Article Archive for February 2014
Video Post – Airport Road in Tacloban after Yolanda
This video shows a bit of the destruction caused by super typhoon Yolanda/Haiyan along the road leading out to the airport in Tacloban. I was sitting on the top of a firetruck at the time with a team of firefighters. It was their job to go out and collect bodies. The team I was with that day collected 72 bodies. At the end of the …
Photo Post – Goat in Carbon Market
I came across this handsome fellow while wandering around Carbon Market in Cebu.
Photo Post – Fort San Pedro in Cebu
Many cats live inside Fort San Pedro. They’re a handsome bunch and quite friendly. I made a lot of friends as I wandered around with my camera.
The most popular activity at Fort San Pedro by far was taking self-portraits. Lots of people showed up with massive DSLRs and tripods and even lighting rigs.
There are a couple of nice, grassy parks around Fort San Pedro, and …
Photo Post – The Cats of Fort San Pedro
Fort San Pedro in Cebu City is a popular place for tourists to visit. It is a triangular fort made of stone walls that dates back centuries. It costs 30 pesos to go inside. I surprised myself by enjoying my visit to this fort very much. You can take pictures of the cannons and the stone walls and such things. But you can also walk …
Photo Post – Horse Cart in Cebu City
There are many horse carts like this one in downtown Cebu near the Carbon Market. I don’t think they are used as transportation per se but as a fun thing for locals and tourists to do. I think they follow a set route from here around a circuit and back again. I could be wrong about that. It’s possible they actually take people to specific …
Photo Post: Dogs vs. Kitten
I spotted this kitten clutching onto this tree with all its strength, and I assumed it had just climbed up there for fun and was now stuck. This tree has a very hard bark, and it was clearly very difficult for this kitten to hold on. I was amused by its predicament, and I started snapping some pictures. Then, suddenly, the kitten slipped and fell …
Photo Post: Blind Woman Begging in Cebu
A blind woman begs for money on a traffic island in downtown Cebu. This woman is at this spot regularly. She can’t see if anyone is standing near her, of course, so she simply holds out her hand at all times and moves slightly in the direction of sounds that she hears. I’ve noticed that she gets a lot more money given to her than …