Store offers travel needs
BOARDING GATE, a Singapore-based concept store meant to consolidate everyone鈥檚 travel needs under one roof and features luggage that is 鈥渂orn damaged鈥 and other...
Festival colors at Aliwan Fiesta
FOR ONE WEEKEND every summer, the stretch of Roxas Blvd. in Manila from Quirino Grandstand to the CCP Complex is filled with color music...
Beyond the tulip fields,聽Dutch flower market draws tourists
WAREHOUSES are not normally tourist stops, but one exception is the century-old Royal FloraHolland depot outside of Amsterdam where millions of flowers are distributed...
5 things about Hiroshima
HIROSHIMA, JAPAN -- Here are five things to know about Hiroshima, the site of the world鈥檚 first atomic bombing in 1945.
1. THRIVING METROPOLIS
Located some...
Island hop by zipline in Calbayog City
Text and photos by Lottie S. Salarda
CALBAYOG CITY 鈥 A 45-minute trek along a scenic path at the Malajog Nature Park here takes you...
Hogwarts goes to Hollywood as theme parks mushroom
LOS ANGELES 鈥 Fifteen years after Harry Potter鈥檚 first big screen adventure, Universal is enchanting a new generation of Muggles with its most spectacular...
Spanish island gets聽no high from hit song聽鈥業 took a pill in Ibiza鈥
BARCELONA -- A song about taking drugs in Ibiza has become a smash hit in Europe and the United States, annoying the Spanish holiday...
In transit
By Zsarlene B. Chua
SOUTH KOREA鈥檚 Incheon Airport and flag carrier, Asiana Airlines, have announced 鈥渟pecial transit tour packages鈥 for transit passengers who choose Korea...
Star Wars鈥 filming tempts Dark Side of tourism in Dubrovnik
WITH DUBROVNIK鈥橲 medieval promenade choked with floodlights, camera booms and a downed spaceship parked against a stone pillar, Desiree and Roger Hamilton had to...
Road trip to Davao Oriental
Text and photos by Marifi S. Jara, Mindanao Bureau Chief
WHEN I WENT to Mati City, the capital of Davao Oriental province, for the first...
Like a Masbate Cowboy
By Lally F. Perez
MASBATE, situated off the Bicol mainland, is the country鈥檚 鈥淩odeo Capital,鈥 with its vast cattle ranches and cowboys who tame the...
Mountains, music and mangoes
WITH THE START of the long hot summer, Metro Manila鈥檚 footloose travelers need not look far -- just north of the metropolis is Zambales,...