“Authentic experience.”Those were among the words our tour operator used to distinguish Taytay Bay island-hopping over the far more popular tour offerings at El Nido, the widely known tourism hub on the north end of Palawan in the Philippines. The description struck me as particularly...
Our banka glided across a protected cove toward rock drapery spilling from the forested cliff above. From a distance the cave entrance appeared merely as another fold in the rock; but, as we slipped into its darkness, our boatman’s headlamp revealed a tunnel that opened...
Bromeliad-laden trees arched across the highway as my cab ferried me from Singapore’s international airport. A lusciously shade-dappled park with intermittent benches and exercise equipment ran along one side. Median plantings, neighboring walls, and even some of the buildings themselves were meticulously landscaped with botanical...
Satyr Tragopan Our tour bus erupts in commotion on a partially paved road high in the Himalayas. Binoculars swing to the left. Middle rows stand. Back-seaters move forward. Windows shove open and camera lenses burst forth. A flurry of flakes and frigid air seep into the...