd live in Montenegro.

06:21And that was my second home.

06:23Okay, bakit?

06:24What's so special about it?

06:25It's similar culture sa atin.

06:27But, like, totoo lang, I had a very big car accident sa Pakistan

06:31that, like, led me to surgery.

06:33And that's not, I was not able to walk for three months in 2019.

06:38And Montenegro has a very good, like, physical therapy.

06:41Tapos, binigyan nila ako ng visa to recover.

06:44And I felt like, wow, parang pamilya.

06:46And they have the similar culture.

06:48Puti lang sila, diba?

06:51Nakakatawa naman.

06:52So now na, ayan, dami mo lang history, dami mo lang na-explore.

06:56Ano naman yung mga plano mo for the future?

06:58Now, I am back in the Philippines for a week.

07:00So, sabi nila, anong next goal mo?

07:02Diba, karang, ang hirap lang yung next goal mo?

07:04Well, if I did, ah, if I was able to visit every country in the world, like, in 12 years.

07:10Now, I want to visit every provinces in the Philippines for the next 12 years

07:15or maybe 6 years, kasi kalahata, diba?

07:17And at the same time, educate.

07:19Like, you know, like, young, like, speak in schools and college.

07:22And at the same time, travel.

07:24Kasi I really love it.

07:25Like, I don't travel for the sake of traveling.

07:27I just love it.

07:28Like, ah, the people that you meet.

07:30And now, now that I've met so many people on my travels,

07:33I've worked with a lot of tourism boards abroad.

07:35Like, I've met so many influencers, writers.

07:38Now that I am back, I want to invite them, promote my country naman.

07:41But I will host you, I will feed you fish.

07:44You know, I will show them.

07:45Like, because a lot of people hosted me in their countries.

07:47Now, I want them to come sa Philippines naman.

07:50Oh, interesting.

07:51I think, you know, it's really an opportunity.

07:53You mentioned about educating, no?

07:55Parang you can partner with probably public, private sectors.

07:59Para mas mapating.

08:00Out of school.

08:01Kasi maraming pwedeng matutunan talaga yung mga kabataan.

08:05And alam mo, gusto nating mag-travel, pero wala tayong idea.

08:08You know, the confidence and everything.

08:10I think, saka ba nila makikita Katch to follow you?

08:13Parang may mga updates, mga content mo.

08:15You'll find me online.

08:19Katch, umandap, K-A-C-H, umandap.

08:21And I have a travel blog, Two Monkeys Travel.

08:23Pero I have a company.

08:25Kaya mahirap sakin dati, kasi wala akong mapagtanungan where to get the visa.

08:29I started filipinopassport.com.

08:31So if you need help for any visa, anywhere in the world, pero tourist lang ah, we can help you.

08:36Like, we'll make it easier for the Filipinos.

08:39For the next one, so if I tag myself as the youngest, and I'm 36,

08:43imagine, mga 24 years old, 25, could do this in the next few years.

08:48Oo, 12 years lah, lahat ng country pwede.

08:50Parang tara na, Diane pwede.

08:51Kung 36 ako, by 48 pwede na.

08:53Pwede! Next goal!

08:55Oo, diba?

08:56But curious naman, kasi in the span of 12 years, like in a month, ilang ng countries yon?

09:01Depende. So like, it depends on the visa.

09:03Like usually, kapag nakapahinga ako dahil kailangan ng mga visa, kailangan natin mag-apply eh.

09:08Like, it takes one month, two months.

09:10So usually, I apply for visa two months.

09:12Kung ano lahat ng makuha ko na visa, within that two months, doon ako aalas.

09:16So for example, like last year, I traveled to 35 countries, pero in four months.

09:21Wow!

09:22Oo, kasi goal yung time na makuha.

09:25So you stayed in a country like two days?

09:27I stayed like three months sa India, before six months sa Peru.

09:32Tapos I traveled like ng Bahamas ng one month.

09:35It depends.

09:36Pero last year, lahat ng bansa, medyo complicated.

09:39Ang kailangan ko lang talaga is to get verified na I entered, I got the stamp, I got out.

09:44Ang recognition lang with Nomadmania is like, if you go 24 hours.

09:48So, that's how it is.

09:50Dapaka-inspiring naman talaga.

09:52Thank you once again sa pag-share sa amin ng inyong inspiring journey.

09:56Once again, catch Medina Umanda.

09:58Safe travels ah, and enjoy sa mga paglibot mo naman dito sa Pilipinas.

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