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Eruption of the Mayon Volcano in Legazpi

May 10, 2013 – 10:50 am
Eruption Cloud from the Mayon Volcano

Eruption of the Mayon Volcano in Legazpi
Monday May 13, 2013
Bulusan Volcano Natural Park, Sorsogon, Philippines
It took an effort to load up my bike and cycle away from the comforts of the hostel in Legazpi. I’d stayed there when I first arrived in the Philippines and I returned there after my trip to Catanduanes. I had some errands to run and some organzing to do. Then …

Meet Ultra-Marathoner Jojo

April 7, 2013 – 10:45 am
Ultra-Marathoner Jojo

Meet Jojo. Jojo came down to Legazpi from Manila to compete in the Mayon 360 50-Mile Run ultra-marathon. (That’s 80 kilometers!) It’s called 360 I believe because the route goes entirely around the base of Mayon Volcano. I set off on my bicycle the other day to ride the 80 kilometers around the volcano and I gave up because it was too far. Jojo – …

Cycling the Slopes of the Mayon Volcano

April 5, 2013 – 11:38 am
Meet Carlo - Recent Computer School Graduate

Friday April 5, 2013
7:45 a.m. Mayon Backpackers Hostel, Legazpi, Philippines
Dogs, I’ve come to realize, are common in the Philippines, at least in Legazpi. I know that not because I see them but because I hear them. Occasionally, in response to some unknown signal or danger, one dog in the neighborhood of the hostel will begin to bark and all the other dogs will join in. …

The Volcano is Over There!

April 4, 2013 – 12:56 pm
Pointing Out the Volcano

These little boys seemed to think I needed help in spotting the Mayon Volcano. “It’s over there!” he’s saying. I guess the assumption is that a foreigner in this area is either looking for the volcano or the whale sharks in Donsol. It’s a pretty safe bet, I guess, though I don’t know how anyone could ever miss the volcano. It’s pretty darn big. An …

Rice Drying in the Sun

April 4, 2013 – 12:53 pm
Rice Drying on the Road

Rice drying on the road. All the roads I cycled down were covered in these large tarps covered in drying rice. I don’t know how the rice-growing seasons work here, but it seems that there recently had been a harvest. I also don’t know what the etiquette is for drivers. Most drove around the rice, but I did see a number of vehicles go right …

Meet a Lucky Man

April 4, 2013 – 12:52 pm
Meet a Lucky Man

Meet the luckiest man on earth – a man with four beautiful daughters. I was riding my bike down some rocky roads on the slopes of the Mayon Volcano when I heard an incessant beeping. I recognized it as a tricycle horn. Ahead of me I saw this tricycle, and the little girl in front of daddy was pressing down on the horn again and …

Meet Carlo

April 4, 2013 – 12:50 pm
Meet Carlo

Meet Carlo. He is one of the younger residents of the village of Salvacion – a small agricultural village on the slopes of the Mayon Volcano in the Bicol Region of the Philippines. Carlo had just recently graduated from college in Manila. He studied computers. I asked him what he was doing now. Was he on vacation? And he replied that he was looking for …

Meet Paul

April 4, 2013 – 12:47 pm
Meet Paul

Meet Paul. He is the oldest resident in the small village of Salvacion on the lower slopes of the Mayon Volcano in the Bicol Region of the Philippines. He has never married and so has no children and has lived in the house behind us for his entire life. He was born in that house and grew up there, and when his parents passed away …