Affordable, relaxing and simply romantic, MC Mountain Boutique Hotel is, pardon the cliché, truly an ideal hideaway.

All told, the province of Ifugao is never a sound of one dimension. To the wanderer, it is the percussive strike of ragged summits. To the spiritual traveler, it is a meditative chant, about a life of harvest and mystic ritual. To the keeper of wisdom, it is a song of history. In silence, these mountains speak.

Festivals in Asia this August

Green tea’s many healthful properties.

If Korean children are stating publicly that their favorite food is Kimchi (a spicy, pickled cabbage dish), and not ice cream or potato chips, then there is a lot we can learn from the survival of traditional food values in a small but very modernized country.

Heartbroken for Cleveland: that’s how I feel. It’ll take time to get over the disappointment of seeing how a hero’s feet are made out of clay.

Whatever the origin of “Cagayan” might be, one thing is certain: the “de oro” part is true. Cagayan de Oro is certified gold!

Banchetto, Italian for “feast,” has been abuzz among the foodies of the Metro as a must-visit for the adventurous and the thrifty. Originally organized for the loads of call center workers in the area, Banchetto is a night market held on the streets of Emerald Avenue in Ortigas, which is closed down from vehicular traffic, for the duration of the event.

What first comes to mind when you think of China? One image that probably doesn’t come to mind, or at least right away, includes beautiful beaches, palm trees, and baby blue water.

Korea’s endorsement of the freeze-dry burial method, alongside Japan’s adherence and fervent celebration of Obon, topped off by Hong Kong’s virtual cemetery.

As tasty as the dishes may be, foreign guests have started deciding for themselves that Chinese food might just be “a little too oily to be healthy.”

So this was going to be it; a pack of smokes, the view of Paoay Church and my long overdue pig’s blood pizza.

Treasure hunter Luc Heymans withstood 22,000 dives to bring the biggest treasure haul to have ever been found in Asia to dry land.

Made famous by her extravagant lifestyle & her shoe collection of over 3,000 pairs, Imelda Marcos, wife of former Philippine Pres. Ferdinand Marcos, is once again making waves as her jewelry collection will be displayed for the first time since it was seized in 1986.