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The first thing the Chocolate Hills Bohol delivers is a problem of scale. You stand at the top of Viewpoint One in Carmen, and the hills extend in every direction to the horizon. More than a thousand of them. All are roughly conical and the same height. All are wearing the same brown coat of […]
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The fisherman who changed my plan didn’t speak much English. He pointed south, said ‘Koh Kradan,’ and held up three fingers. Three hours by boat from Pak Meng. I had three nights booked in Koh Lanta. I canceled them. That kind of detour is how you find the hidden beaches Thailand keeps to itself. Phuket,
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The first time I found Cagbalete Island, I wasn’t looking for it. I was on a bus outside Mauban in Quezon Province, talking to a man named Rolando who sold dried fish at the market. He mentioned, almost as an afterthought, that there was an island an hour offshore. At low tide, the sand went
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The last time I crossed from Hagnaya to Bantayan Island, the ferry was full of locals coming back from the market in San Remigio. I was the only foreigner on board. The crossing costs less than fifty pesos and takes about an hour. I spent most of it talking to a woman named Alicia who
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