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This is our bread and butter—whether it’s swimming with freedivers, learning to survive in the jungle, or kicking it at the rodeo, you’ll often find us off the beaten path.

A Tribute to the Boy from Cauayan
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A Tribute to the Boy from Cauayan

Dr. Angel Alcala has always been a scientist for the people. To celebrate his life and his memory, one of his closest colleagues, Dr. Rene Abesamis, pens a tribute to the boy who grew up in Cauayan.

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GRID’s Travel Essentials for Fieldwork
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GRID’s Travel Essentials for Fieldwork

Here are the travel essentials and packing tips vetted by the seasoned travelers of GRID Magazine.

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Dark Mountain, Part II:  A Fathomless Frontier
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Dark Mountain, Part II: A Fathomless Frontier

Inseparable from the coordinated effort to protect Tubbataha is the quest to understand it. To scientists from around the world, the faraway atoll presents a bottomless mystery, offering answers that lead only to more questions.‍

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​​On the Crest of a Wave
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​​On the Crest of a Wave

​​Borongan is on the cusp of reinventing its sleepy town into a Visayas surfing capital. Learning from the cautionary tales of its predecessors, the city is masterplanning its transformation by sports tourism.

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Annotations on Travel
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Annotations on Travel

After two years of closed borders, the world is finally gearing up to move again. But what has changed in the way we travel, and is any of it for the best?

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Our Year in Stories
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Our Year in Stories

In a year that felt like being stuck in the middle, we buckled down and did what we do best: tell stories.

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Mystic Mountains
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Mystic Mountains

A map to guide you across the country’s supernatural peaks.

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The Bone Collectors
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The Bone Collectors

Uncovering the past is risky business, but it’s the only way to learn from those who came before us. Writer Claudine Lanzona joins an excavation in Quezon Province to observe how archaeology deepens a community’s sense of place.

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Nature's Path is Winding
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Nature's Path is Winding

From the Buddhist temples of Cebu to a protected island in Negros, Dave Albao has gone all sorts of places in search of meaning.

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Home Is a Bowl of Warm Soup
Photo Essay

Home Is a Bowl of Warm Soup

A photographer returns home to Sulu after 13 years, and rediscovers the heritage of his people through food.

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Into the World of Blackwater Diving
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Into the World of Blackwater Diving

Blackwater diving offers a glimpse of the world beneath the surface.

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The Women We Want You to Read About
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The Women We Want You to Read About

To commemorate Women's Month, a list of our favorite GRID heroines, and the powerful women who wrote them.

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Our Year Without Travel
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Our Year Without Travel

This is our 2020 reading list, featuring the people and places we can’t wait to see again, after a year indoors.

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Back to Anilao, Part II
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Back to Anilao, Part II

Just a couple hours away from Metro Manila, the dive hotspot of Anilao is ready to welcome visitors.

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Back to Anilao, Part I
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Back to Anilao, Part I

While on the road to Anilao, we take a detour through Tagaytay and Taal for GRID’s first trip out after the pandemic. But do we still remember how to travel?

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