In the rolling hills above the Philippines’ Summer Capital, the Diplomat Hotel Baguio stands crumbling and forlorn. All that’s left is the shell of what was once a high-end hotel, which since the 1980s has lain completely abandoned. The Diplomat Hotel in Baguio City...
An Australian road trip is one of the best adventures out there for travellers, as the vast southern continent has endless opportunities to get off the beaten track and to explore remote and wild destinations! But an Australian road trip isn’t always easy. In fact,...
Visiting the world’s most populous country should be on everyone’s bucket list. Spread over more than 9.5 million square kilometres, it boasts amazing natural beauty. However, it’s China’s cities that attract the biggest number of tourists. And they are astonishing....
It was a hot, humid day in Manila, and I was sat on the rooftop of my hotel, five floors high, working on my laptop and enjoying the occasional sea breeze that flew in from the bay. I felt a faint shaking, which grew stronger and stronger until the entire roof was...
Ruben Enaje hardly even flinched as the nails were driven into the palms of his hands before he was raised high on a heavy wooden cross under the beating Good Friday sun in the Philippines. This was his 33rd crucifixion, and now he says, he longer feels the pain. Like...
Merida is the largest city in the Mexican state of Yucatán, a former Maya stronghold turned colonial settlement that’s long been the political and economic centre of southern Mexico. Compared to its nearby coastal neighbour of Cancun, Merida sees just a fraction of...
On a good day, from the top of the ruins of Ek Balam, you can see El Castillo, the central temple of Chichen Itza rising above the trees in the distance. It’s just 50 kilometres away, across dense swathes of jungle, but compared to the restored and well-known temples...
Masbate is an island that will rarely feature on a list of the top destinations to visit in the Philippines, but that’s because few travellers from outside of the Filipino archipelago make it here. There are a lot of great Masbate tourist spots to check out though,...
Volcan de Fuego is spouting out smoke in the distance, as Axel, a local from Antigua Guatemala, tells me not to worry. “The last eruption was just last year”, he says cheerily. “We have a while to go before another!” Antigua is surrounded by volcanoes, and from where...
It was all yellow. The city, it was completely yellow. This was Izamel, a Spanish colonial town built on top of an ancient Mayan settlement that had been conquered and colonised in the 16th century by the Conquistadors on their way through the Yucatan, in what is now...
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