Word: palawans
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...have there is some of the world's most outrageous, experimental cooking. I think people need to have the roasted-lamb dishes at the Djemaa el Fna in Morocco. Prowl the streets of Reykjavik at 3 in the morning and eat the sausages and lobster bisque. Get to Palawan in the southern Philippines and try the seafood. It's mind-boggling. Street food in Hanoi, in the city markets, is second to none. The Minnesota State Fair has cheese curds and anything fried and on a stick...
...assassinations have killed some 300 people and wounded hundreds more. Abu Sayyaf first caught the world's attention in 2000, when it used speedboats to snatch 21 tourists from a Malaysian beach resort within reach of Jolo. The following year it seized 20 more people from a resort on Palawan, in the southwest Philippines. It held the three Americans in the group for several months. One, Guillermo Sobero, was beheaded; another, Martin Burnham, was killed during a rescue mission that freed his wife Gracia...
...district and tourist magnet for Afghans and foreigners alike. At first, local reaction was about the same as one would expect if some bowler-hatted Brit showed up at a Rio favela and proposed that he help residents spruce the place up. "I told him he would fail," says Palawan Aziz, the neighborhood's headman and now the project's strongest supporter. Stewart persevered, visiting residents and charming them with courtly Dari and Afghan social graces burnished by his earlier visits to the country (his 2002 trek across Afghanistan formed the basis of his best-selling travel memoir The Places...
...More than a year after Abu Sayyaf rebels took three Americans hostage, the U.S. government offered a reward of up to $5 million for the capture of the Muslim extremist group's leaders. Weeks after the rebel organization grabbed the hostages from a holiday resort on the southern Palawan island, they beheaded one of the captives, Guillermo Sobero. They are still holding missionaries Martin and Gracia Burnham. One Abu Sayyaf leader, Abu Sabaya, responded that the bounty gave the group more stature. THE U.S. Condemnation According to a report by Amnesty International, America's war on terror is threatening basic...
FANTASY ISLET For those who like their vacations quiet and their luxury discreet, part of an island in the South China Sea can be rented by the week. Boayan Islet, just off Palawan Island, comes with a staff of six and a speedboat. Home is a palatial wooden bungalow on stilts, the playground a private lagoon, and there are any number of pristine snorkeling holes waiting to be discovered. And the cost? Less than the price of a five-star hotel, say the owners. Check out your very own fantasy isle at chinaseaisland.com...