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Day Eighteen – Super Typhoon Yolanda
A city without power can be a very quiet place. Last night, the silence was so complete and for so many hours that I imagined that I had gone deaf. I made some noise from time to time to ensure that my ears still worked.
At four a.m. this morning, the sole rooster left in this part of Tacloban began his totally unchallenged (and therefore rather …
Days Six & Seven – Super Typhoon Yolanda
This day began without my usual pounding heart. The hotel has filled with people – including several children and 14 fire fighters – and life is beginning to feel not normal but something similar. I can hear the children playing outside and I can hear some neighbors building a fire and washing pots. I can even hear the engine of a motorcycle going past on …
A Walk Down Copra Street on a Sunday
Sundays are very quiet days in the Philippines. Most businesses are closed, and I found all the copra warehouses closed and the streets empty of trucks. That isn’t to say that the streets were without life. There were quite a few people on that street and as I made my way along it, people asked me to take their picture and I stopped and took …
Copra Warehouses in Tacloban and 2nd Visit to San Antonio
There is a wide street near the docks that is lined with copra warehouses on both sides. I’ve often looked with interest at the dirty men loading and unloading the copra from trucks, thinking they would be great subjects for a photograph.
I also wanted to learn more about copra, so yesterday I went inside one of the warehouses to check it out. This first warehouse …
Second Prison Visit
My second visit to the prison began very much like the first. I showed up at 1:00 o’clock, and there was a lineup of about twenty-five women at the door, some with young children and many with bundles of food. There were far more motorcycles parked around the door and sidewalk this time, and the lineup was even more of a mess. It also seemed …
Cycling from Naval back to Tacloban
Well, I’m back in Tacloban. I decided it made more sense to return here to renew my tourist visa rather than try to reach a different town. I know for a fact that it can be done in Tacloban, and there’s no way to be sure about other places.
On my ride back here, I encountered something new, something to add to the travails of Doug …
Feeding the Pig at a Local Farm
I’m at my keyboard a bit early this morning – 6 a.m. – because I had/have plans to leave this morning. Unfortunately, another typhoon has formed. This one is headed for Taiwan, but it is still off the coast of the Philippines, and it is large enough that it is cloudy and rainy here. The weather might clear, but chances are it will get worse. …
Plans to Go to Biliran
The skies look good this morning so I imagine I will be hitting the road. I hope that physically I do better than I did on my ride here from Tacloban. I don’t have my hopes up too far, though. I’m not in good shape. My right ankle is very sore. It’s difficult to walk first thing in the morning. My right knee is sore …