Sundown Singapore

AMONG the ranks of Asia’s powerhouse players, Singapore is often depicted as the squeaky clean poster girl for gleaming glass modernity, priggish protocol and...

Kids Korea

Text and Photos by Cecille Santillan-Visto WHEN TRAVELING with kids overseas, there are three main factors to consider — enough interesting sites to visit and...

Megaworld opens newest hotel brand

ON OCT. 8, the Andrew Tan-led Megaworld Corp. introduced the company’s newest hotel brand with the opening of its first property in Resorts World...

Zamboanga City’s old, colorful soul

Text and photos by Carmencita A. Carillo Correspondent ZAMBOANGA CITY — Two years after the September 2013 siege — when Moro National Liberation Front forces...

Fit for a King

By Victoria Mendoza Fritz OURS is a land of kings. But who knew that? Antonio Pigafetta did, apparently. In entry after entry of his diary, as...

China’s new glass bridge tests courage of tourists

PINGJIANG, CHINA  — China’s first glass suspension bridge, which dangles 180 meters over a canyon in the central Hunan province, has excited — and...

Pink lake, treehouses and African beats in Senegal

By Makini Brice LAC ROSE, SENEGAL — Approaching Senegal’s sand dune-flanked Lac Rose, overcast skies hid the sun and, at first, obscured the vibrant pink...

B is for business hotel

By Zsarlene B. Chua ASIDE FROMthe multitude of restaurants, bars and other entertainment places, the Scouts area of Quezon city (which includes the streets of...

Traveling alone… and not lonely

Text and Photos by Lea T. Dalawis IT WAS IN 2003 when I had my first taste of international travel. After that trip, I knew...

Five new areas pushed as diving destinations

By Joseph L. Garcia IT’S NOT JUST Coron, anymore, folks -- five new “rising stars” among diving spots were pinpointed by the Department of Tourism...

Art with a colonial flavor

SAN MIGUEL DE ALLENDE, MEXICO -- With cobblestone streets and no traffic lights, San Miguel de Allende has the look of a sleepy Mexican town. But...

Around the world at the Milan Expo

By Cathy Rose A. Garcia THERE WAS just one reason why I wanted to go to Milan this summer -- the world’s fair, called Expo...