When people ask me, “Is Davao City worth visiting?”, I always need a moment before I answer. Not because I dislike Davao. We live here. It became our home base in the Philippines. It gave me a new life, space to breathe again, and it is Lizz’s hometown. So yes, Davao is important to us. …
Some trips start with packing a suitcase, checking your passport, and wondering whether you packed enough sunscreen. My Tahiti trip in the summer of 1999 started with an emergency doctor, a pain injection, a colonoscopy, and the quiet suspicion that I might be flying to French Polynesia to die there. Not exactly the classic beginning …
There are photos that are just photos, and then there are photos that open a whole chapter of life again. This one belongs to the second category. I don’t really have to explain where I took it. The Sydney Opera House in the background tells the story immediately. But for me, this picture means more …
Quote of the Day: Inspiration for Travelers “If you reject the food, ignore the customs, fear the religion, and avoid the people, you might better stay home.”― James A. Michener Thoughts About the Quote James A. Michener’s quote is a good reminder of what travel should really be about. Of course, nobody has to love every …
I lived in Munich for 22 years. That is a long time. Long enough to know a city beyond the postcard version. Long enough to have memories, routines, favourite corners, good years and bad years. Long enough to understand why people love Munich. And I did love parts of it. Munich is beautiful. No one …
Quote of the Day: Inspiration for Travelers “There are no foreign lands. It is the traveler only who is foreign.” ― Robert Louis Stevenson Thoughts About the Quote Robert Louis Stevenson basically says: the world is not strange — we are the ones arriving with our own habits, expectations, and confused faces at the airport. Every …
Some places enter your life long before you ever arrive there. For me, Moorea was special. Since early childhood, the silhouette of this island has left a deep impression on me. Those sharp volcanic mountains, rising almost unreal from the blue lagoon, looked like something from another world. I first saw them in the Hollywood …
Quote of the Day: Inspiration for Travelers “I have found out that there ain’t no surer way to find out whether you like people or hate them than to travel with them.” ― Mark Twain Thoughts About the Quote Mark Twain’s quote of the day is a great reminder of how travel can really change us. …
Quote of the Day: Inspiration for Travelers “To move, to breathe, to fly, to float, To gain all while you give, To roam the roads of lands remote, To travel is to live.” ― Hans Christian Andersen
At first glance, this photo looks like a pretty normal shot that I took during a flight: clouds, blue sky, a wing, and somewhere far below, the islands of the Philippines. But what you cannot see in this photo is me behind the camera. You cannot see the required face shield. You cannot see the …