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…
Photo: Paulo O / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0) At 6:22am on 23 December 2019, a traveler from Halifax, Canada, stepped out of NAIA and took the photo above: paper lanterns overhead, carts piled with…
New York City is one of those places that can feel slightly overwhelming before you arrive. There are five boroughs, dozens of neighborhoods, thousands of hotels, and an endless list of things to see and…
Colombo mixes street markets, colonial architecture, and coastline, and the city rarely sits still long enough to take in on foot alone. A private tuk tuk links all of it at a pace where you…
The first tavern on my route has been open since 1860. When guests step inside, they find a bar full of locals eating and talking, with no other tourists in sight. More than one person…