On the road again

The area of Metro Manila that I live and work in is called Fort Bonifacio. It is named after the famous Filipino freedom fighter Andres Boni...

Jeepneys are a national institution in the Philippines and riding on one is certainly a experience not to be missed. Some Jeepneys are incre...

Traditionally formal Filipino dress code is characterized by a barong which is a lightweight transparent garment worn over an undershirt. Ba...

Life as a teacher here is completely different to anything I've experienced during almost 25 years working in a language classroom in Eu...

I'm most grateful to have recently been enlightened by my dear friend Kathrina about the fact that Filipinos consider our use of toilet...

8 weeks on after arriving in the Far East, here are a first few snapshots of just a small fraction of the many things I've experienced i...

A Cajan experience across the bayous to New Orleans