It's hard to imagine that there is feverish activity below decks, while you are more or less inert, abovedeck, sunning languorously poolside, with a frothy, umbrella-adorned beverage in hand. Such is "the life" on deck 11, on an at-sea day on Regent Seven Seas Cruise Line's stunningly appointed Explorer, with its exquisite décor—punctuated by its extensive, on-board art collection, valued at some $6 million. 

Pinoys (slang for Filipinos) are a mix of ethniciities like Chinese, Malay, Indian, Spanish and American. They claim to be the only Catholic country in Asia but they also have a large population of Muslims in the south. Back in 2014, TIME Magazine enumerated the cities who take the most selfies in the world. This little country in the Far …