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I heart Anawangin Cove. I can't deny it, it was love at first site. Could it have been the pristine environment? Could it have been the hospitable and friendly caretakers? Could it have been the relaxed environment created by teams of fellow trekkers/campers who were also lost in the peace and tranquility?According to the caretakers, Anawangin Cove, based in Zambales, Philippines nearby Pundaquit

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I felt like a secret shopper. After years of reading up about the Philippines' prime eco-tourism destination - swimming with the whalesharks or as the locals call them 'butanding' - I was finally there and swimming alongside the world's largest fish in all it's glory.Except, it wasn't in its glory. It was very likely quite stressed, which was a feeling one of my fellow travellers lamented on the

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Friday, 28 November 2008Travel. This is a word that conjures up notions of excitement and adventure. When I close my eyes and envision travel, it gives me butterflies in my stomach and I can almost taste excitement as all my past memories rush in a hustling race to the front of my mind. Travel is something that when started, grips its unwitting participants in an iron-clad hold, creating an

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Speaking engagement as part of Bluewater Consultancy for YTrip - a group of Philippine Youth advocating for Responsible Tourism through the outdoor group R.O.X. Philippines.

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Written and photographed by Cherie McCoskerJune 2008It was 8am on a radiant, sunny morning, the first one the sleepy province of Antique had seen in days. Jesse Natan, owner of Natan Muscovado Mill, was relieved. Now the rain had stopped he was finally able to light and stoke the mill’s oven with dry bamboo lumber and prepare the vats for one of the final muscovado productions of the season. The

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Published in TravelMole, 25 August 2008By Cherie McCoskerFair trade is an international movement of growing support and awareness. Many fair trade consumers are aware of fair trade tea from Sri Lanka, bananas from the Caribbean, cocoa beans from Ghana and coffee from East Timor, but the Philippines as a fair trade destination is less familiar.The Philippines is made up of 7,107 islands and a

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By Cherie McCosker30 May 2007Recently I dragged my weary body back to Kathmandu, after following the pilgrimage trail to the holy Gusainkunda lake, at an altitude of 4200m. An incredible journey, but that is another tale. Given the hiking lasted 4-6 hours each day, and little other activities were on offer except to drink tea, meditate, read a book or write in a diary, my mind inevitably turned

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