Why is Sipalay my favourite place in Negros? Sipalay remains, to this day, arguably the best place I have been to in the Philippines.  The landscape is one of the most diverse I have seen in the Philippines. It showcases white sand beaches, limestone karsts, turquoise blue

Antipolo is a city in the province of Rizal, located about 25 kilometres east of Manila. It is the largest city in the Calabarzon region, and the seventh most populous city in the Philippines. Antipolo has a rich history with Franciscan missionaries arriving in Antipolo in

Pearl Farm Beach Resort is located on Samal Island in Davao City. On my very first trip to the Philippines back in 1997, this was the first “resort” I had been to in the Philippines, so it holds a special place in my heart. As the name

Banaue is a fourth class municipality in the province of Ifugao. What makes Banaue so famous is that it is home to a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Banaue Rice Terraces. The Banaue Rice Terraces are 2000-year old terraces that were carved into the mountains of Ifugao by ancestors of the

Venice Grand Piazza - in Manila? The word is still getting out. There is a new development nestled among the buildings of McKinley Hill called Venice Grand Piazza. This is, without doubt, probably the most amazing urban development I have seen in the Philippines. Venice Piazza is