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The Island of Palawan, which is between Manila and Cebu on the western side of the country, is a very green island spanning about 250 km...

About two hours on a fast ferry from Cebu is the relatively big island of Bohol. It has a geological formation that is unique. From Cebu...

About 100km from Cebu airport, on the eastern coast of the island is a small village called Oslob. Getting there is very slow due to the...

Just 2 km from the big island of Davao in Philippines, is the Samal island. From the Davao ferry terminal, a 20 peso ($0.35) ticket is...

Davao, the main city of prior Filipino president, is a mix of modern buildings as well as older structures. Lots of new late model cars...

Kalsubai is a peak near Igatpuri which is a smaller city near Mumbai, India. It is a 5,400 feet elevation peak with a trek that is...

Brunei is 72% rainforest and has a National park named Temburong that is reachable via the new Temburong bridge. I did a one day...

On the huge island of Borneo, which is part Malaysia and part Indonesia, about 1% of the land area is occupied by the country of Brunei,...

In a temple next to the Ubud palace, a performance depicting a story from the Hindu epic Ramayana is offered in an open air courtyard....

Uluwatu Temple (Pura Luhur Uluwatu) is one of six key Hindu temples, Bali's spiritual pillars. its location on a steep cliff right next...

Rinjani is an active volcano in the Java sea, with an altitude of 3,726 meters, over 12,000ft high. Many years ago, I had climbed Mount...

Today was supposed to be an easier day, but it was made more difficult because yesterday we only made it to Templeton one while we were...

Today was supposed to be the longest, hardest of the 8 day trek. We were woken up at 4:30 AM and had to hit the trail by 5:30 AM with the...

To a beautiful moonlight, I woke up at 4 AM and got ready for the day. It was supposed to be a long and challenging day with two long...

We all got a wake up call at 5 AM by the chef and soon we were at the breakfast hut for breakfast. Some of the Aussie friends had...

Thank God there was no rain last night. We woke up at 5AM and were served a breakfast of cereal, baked beans and coffee. There were...

Early morning on June 4, the whole team of 12 trekkers met for breakfast, seven Australians were in a group headed by Hector who was...

Several months ago, some loud aircraft flew over my home city, prompting discussions on Nextdoor on what these planes might be. Someone...

The iconic harbor bridge of Sydney Harbour has always looked so beautiful in pictures. Today when I landed in Sydney, I discovered that...

I love Google maps. I merely have to type in the destination, in this case the trail head for Mt. Kaimon, and choose the train option,...