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Health Risks for Travelers in the Philippines

Stomach bugs, mosquito bites, tropical sun, traffic, and your own questionable decisions are all things you can prepare for on vacation – or simply leave to fate. Keep your head cooler than your beer, and the Philippines will probably reward you with a wonderful trip and relatively few unwanted side effects. The Philippines: thousands of…

Metro Manila – A Confused State of Mind

Manila is basically a self-improvement program disguised as a city: the endless gridlock builds your patience, natural disasters sharpen your risk assessment skills, karaoke doubles as therapy, and the air-conditioned malls keep your head cool when everything else overheats. When foreigners dream of the Philippines, they picture white sand beaches, swaying coconut palms, turquoise water,…