When a new establishment announces that they are on dry run, I usually brace myself for slow customer service and...
Bed & Bunk
It was 1:00 p.m. We had just finished lunch and were already packed for the beach. The only problem was,...
Fort Ilocandia is a resort and hotel, but it may as well have been a university, given its campus-like architecture...
I’ve been pesce-pollotarian since 2005 and a yoga practitioner since 2007, so I thought I knew what to expect by...
There’s a scrapbook at the reception area of The Farm at San Benito where guests are free to jot down...
It started with an exciting rumor. A Yoga teacher told a guest who told another guest who told me that...
I’m checking out of The Farm today. Seven days ago, I came here looking for peace and emotional enlightenment. I...
My first time in Hidden Valley Springs in Laguna, Philippines, was back in the ’90s. The sheltered little city girl...
“Would you like to join us at Anvaya Cove?” AO’s aunt Lisa asked me in February. “We’re releasing baby pawikans...
Gone are the days when I was an amateur traveler who preferred sanitized accommodations to “dangerous” hostels. I remember this...
When I was a kid, my family and I would stay in a hotel for a weekend on special occasions...
Whenever balikbayan friends and relatives visit the Philippines, there’s at least one person who says, “I want to visit Villa...