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Touched by a Goddess 23 Aug 2013 | 04:33 pm
Kathmandu and Patan, Nepal February 24 – 25, 2013 Today I saw the highest point on earth and met a living goddess. Just your regular day in Nepal. So went my Facebook status. Nepal occupies not only a...
Dude, Where’s the Swamp? 31 Jul 2013 | 11:38 pm
Candaba, Pampanga, the Philippines February 24, 2008 and September 16, 2011 I was like, Dude, where’s the swamp? He was like, Duh, beats me. OK, the exchange was not exactly slacker-speak, but it migh...
How Red is the Valley 17 Jul 2013 | 09:49 pm
Valencia, Negros Oriental, the Philippines June 25, 2011 Baffling plumes of smoke rose from the rocky mountainside by the zigzag highway. It couldn’t have been a swidden; the slope was too steep for c...
Frozen Asset of Nepal 30 Jun 2013 | 12:37 pm
Pokhara, Nepal February 26 – 27, 2013 Say what? A sign at Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu proudly proclaimed Nepal as second to Brazil in water resources. I did a double take, unable to w...
Birthday on the Boulevard 12 Jun 2013 | 12:49 am
Dumaguete City, the Philippines June 24 – 26, 2011 Every city in the Philippines is likely to have a street named after our national hero Jose Rizal. Dumaguete is no exception, but its acacia-lined Ri...
Above the Sea 31 May 2013 | 01:08 pm
Calatagan, Batangas, the Philippines April 29 – 30, 2013 This is closer to the water than beachfront. Obviously Maldives-inspired, Stilts Calatagan Beach Resort boasts of eight cottages perched on sti...
The City of My Concession 26 May 2013 | 01:37 pm
Shanghai, China February 20, 2012 China shows some cracks. And we could see a continent half a world away through them. Back in the day of steamships, when Westerners sailed into Shanghai through the ...
Tomorrow’s Sky 21 Apr 2013 | 11:11 pm
Shanghai, China February 19 – 20, 2012 If you will only consider how much Shanghai has changed over the years. Everything, everything has changed and changed again. There are parts of this city I once...
The Pure Shores of Puerto Princesa 8 Apr 2013 | 11:29 pm
Puerto Princesa City, the Philippines March 24 – 26, 2013 Our airport shuttle had traversed the narrow width of Palawan, yet we were still within Puerto Princesa, the Philippines’ second largest city ...
Top of the World! 29 Mar 2013 | 09:56 pm
Kathmandu, Nepal February 24 – 25, 2013 “Why Nepal?” I had been asked too many times before my trip. I would give a terse reply, “Everest,” name-dropping the world’s highest mountain in the hopes of e...
