Travel Photos & Musings By Nathan W. Allen
My review of Nagtabon Beach & Puerto Princesa, the first stops on my motorbiking tour around Palawan. Words & Photos By Nathan Allen For me, there is no better way to explore Palawan than by motorcycle. It is the modern day stallion, providing nomads and wanderers the ultimate freedom and mobility. As a photographer, I...
(If you haven’t read why I was declared “Officially Unwelcome” in the Philippines, you might want to start by clicking here.) I’m Nathan Allen – a “Philippine Advocate”, according to the national media. I have spent a total of 3 years exploring and documenting the beauty of the Philippines, and I consider it a great...
(January 2021 Update: This “letter to the Philippines” was written 7 years ago. I have not been back to the country for quite a while, so I’m not sure how much of this still applies. Hopefully less of the negative and more of the positive:) Anyhow…just something to keep in mind as you read it...
Bohol Is The Best…No, It’s Albay…No, It’s Davao!! When I travelled to the Philippines previously, I mentioned elements of fear and superstition in the culture, and wondered if these traits were instilled by the Spanish, or were already here in the Philippines when they arrived. Now I’m wondering the same thing about the strong regionalism...
What an honor to be invited to this “celebration of the dead” with my host’s family. I thought going to the cemetery to hang out with deceased relatives all night was the perfect thing to do for Halloween, but it turned out to be much less creepy and far more beautiful and moving than I...
45 times. Including the title, that’s how many times the word “hate” was mentioned in the essay I just read about the current state of the Philippines. That’s a lot of hate, especially for an essay of just 400 or so words. Don’t get me wrong, there was nothing that Miss Diamante wrote that I...
Here we go again! Another anti-Filipino blog. I hope my Filipino friends won’t take this miserable Singapore hate-blog too personally. To understand what is going on in Singapore, perhaps we need some perspective. Did you know that workers in Singapore are ranked as the most unhappy in the world? Yes, many people are very unhappy...
Enough is Enough – Please Stop Fueling Mrs. Sanchez’s Fire My father always told me that unfortunately, even negative publicity is good publicity. No one seems to understand this better than Korina Sanchez, and it looks like she might be using us as pawns in her strategic game of chess. I thought it was bad...
While staying at incredible Aguas Farm in Albay, Philippines, I noticed a colorful beetle floating inside a fish tank. Its head was pushed down in the water, and I knew that before long, it would become fish food if I didn’t rescue it. I pulled it out and started taking photos. It barely moved, and...