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Cycling Catanduanes 1 – “Are you sure?”

April 15, 2013 – 1:11 am
Touring Bike and My First Lunch Stop

The manager of the hotel in Virac raised her eyebrows at me when I told her of my plans to ride my bicycle to Pandan – the town at the northern tip of Catanduanes.
“Are you sure?” she said, with her eyes widening and her voice rising a couple of octaves at the end – sounding almost panicked on my behalf.
“No,” I said. “I’m not sure …

What Exactly Is a “Barangay” in the Philippines?

January 18, 2013 – 11:59 am
Sign in the Philippines

I made some changes in my plans. I had a flight from Taipei to Manila on March 1st at one o’clock in the morning. There were some problems with that date and I decided to postpone my departure for a month. I could have paid a fee and simply changed the date of my flight. However, the fee for changing the date was as much …