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Chasing the Dragon
The world’s epicenter for marine diversity, the Komodo Island in Indonesia is home to sights you just won’t see elsewhere. Aboard a first class sailboat, Rogue’s resident adventure daredevil Gutsy
Moonstruck
The alien plains of Cappadocia, Turkey, have lured Alexander the Great, 18th century archeologists, and backpackers who believe they’re biblical treasure hunters. One winter, Paolo R. Reyes explored
Fantasy Island
Tucked away in the Sibuyan Sea and set against the quaint rural backdrop of Marinduque, Bellarocca seamlessly blends retreat-like serenity and a world of luxury. Katrina Tuason-Cruz lets the
Lost Horizon
Ignoring the obvious risks of giving the keys to your brand new car to a long-haired guy whose name sounds like a stuntman’s, Nissan lent Gutsy Tuason their new Navara pick-up truck for an
At Play In The Fields Of The Lords
The romance of the rural haciendero lifestyle lives on in Negros, a genteel province with a checkered past, whose fortunes (and misfortunes) were closely linked to the ebb and flow of the
Bais Tropicál
After a few days of wander around Bais City—prominent for its proximity to the protected marine sanctuary Tañon Strait—Gutsy Tuason recalls sipping 3-in-1 coffee with 300 people on a ferry,
Fear And Loathing In Bacolod
At first, all he could talk about was the sugar. A few digressions, roundabouts, and imaginary opened and closed parenthesized tales later, Peque Gallaga maunders on how everyone walks “in a state
His Endless Summer
Ronie “Poks” Esquivel has one leg firmly planted on his surfboard and the other . . . well, there is no other leg. No longer a mere novelty act for seashore audiences to gawk at, Poks has
Chasing Tail
A man of many appetites, Rogue’s intrepid explorer Scott “Gutsy” Tuason sets off on another grand (if not treacherous) adventure. In this issue, he embarks on a multi-country voyage to follow
Iberian Fling
After a grueling 32-hour flight, Katrina Tuason-Cruz found herself in Valencia—the booming capital city of eastern Spain—for a road trip through the prosperous town’s architectural gems,
The Weather is Here, Wish You Were Beautiful
Resorts continue to pop up in Boracay at a steady rate, but every decade or so a big fish comes along and ups the ante. Fridays did it in the early 80s when they built the fanciest rooms on the
Paradise Lost
In May of 2004, four people were brutally murdered in a hilltop villa in Boracay known as La Dolce Vita. The media had a field day, speculating theories about botched burglaries, bloody love
Tahitian Divorce
After sailing 22 days across the Pacific from the Galapagos Islands, Tei Allison anchors in Tahiti, a mysterious French Polynesian island that greets her with gorgeous surf breaks, white powdery
Time at Tides
Tucked away within the techni-colored bohemian galaxy of Boracay’s D’Mall is the Tides, a design-savvy boutique hotel that is a veritable oasis amidst all the action. Jose Mari Ugarte finds a
City of Angels
On the Browning Airfield in Angeles City, hundreds of certified “balloonatics” invaded the skies with hot-air balloons of all shapes, sizes, and colors. And from the nearby Woodland Airpark in
Base Camp Or Bust
Earlier this year, under the banner of Kaya ng Pinay, an all-women’s team of mountain climbers embarked on a mission to become the first Filipinas to reach Mount Everest’s summit. To show their
The Sea Less Travelled
Two months ago, a team of explorers decided to dive where no man has ever dived before—the pristine virgin islands of Tolokiwa, Umboi, Sakar, Ritter, and Borgen Bay around the northwest coast of
The Mantas of Raja Ampat
The Raja Ampat islands in Indonesia are a hidden underwater paradise for mantas and other exotic marine life. Gutsy Tuason boards the luxury dive yacht Odyssea 1, and after spending ten days
Pleasure Island
For many people, Bluefields, Nicaragua sounds like some kind of decadent heaven on earth: a Caribbean island paradise where bags of pure cocaine wash up on the beaches and the locals don’t have to
