Articles by Doug Nienhuis
I am a Canadian, and I am currently traveling through Asia with a touring bicycle. These are stories and pictures from my trip.
Dolphin Watching at Turtle Island
July 20, 2008
A couple of weeks ago I came across a reference to dolphin-watching on the east coast of Taiwan. It sounded interesting, and I decided to check it out. I imagined sitting on the bow of a boat (cold drink in hand) while dolphins frolicked around us and swam in and out of the bow wave – like in the commercials and movies. It …
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April 6, Sunday
I’m back in Puerto Princesa and my flight leaves in three and a half hours. I haven’t written much the final few days mainly because there is no memory left in the NEO. I’ve been reduced to pen and paper. Plus, I’ve cycled for day days and there hasn’t been time in the morning.
My days on Coco Loco were wonderful and just what …
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April 3, 2008 8:00 a.m.
Today is my last day on Coco Loco, and it began with a tremendous thunder storm. It started around 6:00 this morning and went on for an hour or an hour and a half. I lay in my bed listening to the thunder and the heavy beat of the rain on my thatch roof. There was only one leak and that …
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April 2, 2008
Coco Loco has been a surprise on many levels. It was a surprise tha I got out here with no trouble and that they had a cottage. I twas also a surprise that of all the cottages, I got the one that suited me perfectly – on the windy side right at the end. The overall junky quality of the place was also …
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March 31, 2008
I was a little bit concerned about the cycling from Taytay to Roxas. I remembered how hard it was the first time. With that in mind, I set my alarm for four in the morning. It was still pitch dark at that time and I took my time packing and getting ready. Even so, I wasn’t on the road until 5:15. The sun …
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Saturday March 29
My body never seems to stop adjusting on this trip. It’s been three weeks, and I’m still getting used to being away from my desk and out in the sun. It started out with that horrible heat rash. It seemed to take forever to go away and it kept moving around my body as new areas had to learn all over again how …
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Tuesday March 25
It is 7:30 in the morning and I’m sitting at the famous Art Café and Boutique in El Nido enjoying a cup of coffee. It is supposed to be the best place in El Nido to get organized for onward travel and for tours around El Nido. I don’t know about that, but it definitely has the best coffee and bread on Palawan. …
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Monday March 24 – El Nido
The day passed wonderfully in Taytay. I simply couldn’t get enough of the views from the Casa Rosa and of just walking around taking pictures. The weather couldn’t have been nicer as well – just the right mix of sun and cloud.
I ran into Ed at one point and we met up later in the day at Casa Rosa for …