I formerly found Vigan to be a bit of a lame town, but after years of traveling here it has slowly warmed to me, particularly for the Street Food Vigan scene, but now most recently for its great cocktails. Famous mostly for its colonial past a visit here os well worth it if you like…
If you don’t know the Philippines while being very lovely also has some of the worst income inequality in the world. This means that there are some rather infamous slums, chief among them being Smokey Mountain, or as it is sometimes known Paradise Heights. Now I could write forever about why there are slums quite…
What is the Batac Empanada? For the uninitiated Batac is a town in Ilocos Norte that has found fame due to one of its sons, namely Ferdinand Marcos, the former doctor of the Philippines. The town now calls itself the home of great leaders, and for whatever reason they also have a great street food…
