If you’ve been following my blog this year, you’ll notice that I mentioned my “11-day Visayas backpacking trip” often. It...
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When I tried to include Apo Island in my 11-day DIY Visayan backpacking trip, everything went wrong! After asking dozens...
Most travelers go to Moalboal for its world-famous sardine run, but this sleepy coastal town 90km southwest of Cebu City...
Public transport in developing countries can be a highway to hell—or just purgatory on lighter days. Here in the Philippines,...
On the surface, Guiwanon Spring Park seems like another one of those tourist traps where you go just to take...
One factor that makes Siquijor a mysterious island is that it’s not as Googleable as the other mainstream destinations. A...
Confession: I’m scared of heights. I may have all those Instagram posts where I’m perching on a mountain peak, rappelling...
There’s one thing travelers don’t mention when writing about Sirao Flower Garden—that getting there is not a walk in the...
Siquijor may be famous for mysticism, but it’s not the only Philippine island where you’ll hear stories of black magic...
I got wind of the emerging sticker movement last year, thanks to the resurrection of ’90s trends such as patches,...
Las Casas Filipinas de Acuzar is the most expensive resort in Bataan, Philippines—but with good reason. It’s an open-air museum,...
My boy bestie got married! Paolo Icasas, who I met when I was 13 years old and featured in my...