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In light of the recent quakes in the Philippines, Indonesia, and Samoa and the total devastation in the areas surrounding Manila, Padang, and Apia, it's important to understand what tourism will look like as these tourism hot spots recover. Here's a ...

In just a few more days the skies of the Clark Special Economic Zone, Philippines will be ablaze with several hot air balloons.  The 9th International Hot Air Balloon Festival is slated for February 11-13 and seven countries are ...

Tough Trip. Reading about Rick Green's bus trip across Philippines I was reminded of a trip I took way back when on the altiplano of Peru, when the floor dropped out of the bus over a dusty road, but the driver continued on anyway so that ...

Now that I'm back from my last great adventure I've got a number of people not only hounding me to divulge every dirty detail on the events, but they also want to know about my next big trip. My friends and family knowing me far too well and figured ...

As the only officially Catholic country in Asia, the Philippines, thanks to Father Pedro de Valderama who arrived with Spanish explorer Magellan in the early 1500s, is gearing up for Easter. And there are few places on Earth where religious fervor is ...

I didn't realize the FAA officially rates airlines based on their security standards. Well, they do. Just this week, Philippine Airlines got downgraded to a Category 2 airline requiring "heightened FAA surveillance." They join countries likes ...

Bohol is a place of unusual familiarity for me. Almost all my Pinoy and Pinay friends speak highly of the island if not above some of the other thousand islands. And I know one day I'll be able to walk the lands and sail the seas with my brethren and ...

It has been cold and drooling here, and man did this picture help a lot. Taken by Moody75, the shot comes from Coron Island, Palawan, Philippines. This photo brightened my day. ...

The only thing worse than dying while traveling abroad is getting thrown into some third-world jail--unless, that is, you happen to be in the Philippines. If you break the law in this tropical paradise, you might find yourself incarcerated ...

Here's something for you: if you're looking to live in or visit a country where men and women are treated equally, don't head to the U.S. Out of 128 countries, the U.S. only made it to 31st place, behind Cuba (22nd), South Africa (20th), and the ...

Unlike our very own Kent Wien, I never trained to be a pilot, but even without those years of training, I can't imagine it is very comforting to get close to your destination airport and find an unstaffed air traffic control tower. This is exactly ...

It is not uncommon for people to eat dog meat in parts of China, Korea, and the Philippines. Historically, in times of famine people in France and Germany ate dogs too. As a pet lover, I can't bear the thought, but I know this practice is more ...

Having nice weather this Christmas? Yeah, me neither. If you've ventured even close to an airport or a newscast in the last week you probably know that 3/4 of the country is buried under snow right now and that flights and passengers are in chaos. ...

I suppose it was the chld in me that was reminded of Disneyland's jungle cruise ride when I saw this photo by berniesiao. But the fact is, this is the real deal. The photo was taken at Bohol Island in the Philippines. ...

If you have a problem with your plane ticket, do not, I repeat, DO NOT do what Oregonian Mark Field did this past Tuesday at San Francisco International Airport: He threatened Philippine Airlines' staff by waving his cellphone and saying, "I'm going ...