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
Photographs of the endangered Tarsiers in Bohol, The Philippines There are some animals in the world I really like. I knew the Tarsier was one of them even before I got to see one in person. What is a tarsier? According to Wikipedia they are haplorrhine primates, according to my guide-book they are not primates. I believe …
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CDO meat from the Philippines … Maybe … for some! It was in Palawan at a local eatery that I asked a lady what type of meat was in one particular pot. “CDO sir,” she replied. “Fresh!” I looked at her with a confused frown. I’ll spare the translations. It took a good 3 minutes …
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It’s a little strange to be back traveling, as opposed to being on an island and taking weekends or a few days to travel out. There’s a very definite difference to both. And to me, the former shouldn’t actually be called traveling. It’s a go between. Maybe I need to invent a new word. The rain woke …
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A few months back I wrote about how to choose an island to live on. Now, I get to visit one of the islands that was on my list, but I choose not to live on. Was I right in choosing Palawan? Or would Bohol have been a better option? I’m sure there are easier …
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My living on an island series is now over. It’s time to leave Palawan, and travel on. I’ve already written enough about the place to say that’s it’s very nice, but it’s not me. The living on an island part anyway. I hope my travel journals from there will have helped anyone else thinking of …
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Living near stilt house squatters in The Philippines The biggest plus about my new place was that it was in the heart of the squatter area in Puerto Princesa, Palawan. Stilt houses ran all along the bay. I didn’t call them squatters myself, this came from the house owner. I thought they were just regular …
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I’d like to take this opportunity to wish all the readers and contributers of my journal / website the very best over the holiday season. Thank you for the great emails filled with your own stories, well wishes, and words of encouragement. In 2009 I opened up the journal / blog to comments, and it’s …
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