Jomar is just 22 years old. He works full time at a resort guiding tours around the Caramoan Islands – his home in the Philippines – and anything else he’s asked to do by the hotel. He’s the eldest of 6 children, and he helps to support his siblings...
I was in the front room of a traditional Dungan house in the small village of Yrdyk, just outside of the city of Karakol in Kyrgyzstan. Mamieva Hamida, a woman of Dungan descent, was showing me how to pull noodles from a huge ball of translucent starch on the table....
I’ve travelled to the Philippines more than to any other country in the last few years, and despite all the positivity, the beautiful islands and diversity of the culture, I always hear fellow travellers saying time and time again that the Philippines food and...
I’ve long been a fan of slow travel from one destination to the next. There’s nothing quite like enjoying the journey as the scenery changes before your eyes as you move from one locale to the next. I’ve taken countless buses, trains and boats when I could easily have...
Woah, the year is ending already. But you didn’t need me to tell you that, you’re here to read all about my year in review. And let me tell you, a lot has happened. I’ve travelled to 12 countries – taking things slow, that’s an average of one per month for the...
“My name’s Herman, but I’m not German”, jokes a young guy in dark shades as he welcomes me onto the Fazenda de Esperanza farm outside of Masbate City in the Philippines. Herman has only just arrived on the farm. He’s only been here for a week, but Sister Rita invites...
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