From Georgina to Lucky, via the Thriller in Manila and a Love Affair with Vietnam Every great trip deserves a proper ending. Mine started with a cat. Not a celebrity. Not a billionaire. Not a politician. A cat. Every morning in El Nido, before the coffee,...
One Week in El Nido, Palawan: A Chaotic, Beautiful Travel Diary from Mr. Paparazzi’s World A raw, cinematic travel diary from Mr. Paparazzi’s one-week journey through Boracay, Cebu and El Nido, Palawan — from tropical chaos to rockstar sunsets, hidden lagoons and...
From Paradise To Pandemonium… And Back Again Raja Ampat → Cebu → Boracay → The Verge of Heaven By Darryn Lyons — Mr. Paparazzi “There are trips you remember… …and then there are trips that quietly rearrange your soul.” This week felt like somebody threw a...
If you come to Cebu and DON’T book yourself into the CHI Spa at the Shangri-La… you’ve genuinely missed one of the great experiences in the Philippines. This wasn’t just a massage. This was a complete body reset. Hidden deep within the lush tropical grounds of the...
GONZO LUXURY ANTHROPOLOGY ON THE EDGE OF PARADISE There’s a point in long-term travel where airports stop feeling glamorous and start becoming strange moving corridors between realities.This week — or what felt like three months compressed into two sunburnt weeks —...