Basilan is one of those places that can surprise you before you even reach the destination. The beaches are part of the story, but so are the roads between them. A trip across the island can take you past rubber plantations, old wooden bridges, small villages, mountain roads, fruit trees, quiet coastlines and places that…
Valencia is only a short trip from Dumaguete City, but the scenery can make it feel much farther away. Drive into the mountains and busy streets slowly disappear behind forested slopes, clear rivers and winding roads. Keep going and you may eventually reach a place where white steam rises directly from the ground. This is…
Basilan was once a name that whispered danger to every traveler in the Philippines, but the province I stepped into today tells a completely different story. How can travelers reach Basilan from Zamboanga City? The journey begins at the Port of Zamboanga where the modern FastCat ferries wait to cross the calm waters of the…
Have you ever wondered what it feels like to stand on a piece of land that is so close to the edge of the world you can almost hear the gears of the earth turning? Batanes is the smallest province in our archipelago yet it holds a gravity that pulls at every traveler’s heart. It…
Have you ever wondered what it feels like to glide across the sea on the longest bridge in the Philippines while the wind whispers stories of the ancient mountains nearby? The air changes the moment you leave the coastal highway and begin the ascent toward the misty peaks of Mount Malindang. It is a transition…
I stood at the edge of the Liloan port in Santander, the southernmost tip of Cebu, while the salty breeze tugged at my riding jacket. Behind me, the long road from Cebu City was a memory of winding asphalt and coastal views; ahead of me, the massive Ro-Ro ferry slowly approached the dock as the…