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The “Foreigner Price” in Matnog

May 18, 2013 – 11:39 am
Bangka for Island-Hopping in Matnog

I woke up full intending to make the best of the day. Matnog was not going to defeat me. I was going to be flexible and I was going to go with the flow. I was not going to impose my Western ideas of logic and common sense. I would simply go to the tourism office for 7 o’clock and then let what happens happen. …

Jungle Night Noises – Camping at Bulusan Volcano Natural Park

May 13, 2013 – 11:20 am
Lake at Bulusan Volcano Natural Park

It turned out that the camping area was more of a myth than reality. It wasn’t a camping area as such. They just allowed people to put up their tent on a small grassy patch right beside the park buildings. That was fine with me, and I decided to stay there. They even had a bathroom available and tables and chairs – everything I could …

008 – Mantigue Island & the Giant Clams Santuary

April 7, 2011 – 5:05 pm
Banca on Mantigue Island, Camiguin

Thursday April 7, 2011 7:05 a.m.
Jasmin by the Sea, Camiguin, Philippines
I have Mozart playing on my little speaker, water slowly coming to a boil in the pot, and a motorcycle sitting outside waiting to take me to some new small adventures. Hard to know how things could be any better.
There is one way I would improve on the situation – and that would be not …