I still vividly recall those five seemingly unending days in the town of Patikul as I wrote the article detailing our adventure and misgivings as volunteers for Juan Portrait. Armed with only our cameras, we unwittingly went off to the island of Sulu, one of the most dangerous places in the country, to photograph portraits for a community school and hand over their printed images right after.

It was one of the most harrowing, memorable, and rewarding trips I’ve ever had and I’m grateful that Explore Philippines, a bi-monthly travel magazine feature local destinations, gave me the chance to immortalize the experience and photographs on print.

The article appears on their December-January issue (with Mikael Daez on the cover) and is available online (Buqo, Magzter, iTunes Store, Google Playstore) and on leading bookstores nationwide.