Travel – David Haldane

November 16, 2023

Hitler on Lazada

By David Haldane Nov. 16, 2023 It felt like someone had yanked out my kidneys. Unable to sleep, I’d opened my cell phone to Facebook […]

October 20, 2023

Filipino Love

By David Haldane October 19, 2023 She could have been my sister-in-law. Angelyn Aguirre, a 32-year-old native of Pangasinan, had spent the last six […]

September 21, 2023

Traversing China. Again.

By David Haldane Sept. 21, 2023 The first red flag got hoisted at Manila Airport. Eager to check in early for my Air China flight […]

September 7, 2023

Reverse Diaspora

By David Haldane Sept. 7, 2023 The videos made my stomach churn. They depicted water literally gushing down the streets, almost overturning cars. “Oh […]

August 31, 2023

Renewal

By David Haldane Aug. 31, 2023 We’d been stalled in traffic for more than three hours when we finally called it quits. “Hey,” I gingerly […]

July 13, 2023

Scrapes in the Night

By David Haldane July 13, 2023 It was the scrape you never want to hear. A dull rub from the car’s right rear end as […]

June 29, 2023

Stones

By David Haldane June 29, 2023 In the end, it was a stone that broke loose the tears. A small brass brick embedded in an […]

May 4, 2023

Digital Nomads in the Philippines: A New Mode(m) of Living

By David Haldane May 4, 2023 The meeting was long overdue. As my publicist and I waited at the Pancake House in Cagayan de […]

April 13, 2023

Fishing

By David Haldane April 13, 2023 It wasn’t my first time. As a child, my father used to take me fishing in gurgling mountain […]

March 16, 2023

The Potential Loss of a Cranky Old Friend

By David Haldane March 16, 2023 A whack on the head. That describes my first encounter with a jeepney. It happened 20 years ago […]

March 2, 2023

Grounded Plane

By David Haldane March 2, 2023 I probably wouldn’t have seen the film without the headline. “Why is the movie ‘Plane’ banned in the […]

February 23, 2023

Turbulence

By David Haldane Feb. 23, 2023 Everyone knows that airplanes crash. That’s why, for years, I’ve always contemplated death when boarding a flight. Could […]