Tucked away in the jungles of Mindoro, Philippines you'd think that I would have been too remote to be concerned with the chaotic conflagrations of the world. But this idyllic frame of nature at its richest ended up serving as a just reminder of how wild things have gotten in the country's south, where the …
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Justin Calderón is the founder of Mint Position, an SEO-focused content marketing agency that produces and ranks web content using journalistic-quality research. He is also a veteran journalist, and his byline has appeared in the BBC, CNN, Newsweek, Foreign Policy, GlobalPost, the Bangkok Post and more. Justin speaks Mandarin and Spanish.
Arriving at Fort Bonifacio, Manila
I've landed. Manila, the capital of the world's second largest archipelago, the Philippines, is to be my base for the foreseeable future. After being here for only a pinch over two weeks, I have found myself shocked by how much the city's reality deviates from its perceived rough image abroad. Yes, the retinue of armed …
Life of Pai: Cure for Travel Burnout
Lets pause for a moment. Just a moment. If nothing more than to reflect on the journey ahead and behind me, while I sit somewhere here, in between. I began 2013 by heading out to Pai, a remote northern mountain town just three hours by car outside of Chiang Mai, Thailand's second largest city. The …
Hurricane Sandy damage on Long Island (photos)
During my Christmas vacation back to New York, I knew I would be encountering some residual storm damage from the mother-of-all storms that blew over Long Island and much of the region just two months ago. Yet, I wasn't entirely sure just how bad it would be. Here are some of the more dramatic photos …
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Noticeable omissions in ASEAN human rights
An excerpt from my wrap-up post from the 21st ASEAN Summit on investvine. Arriving back in Bangkok after covering the 21stASEAN Summit and East Asia Summit in Phnom Penh for four days, I am left pondering some of the more overlooked outcomes of the international event in which media has by and large used to …
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