Travel blog, journals and photographs from The Philippines. Including travel journals, revealing posts, Filipino food, travel guides, places to visit, overland border crossings, visas and photographs
I wrote here about the electrical outages affecting Mindanao in the Southern Philippines. General Summary: Lack of rainfall means a decrease in water for the hydro plant at Lake Lanao to provide enough electricity for the southern region. Some of the problems in Mindanao After I published this, I received a lot of email & …
Continue reading “The Arc of Darkness: the dark cloud over Mindanao”
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Taking politics into account when traveling, living overseas or searching for a country to call home is important. However, I have a rule. I will not write in-depth personal articles about a country’s politics. As a traveler I don’t think it’s my business to get involved with internal politics. It’s up to a nations citizens, in a free society, to …
Continue reading “My first & last article about the Philippine elections”
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Seeing the Unseen: in it’s truest sense As long term readers of this journal and my exclusive RSS / Email updates will know I spent a lot of time making this travel journal accessible to those with sight impairments. Not only is there a high contrast sight impaired version of this travel blog here. But at the …
Continue reading “Meet the Blind Masseurs of Cagayan de Oro”
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Seeing the Unseen: The Coconut Farmers Deep in the middle of Mindanao I was lucky enough to visit one such farm run by an elderly man called Steven. It ‘s a place no tourist has been to. At least Steven says so. And why would they. It’s not in a guide book. It’s got nothing …
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Seeing the Unseen: Meet some of the people and places you might not know about during my travels in Mindanao, The Philippines The Philippines has a high unemployment level, and only a minimum social service to help. Finances are rarely included. If you don’t earn, you starve. Simple as that. In a lot of countries I …
Continue reading “The Filipino Garbage Collectors: Seeing the Unseen”
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Seeing the Unseen: Photographing Miss Camiguin Island at the Lanzones festival (a blast from the past) With this mini series I’ve been able to show you some people and places as I travel Mindanao. Here’s one that I previously didn’t have time to publish on my first visit to a tiny little island. Camiguin is …
Continue reading “Photographing Miss Camigiun Island: Seeing the Unseen”
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Travel & electrical outages are manageable for the short term. For long term travelers and those living with random interruptions it can be a very different matter. What is it like to live with no Electricity? A failing electrical supply has made the President of The Philippines turn Mindanao into a “state of calamity”, others want a “state of emergency”. …
Continue reading “Travel & Life with no Electricity, coming soon to a country near you!”
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