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...