At Panagatan Restaurant
There is that one restaurant you somehow grew up with. For me, that’s Panagatan Restaurant, an open-air seafood place propped along a coastal highway in…
Breathtaking Batanes
Editor’s note: In this edition of Blogger Exchange, Abigail Felix-Plaza talks about their 2016 trip to Batanes, the smallest province in the Philippines. I…
Here, There and Everywhere
I think it was my mother who inadvertently taught me how to tune a guitar. This was a time when my fingers were too stubby…
Pochero, Bantayan crabs and two cups of rice
It started to drizzle by the time our order of pochero, a Cebuano-style beef stew, was served. We were at Pochero Kinaraan, a hole-in-the-wall eatery…
The Philippines from a Malaysian’s perspective
Editor’s note: In The Weekend Dispatch’s first installment of Blogger Exchange, Joshua Yam talks about his recent trip to the Philippines. “It was like…
A new way to explore old Manila
Despite the heavy traffic en route to Intramuros, my buddy and I still managed to arrive at the Bambike Ecotours headquarters. a few minutes before…
Back in Manila: Spoliarium, Rizal and the Zero Kilometer Marker
“This is my favorite spot in Manila,” I told my buddy as we stared at Juan Luna’s magnum opus, The Spoliarium. We were then at…
A weekend at Toledo, Cebu
I visited Toledo, the only city located at the western coast of Cebu, with a story already in mind. Back then, I wanted to see…
Around Alcantara, Cebu
It took me 3 hours from Santander to reach Alcantara, one of the lesser known municipalities located at the western coast of Cebu in Central…
Dinagat diaries: From Lake Bababu to Cabacongan Beach (last of 2 parts)
It was our second day at Dinagat, a cluster of mineral-rich islands located off the southeastern coast of Surigao in Southern Philippines. From our balcony…