Explore Philippines Through the Eyes of Travelers

ThingsAsian banner image

All Philippines Regions (164)

Boracay Island (2)

Puerto Princesa (1)

Bahay Kubo, Philippines, Mindanao countryside

The Bahay Kubo is one of the most illustrative and recognized icons of the Philippines. Th...

Philippines Ronald de Jong

Philippines, the last tribes in Mindanao

The Maranao Tribe from Lake Lanao

Together with the Illanun and Maguindanao, the Maranao are one of three indigenous Muslim groups ...

Philippines Ronald de Jong

Green & Graphic Getaways, farmer and carabao

Green & Graphic Getaways

Mindanao is truly a travel photographer's paradise with dozens of untapped eco tourist sites and ...

Philippines Ronald de Jong

True Heroes

True Heroes. Text and Images by Marvy Enestoes and Ronald de Jong. Some time ago we met tw...

Philippines Marvy Enestoes and Ronald de Jong

Karaoke, Filipino Fun

Karaoke, Filipino Fun

" Sasakyan kita, Sa lahat ng gusto mo, Sasakyan kitaaaaaaa ", a very popular song by Gl...

Philippines Ronald de Jong

Flying with a Filipino touch. Cebu Pacific Airplane at General Santos City Airport

Flying with a Filipino touch.

The Philippines is an exotic archipelago with more than 7000 fascinating, palm fringed islands an...

Philippines Ronald de Jong

The Farm

Southern Comfort

Many local and foreign visitors describes South Cotabato as a "place like no other", an...

Philippines Ronald de Jong

Philippines food: Morcon or Rolled Beef

Recipe: Morcon - Rolled Beef

A simple recipe for Philippines style Rolled Beef or Morcon

Philippines Habeeb Salloum

MacArthur’s Park, Red Beach, Palo, Leyte, Philippines

Tracking Tacloban’s Treasures (1)

Ask a Pinoy on the street what comes first to his mind whenever Tacloban City is mentioned, and, ...

Philippines ARIEL NOBLE

CKC Jose Gomez Symphony Orchestra at a Manila concert(Photo CKC PR, Calbayog City, Samar)

A Trip To Samar

A soft breezy sunrise rouses me as my ship nears the coast and moors at the docks of Maguino-o, o...

Philippines Junfil Olarte

Cebu's Basilica Minore del Sto. Niño is the oldest church in the Philippines built by the Spaniards in 1565

Cebu Paradise, History So Affluent

“Travel + Leisure”, a New York based magazine, has just classified Cebu as one of the best is...

Philippines Junfil Olarte

Mind your (table) manners! Image by Ronald de Jong

Mind your (table) manners!

The Philippine hospitality is legendary and uncomplicated; visitors will always be greeted and tr...

Philippines Ronald de Jong

Corregidor Lighthouse

Corregidor Island: A Legacy of War

Corregidor Island obviously is well-known for its valiant task in the Second World War (a thing t...

Philippines Junfil Olarte

Philippines, Mindanao, Young Tboli Girl

The T'boli Tribe of South Cotabato.

More than 40 different ethnic groups can be found in the Philippines. There are 18 tribal groups ...

Philippines Ronald de Jong

ThingsAsian icon

Kenneth Cobonpue, Furniture Designer to Stars

Filipino furniture designer a Hollywood hit

Philippines AFP/Jason Gutierrez

Mindanao, street photography

Mindanao, Street Sceneries

Street photography in Mindanao...

Philippines Ronald de Jong

Rice, much more than food Image by Ronald de Jong

Rice, much more than food.

A Philippine proverb says that if anyone wastes rice or throws it away, his hand will become defo...

Philippines Ronald de Jong

The last Tribes of Mindanao, Badjao, the Sea Gypsies.

The last Tribes of Mindanao, Badjao, the Sea Gypsies.

Badjao or Bajau means man of the seas, this tribal group is known as the Sea Gypsies becau...

Philippines Ronald de Jong

Girl with traditional mat

The Bilaan Tribe of Southern Mindanao

The Bilaan or B`laan are a tribal community of Southern Mindanao, the name of this indigenous gro...

Philippines Ronald de Jong

The Barrio's Bread and Butter, women in ricepaddy

The Barrio's Bread and Butter.

A barrio can best be described as a small rural village; the word is in fact a Spanish phrase mea...

Philippines Ronald de Jong

Pages

About ThingsAsian

ThingsAsian is an Asia travel website with stories contributed by a worldwide community. Although we cover a wide range of topics, our emphasis is on art, culture, history and travel. Our writers, photographers and contributors are real people who tell you the stories of their personal travels and experiences. Some of the countries we currently cover are Burma, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Macau, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.

Email: info@thingsasian.com