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I’ve been looking for really really good Italian food in Manila for years without much luck (mostly either pretentious or Pinoy-esque). So when I discovered this little gem in a pocket of Pason Tamo ext., it was a complete surprise and joy!  Casa Nostra (formerly La Grotta) serves homey Italian food straight out of Mamma’s [...]

I have always wondered what all the fuss was about the Banaue Rice Terraces. Whenever I ever mention it, people always seem to express a sense of awe, ’oohing ’ and ’ahhing’ at the mere utterance of its name. So, I decided to find out for myself if this place really was the ’eighth wonder [...]

On a January afternoon in 1861, Henri Mouhot, a French naturalist, was hacking his way through the almost impenetrable jungle of Cambodia when suddenly he burst into a clearing and stopped dead in his tracks. Before his astonished eyes loomed the outlines of a stone structure. Its long grey battlements appeared to stretch into infinity, [...]

For those who’ve been to the Philippines (or close to it), it is hard not to hear the beckoning call to Boracay, which many have dubbed as one of ’The Best Beaches in the World’. Once a hippy hideaway for travellers ’in the know’, ’Bora’ has grown to a buzzing holiday destination, yet still retains [...]