Where to Slow Down in Milan, Beyond the Duomo
Most visitors treat Milan as a checklist: the Duomo, the Galleria, maybe a quick look at the Navigli before catching a train. Fair enough, the city rewards that pace too. But there’s another Milan that…
How to Skip the Santorini Cable Car: A Better Start to Your Cruise Day
Most cruise passengers land in Santorini the same way: tender to the Old Port, then straight into the cable car line up to Fira. On a day when two or three ships are anchored at…
Review: St. Ermin’s Hotel, Westminster, London, UK
There’s something rather secretive about St. Ermin’s Hotel in London. Long before it became a refined refuge for global travellers, this grand Victorian property was the clandestine epicentre of British espionage. It is the very…
From Kuwait OFW to Penguin Author: Kach Medina Umandap
In 2012 Kach Medina Umandap was sitting in an office in Kuwait doing quality assurance paperwork, counting the months on a contract, doing the arithmetic every OFW knows by heart. Send money home. Renew. Repeat.…
Why August and September are Ibiza’s most iconic months
There is a case to be made that nobody should visit Ibiza in July. Not because July is bad, but because the island saves its best self for later. Come in the back half of…
Alex Eala Schedule 2026: Every Tournament and How to Watch
In August 2026, Alex Eala beat the world number three in a final and became the first Filipino ever to win a WTA Tour title. Two weeks later she was seeded 17th at the US…
Manila to Siem Reap Flights: Fares and the New Airport
Cebu Pacific used to fly you straight from Manila to Siem Reap. That route has been gone since December 2019, and nobody seems to have told the blogs. Half the Filipino guides still ranking for…
Kenya Grew Up While I Was Away
By Tamara Britten When I arrived in Kenya at the age of four, I never dreamt I’d later establish a personalized travel service in Kenya, Ethiopia, Uganda, Rwanda and Tanzania. Arriving at Four It was…
London hit list: Summer edition
As a series of heatwaves unfurled across the capital, residents ventured out of their warm homes in search of exciting and cooling summer experiences. With the season coinciding with my mother’s first-ever visit to London,…
Why September is the month nobody books their villa for (and probably should)
Ask most people when they’d book a villa in the Mediterranean and you’ll get the same answer: August. Sometimes July, if they’re trying to be clever about it. Almost nobody says September, which is odd,…