Shoreditch Graffiti
Much has been said about the magic of graffiti, neverending with so many pockets and corners of life, it’s hard to add anything new. Having explored just one little small side of this town, one...
View ArticleDubai Safari Desert
‘Marhaba, keef halek?’ is the standard local greeting in Dubai, meaning ‘hello, how are you?’. If they were to ask me that after the bumpy 4×4 ride in the desert safari, I would have probably just...
View ArticleHeartland Bataan
Perched up on a hill with a 360-degree view of the town of Tanato is where Heartland Bataan resides. Just a two hour short drive from Manila, nature rules here: flowers in bloom, bushes, trees, and...
View ArticleReal Coast and Surf
We spent a night here in a black sand beach hidden in a secluded town, with little to no signal to the outer world. Located three hours east of Manila is a surfing spot named aptly as the town itself...
View ArticleElephant Retirement Park
Welcome to Elephant Retirement Park, one of the many elephant sanctuaries in Chiang Mai: where you could bathe, feed, and play with the elephants minus the riding activity that engages in animal...
View ArticleUFO Village
Back when the sun was in hiding in December, we ventured out to Wanli District, an hour bus ride from Taipei, to see something unearthly. It was afternoon by the time we arrived and the weather was...
View ArticleSiargao’s Canines
Hundreds of dogs roaming around Siargao’s roads and shorelines may be mistaken for stray, but they can’t really be called as such. Free might be more fitting. With the ocean as their pool, free to take...
View ArticleSiargao Island
It’s difficult to describe the island of Siargao without resorting to cliches— palm tree-dotted roads made for biking, powdery white sand beaches, plenty of sunshine, friendly furbabies —it’s got them...
View ArticleBalabac
Not so long ago, a trip to Palawan usually meant either Coron, El Nido, or Puerto Princesa. But the breezy southern islands of Balabac – also dubbed as the ‘Last of the last frontier’ – are becoming...
View ArticleKhao Soi
“Pad Thai is overrated. Locals don’t love it. Only foreigners do,” says my newfound friend Man, who was born and raised in Thailand’s second-biggest city, Chiang Mai. As a foreigner, I was quite...
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