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Experience is anything but fleeting. And thank God for that.

It's not letting up, I thought. The wind screamed and wailed, bending the thin walls of our beachfront cabin with every gust stronger...

The Black Nazarene is the single most highly revered religious icon in the whole of the Philippines - and for such a fervently Catholic...

Lamma Island is a glimpse into what Hong Kong might have been before it made it big and left its rural beginnings behind.

Among the many things you're unlikely to encounter in everyday life, a church built in the shape of a giant chicken is probably one of...

Deep in the tourist mecca of Intramuros, stands the weather beaten 'wouldn't look out of place in a David Lynch film' Limtuaco Distillery...

How often do we find ourselves somewhere we know almost nothing about, with no room booked and no-one to meet us and very little...

Flying into Camiguin feels a lot like flying into Jurassic Park - if Jurassic Park were real with rumbling volcanoes, a sunken city and...

An abandoned theme park in the Philippines complete with Bavarian castles, broken windows on rooms never entered and ghostly rollercoasters.

After travelling solo on and off for the last 20 years, I've recently thought back to the moment I realised being a woman meant, for...

This weekend I found myself with 24 hours to spend in the historic town of Taal, a small district of Spanish Colonial houses with a...

Mount Banahaw is a holy mountain home to the Rizalistas, followers of a new religion where the Philippines' most famous son is God.

Rimba Ecolodge in Western Sumatra is run with the health of environment above all else - genuinely. And business is booming.

It was a steaming afternoon in mid-summer when I found myself at the gates of Manila North Cemetery drenched in sweat and wondering what...

Think of Manila and your first thought is likely to be “traffic”. Or maybe crime, or pollution or a whole host of other negative...

Last weekend I spent a few days in Puerto Galera on the northern end of the island of Mindoro. It was my second trip down there and it's...

Melbourne isn't short on artistic cred. Australia's premiere hip city has always had an edge over Sydney when it comes to embracing...

A lush garden oasis hides in the hills above Manila The verdant paradise that provides the setting for the Pinto Art Museum is probably...

Good Friday is commemorated to the extreme in San Fernando, Pampanga The blood whipped through the air lightly spraying my arms and...

I've been to Siquijor twice now and I'm still bowled over by the beauty of the place. A tiny speck of green mountains and deserted...

Modern art and sleek spaces, Ateneo is a gem Feeling hungover yet a little culture starved, I recently ventured north into Quezon City...

It was New Year's Eve and there wasn't a firework in sight. Well, not unless you counted the sparks leaping from the flames of the...

Manila can often seem like just the sum of its most obvious parts - traffic choked roads, never ending tail backs, polluted streets and...

From the haunting expanse of the Nullarbor Plain to swimming with tuna - SA has something for everyone Nullarbor Plain The vast, treeless...

A short story about trying to relax in a Taiwanese bath house, but ultimately ending up in an argument with a naked woman. The...

It's not all souks and snake charmers Visiting Marrakech can feel a lot like stepping back in time. This chaotic, ancient city may have...