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Tag Archives: Philippines

What is the Universe Made Of?

By Raoul Pascual
in :  Raoul's TGIF

Raoul’s Two Cents: May 13, 2022 I’m rushing this issue. Been away from my office for almost the entire week. Had to work remotely and so I put this whole issue in bits and pieces from different places. I’m watching that clock tick towards midnight as I type this intro. I hope I am coherent because I have no time …

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Musings About Pinoy (Filipino) Food

By Leo & Nina Castillo
in :  World Travel
crispy pata, Filipino food

What is Filipino food really? This was a question posed by a Filipino-American who grew up in New York as he traveled to his native Philippines with the late Anthony Bourdain in the latter's food and travel show No Reservations. Growing up in America, this guy knew for sure what Chinese, Japanese, Thai and Korean cuisine is. But Filipino?

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Siquijor: Beyond the Supernatural in the Island of Fire

By Leo & Nina Castillo
in :  World Travel
sunset in San Juan, Siquijor, Philippines

Spanish colonizers christened it Isla del Fuego (Island of Fire) for the glow given off by swarms of fireflies at night. In the past century however, the island province of Siquijor in the Philippines has gained a reputation for its folk healers. More notoriously, stories about sorcery, witchcraft and spirit beings have added to its mystique.

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Wicked Smells and Heavenly Bites: The Durian

By Leo & Nina Castillo
in :  World Travel
sharp spikes form the durian's outer covering

Someone described it as “hell on the outside and heaven on the inside.” Another compared eating one to “sitting on the toilet while eating your favorite ice cream.” Others weren’t as generous. Henri Mouhot, the French naturalist and explorer who popularized the ruins of Angkor to the West, didn’t mince words: “On first tasting it I thought it like the flesh of some animal in a state of putrefaction.”

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Beauty and Tragedy in the Land of Howling Winds

By Leo & Nina Castillo
in :  World Travel
Binurong Point, Baras, Catanduanes, Philippines

The Philippines often lies in the path of typhoons in the western Pacific which means we’re often prepared for the worse. But a month ago three consecutive cyclones struck the country within a span of 18 days, one of them the strongest in the world this year and among the strongest in recorded history, a streak of calamities unparalleled in the country’s history.

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El Nido, Palawan: Inside the Philippines’ Last Frontier

By Leo & Nina Castillo
in :  World Travel
view of some of the islands at Bacuit Bay, El Nido, Palawan, from a vantage point on Matinloc Island

Beginning in 2013, Palawan, Philippines, has been voted as the best island in the world by readers of Travel+Leisure a number of times in its yearly polls and in the top 3 rankings by Condé Nast Traveler. With huge limestone cliffs rising from palm-fringed white sand beaches, gorgeous seascapes, old-growth rainforests, subterranean rivers and impressive aquatic and terrestrial biodiversity, the island has been dubbed as the country’s “Last Ecological Frontier.”

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Romblon, Philippines: Hunting for Beaches and Marble

By Leo & Nina Castillo
in :  World Travel
Bonbon Beach and Sandbar

Romblon province is a typical Philippines destination that boasts Eden-like islands and beaches but which are only becoming popular in the last year or two mainly due to social media. It lies just to the north of popular White Beach on Boracay Island but we can confidently say that at least two beaches here are more stunning than that white-sand wonder.

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Dinagat, Philippines: Underrated, Unheralded

By Leo & Nina Castillo
in :  World Travel
outrigger boat at Babas Cove, Basilisa, Dinagat, Philippines

Disembarking from our motorized outrigger boat, we crossed over the wooden pier spanning the crystalline turquoises waters of the cove and into an island of colossal karst rocks and cliff walls. Just slightly beyond the white sand beach of verdant Pangabangan Island where we landed we encountered one of the most remarkable sights we’ve come across in all of our island-hopping adventures.

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Escaping the Tropical Heat: The Cordilleras

By Leo & Nina Castillo
in :  World Travel
rice terraces in Batad village, Banaue, Ifugao

With more than 7,000 islands, the Philippines is customarily known for its tropical climate, beaches, rainforests, islands and dive spots. However there are also wide swaths of mountainous areas waiting to be explored.

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Masbate, Philippines: Eden Off the Tourist Trail

By Leo & Nina Castillo
in :  World Travel
white sand beach at Porta Vega Beach Resort, Dimasalang, Masbate

For decades the province of Masbate has been the cattle capital of the Philippines with its well-stocked ranches spread out over gently rolling hills. Cattle-raising here is so extensive that an annual rodeo festival in the provincial capital of Masbate City was launched beginning in 1993. But during our two visits to this province we discovered that Masbate offers so much more.

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