After a good nights sleep at my new favourite paradise, Nuts Huts in Loboc, Bohol, I was ready to conquer a day of sightseeing with my travel partner, Mel (of Mel…
After a ten hour overnight bus from Manila to Banaue, all we wanted was a clean and welcoming place to rest our head and relax. As I stepped off the bus,…
Gawad Kalinga (meaning “give care” in English) is a Philippine-based movement that has a mission to end poverty by 2024 in the Philippines through restoring the dignity of the poor. The…
Prior to heading to the Philippines, I knew I wanted to visit the famed UNESCO rice terraces in the north. The rice terraces were what my friend referred to as the…
All day I tried to get myself in the right mind frame for the overnight bus from Manila to Banaue. I’ve been on overnight trains in both Thailand and India, but…
On my recent visit to Bohol in the Philippines, the Chocolate Hills in Carmen were high on both my friend and I’s lists. No, I didn’t want to go because I have a…
With a slogan like “friendly paradise” and after three days of traveling and a terrible sleep in a crappy hostel in Manila, I was praying that this island would live up…
The Philippines was unlike the other Southeast Asian countries I’ve visited (Thailand, Cambodia, Laos & Vietnam). There was a few reasons for this – one is that it is a mainly…
I can’t believe the time has come for me to jet off to the Philippines, it seems like just yesterday I decided to take the plunge and book my airline ticket!…