The first time I ever went to Boracay was just after my senior year in high school. My twin sister, an older sister plus her friend, and I filled a giant duffel bag with canned goods and flew to the island, planning to bunk in with our aunt, who was staying at a little cottage called Gunding Torres for P300 a night. The year was 1999, and couples were still running around the beach naked.
With only three days in Cebu to take part in Sinulog, inarguably the city’s biggest revelry, here is our 3-day guide on where to sleep and where to spend all your waking hours because while Cebu has become synonymous with lechon and mangoes, there’s more to cherish in this city than those.
It is a celebration of the Cebuano’s acceptance of Roman Catholicism symbolized by the image of the baby Jesus, or Senyor Sto. Nino to the locals. It also represents one of the biggest and most well-attended photography contests in the country.
A friend from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization once told me that his organization’s famous World Heritage List generally excludes museums. I suppose this may have to do with the fact that museums are very obviously heritage sites. As such, they do not need a Unesco declaration to be accorded recognition and protection.
It could be any standard hotel room in the quaint northeastern Dutch city of Zwolle, with a bed, a minibar, bathrobes and two pairs of slippers. Except for the room temperature, which hovers just above freezing.
This year is the 115th anniversary of Rizal’s martyrdom at the hands of the Spanish colonizers. This also effectively marks the anniversary of the end of a four-year hiatus which
A —Amy Winehouse. On July 23, singer-songwriter and Grammy winner Amy Winehouse was found dead in her London apartment. Many mourned, while others claimed to be unsurprised by her death
Rummaging through the bins of a second-hand store in Makati, I came upon a volume with a curious title: ” Imagining Tibet.” That’s when it struck me that, indeed, the Land at the Roof of the World is a place that exists not only on this planet but in our minds. The 1957 book by Peter Goullart, “Forgotten Kingdom,” and the more recent “Searching for Shangri-La,” by Laurence Brahm (published in 2003), are additional examples which show how this entire region has been mythologized by writers from the West. The lovely paintings by the Russian mystic Nicholas Roerich of lonely citadels set in an expanse of mist shrouded peaks also helped to further enhance European fascination.Forgotten Kingdom,
Finding something new to do in Singapore is a daunting task. Yet, unrelenting seekers will find themselves rewarded with off-the-beaten path discoveries.
A brand new hotel built in the summer capital of the Philippines, Baguio City, has hit the sweet spot by offering vacationers a nature experience without changing nature.
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