Wild Nights

Wild Nights WALK ON THE wild side. Join any one of Singapore Night Safari’s unique trails for an adventure that is guaranteed to keep you wide awake. The Forest Giants Trail takes you into a fascinating world of native plants, some of which have been in existence for more than a hundred years. The trail also features nocturnal animals like bats, flying lemurs,...

White Water Tubing and Rappelling: The Thrill is the Thing

White Water Tubing and Rappelling: The Thrill is the Thing San Jose, Bukidnon – Something about the seemingly inseparable concepts of youth and adventure worry some parents. For many parents, the mixture of the two can lead to unwanted results, such as drug addiction, teen pregnancies or alcoholism. But not anymore at least not in the sleepy town of San Jose in...

Where to Stay in Cebu

Where to Stay in Cebu For business, pleasure, great views and best value. Waterfront Cebu City Hotel 1 Salinas Drive, Lahug, Cebu City. From afar it looks like a Disney theme park, but this 562-room hotel means business, with its 10,000 sq. m. world-class convention center, 13 specialty restaurants and theme bars, 24-hour casinos, a health club, a swimming pool, and...

When You Wish Upon a Shrine

When You Wish Upon a Shrine Bangkok, Thailand, Buddha, Buddha, Buddha. There are Buddhas everywhere in this dense, crowded city standing Buddhas, sitting Buddhas, ornate, plain and bejeweled Buddhas, manly Buddhas, effeminate Buddhas, even a huge, block-long reclining Buddha and a small, especially revered, Emerald Buddha. There is a Buddha and a shrine at the...

Whale Sharks of the Philippines

Whale Sharks of the Philippines Whale sharks are big fish and not whales, which are mammals. Despite their enormous size, they are totally harmless to humans. By some special blessing to the Philippines, whale sharks congregate annually at Donsol, Sorsogon, Luzon between January and May. Perhaps, they meet there to feed on some especially delicious food yet to be...

Watery Trips to Camiguin

Watery Trips to Camiguin THE TRIP from Cagayan de Oro City to Camiguin took four hours, and at some parts, it was rough. The van ride from Cagayan to the port town of Balinogan, for which we paid 50 pesos ($1.00) each, was long and twisting – and so was the cramped jeepney from Camiguin’s port town of Benoni to the capital Mambajao. As we alighted from...

Vancouver Looks East

Vancouver Looks East Vancouver ranks with Rio de Janeiro and Hong Kong as one of the most beautiful settings in the world with mountains towering to the north and water views all around. For “quality of life,” it ranks second among 118 international cities according to a poll by Geneva-based Corporate Resources Group. Safe, clean, friendly, scenic and...