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…
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…
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 heard was not an engine. It was a sound like a chainsaw β a high, ripping growl bouncing off the side of the mountain. Up here,…
On a bare rock off Silago, Southern Leyte, hundreds of venomous sea snakes rest in the sun. This is what it's really like to set foot on the place people…
I spent a night at an exclusive resort on Sila, a small island between Masbate and Northern Samar β where the sand turns pink, the water runs clear, and I…
I have crossed a lot of seas filming this channel, but I did not expect to find a paradise that people built with their own hands at the far edge…
It was still dark when I pushed away my plate at a small eatery near the pier in Real, Quezon. We had rolled into town close to eleven the night…