“Just by working very hard jobs,” revealed 28-year-old Canadian Kyle “Kulas” 
Jennermann to Lead when asked for the secret of being able to travel to 28 countries when he’s not a millionaire’s son. This happened during the media launch of Becoming Filipino, his television travel blog to pilot on ANC tomorrow, Sunday, at 7:30 p.m. with replay every Saturday at 4:30 p.m.
One time, he added, he took a job planting trees in his native Canada, saved up enough money, and took a year off of university. Another time he had a job at the United World College of The Atlantic in Wales and an outdoor adventure company in Hong Kong that gave him freedom to travel as well.
That makes Kulas, the nickname he acquired when he traveled to the Philippines and fell in love with the country and its people, initiating his becoming one of us.
As an extremely well-traveled guy that qualifies him to be a world-class travel blogger, Kyle is ranked number 1 on the list of Top 5 Foreign bloggers who Sincerely Love the Philipines and the Filipinos. Last January, he was featured by Huffinton Post as Top 5 of the World’s Best Male Travel Bloggers.
Want a reality check? Here are some of his extraordinary travel adventures:
CANADA. Working as a Park Ranger which had him trekking and working way out in the wilderness at different national and provincial parks, road tripping through the Rockies of his home province of British Columbia, and flying to Montreal to visit a friend and experiencing the completely diverse French Canada.
USA. Road-tripping through five States from Vancouver Canada to Las Vegas, literally passing through snow on a mountain range in the morning and then in a warm desert in the late evening.
HAWAII. Trekking to a live volcano and seeing moving lava and swimming across a bay full of hammerhead sharks.
INDIA. Driving a rickshaw with two good British friends from North to South for a month for a total of 3000 kilometers, starting in the middle of the desert, passing through major cities, through mountain passes, along coastal beaches, even searching for tigers and ending up in a coastal harbor city on the south coast.
SWITZERLAND. Snowboarding in a freezing-cold holiday in the Swiss Alps with friends and seeing the Matterhorn.
SOUTH WALES. Living and working in a beautiful 16th century castle and sea-kayaking along the coast of the Bristol Channel, taking students on outdoor pursuits like trekking and surfing.
HUNGARY. Going by himself to Budapest on his 22nd birthday, meeting new friends from France and partying and exploring the city’s history.
MOROCCO. Spending a week during the religious holiday of Ramadan where he ended up riding camels and learning about the local culture.
SLOVENIA. Whitewater rafting in the countryside and visiting the UNESCO World Heritage site, the Skocjan Caves, and learning about drinking brandy when welcomed.
SINGAPORE. Getting lost in the “small big city” and trying to figure out the local languages because there was such a mix of people from all over the world and seeing all the big modern developed buildings and not being able to chew gum for cleanliness.
HONG KONG. Taking groups of international students on outdoor adventure camps such as rock climbing, sea kayaking, and trekking all over the New Territories, away from the main city.
THAILAND. Island hopping around Ko Phi-Phi and trekking to local villages in Chang Mai.
LAOS. River tubing in Vang Vieng and exploring the capital city.
CAMBODIA. Exploring the Temples of Angkor Wat, interacting with the locals and getting lost in Phnom Penh.
MALAYSIA. Living with local friend for one month, exploring the sights and sounds of Kuala Lumpur and helping run team building programs for big city companies, which allowed him to learn more about Malaysia from Malaysians, and trekking the summit of the 4,095 meters high Mt. Kinabalu.
INDONESIA. Surfing, exploring the monkey forest in Ubod and driving a scooter off to explore the countryside.
VIETNAM. Bicycling around the rural areas of Ho Chi Minh City, hanging out with a rice farmer and visiting the historic war museums and tunnels of Cu Chi.
PORTUGAL. Boating around hidden caves along the Mediterranean coast of Faro.
ITALY. Eating so much pizza, pasta and bread, as well as drinking a lot of wine while food tripping Italy, going to morning runs around Rome’s historic sites, imagining running laps around the Coliseum, and trekking the famous Cinque Terre along the coast.
GERMANY. Living in Baden-Baden with his German dad until he five years old, food tripping with bratwurst, schnitzel and drinking beer.
HOLLAND. Taking boats through the canals all over the country in his uncle’s house boat, then exploring the country amazed by windmills, people hanging wooden shoes and asking for money to open the bridges.
BELGIUM. In the ambiance of the architecture and peacefulness of the city of Brugge, eating delicious french fries with mayonnaise!
ENGLAND. Watching a Sheffield Wednesday professional soccer match with his close friends from there and then drinking and bonding in typical English pub style.
IRELAND. Going to the home of “Guinness” and exploring Dublin’s music and pub culture.
SCOTLAND. Staying up all night at St. Andrews with the local university students and then running into the cold ocean at 6 a.m. at sunrise, a local tradition, and walking along the beautiful coastline and seeing the famous golf courses.
MOROCCO. Spending a week during the religious holiday of Ramadan, he ended up riding camels and learning about the local culture.
SPAIN. Enjoying the gothic architecture of La Sagrada Familia Cathedral. From the south of Spain by bus, he went to the south of France and then to Italy.
FRANCE. Staying in Paris with four French friends who he met while travelling, seeing the city as a local and running the Paris Marathon in 2011.
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‘Becoming Filipino’ pilots at ANC this Sunday
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