Philippines Getaways

Much has been written about the Ifugaos –their culture, their society, their literature. But who really are they now? Are they still the g-stringed uncivilized Cordillerans we usually see portrayed on television’s travel programs and on travel magazines?

It's a month before June. You've dreamt of your wedding day your entire life. But now that this big day draws nearer, you start worrying on how to bring out your beauty or better yet, how to conceal your less-than-perfect body features with your wedding gown.

It's everyone's common weekend destination. I ponder how challenging it is to set a small business in the mall.

The area of Sta. Cruz is usually heavy traffic due to groups of sidewalk vendors and quite a lot of public utility jeepneys, but that Thursday was exceptionally chaotic. It was the Feast of the Black Nazarene!

Much has been said and written about the breathtaking Eighth Wonder of the World. It is referred as stairways to the sky, stunning hillside terraces, and many more. But there is more to appreciate in Ifugao than just the terraces. The rich cultural beliefs and practices, as well as the indigenous ...

Join me this September on a pre-Halloween trip to a historic graveyard in Manila.

Since the Prosamapi cooperative is hundreds of hectares of farmland, it occupies some part of the town of Pili and Naga City. Two of its barangays in Pili, called Palestina and San Isidro, celebrate the barrio fiesta every first and last weekends of May, respectively. Here's how the merrymaking goes.

Never before in my travel I focused on the people as my subject. But this time, who would hesitate to delve into the lives of this community of people who are living in a multi-political system? No, we will not talk about ideologies here, but rather the actual life of people ...

It was an unplanned Black Saturday morning trip. We drove north of Manila ---the wheels brought us to Sta. Maria, Bulacan, then to Subic. In spite of being abrupt, this vacation contented our adventuresome bodies.

That sun-drenched noon my friend and I wandered the beaches so unmindful of the wrinkling sunrays. We amazed ourselves with different rock formations beside the beach that gave us enough encouragement to try reaching the peak of one of these huge rocks!