The ginkgo trees on Jingu Gaien’s famous avenue are forecast to turn gold around 26 November this year, a little later than most Filipinos expect. That one date changes your whole trip. Book for the…
There’s a moment in every class we teach when the room goes quiet. Someone has rolled and folded their sheet of dough, cut it into ribbons, and slid the flat of a knife underneath. They…
Sydney had been on our travel list for a LONG time, but somehow, despite travelling the world full-time since 2008, we had never made it to Australia until recently. We finally fixed that and spent…
Most people who visit Sintra spend the morning at Pena Palace, take the photo of the yellow and red towers, and leave believing they’ve seen the place. They haven’t. In my years guiding visitors through…
Winter Camping in the South: Where to Go and How to Prepare Winter camping in the South works because the season flips. From December into early spring, desert parks that pass 100 degrees in summer…
The job offer says EUR 600 a month. That’s about PHP 42,300, more than double what a minimum-wage job in Metro Manila pays. It sounds like a lot, until you remember that rent, food and…
Iceland is one of those destinations that’s just dying for you to rent a car and explore. Of course, you can see Iceland on organized tours, but having your own wheels gives you a completely different…
If you have a foreign partner, a client abroad or an expat friend, you have probably been asked this already. They read that the Philippines now has a digital nomad visa, they picture a month…
Your first foreign client pays USD 900 for the month. At today’s rate that is about PHP 56,000, more than a lot of office jobs in Manila, and suddenly the laptop-on-a-beach thing feels close. Then…
The oldest pastry shops in Barcelona have been feeding the city for two centuries. La Estrella opened in 1825, and the youngest shop on this list, Mauri, began selling pastries in 1929. Several are still…