Near Mayon Volcano, the town of Manito sits on ground that never cools. We visited its two boiling lakes, walked to a Japanese tunnel no one dares enter, and waded…
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The entrance was the first strange thing. On most islands, a hidden tunnel would sit behind rocks or thick trees. On Dio Island, it sits beside an old swimming pool…
DIDICAS ISLAND, BABUYAN ISLANDS β The first thing I felt was the heat. Not the heat of the sun, but heat rising from below, coming up through the sand and…
Somewhere on the slopes of Mount Masaraga in Albay, a self-taught inventor has quietly achieved what millions of Filipinos only dream of: free, unlimited electricity β twenty-four hours a day,…
On Batasan Island in Bohol, the streets flood with the tide, children paddle lifeboats to get around, and an entire community is learning to live with the water β because…
In our area, sometimes you see not just one. Three to four can be spotted every time you go."
That's how a resident of Balabac describes the crocodiles in his…
ITBAYAT, Batanes β From the cliffs of this island town, the nearest big landmass is not the Philippines. It is Taiwan, about 153 kilometers to the north β closer than…
Mangsee Islandβ There is a place in the Philippines where your phone greets you with the words "Welcome to Malaysia" β even though you never left the country. That place…
The first thing I learned on Balut Island had nothing to do with maps or borders. It came from an old man looking up at a grove of coconut trees.…