One Night in Bangkok
April 7-8, 2014: Bangkok is a city for the senses. The sights and sounds, smells and tastes are captivating. One night is never enough, but for us on this trip, […]
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A Mountain of Trash
March 28, 2014: Today I ventured well off the beaten track to a place you won’t find listed on Trip Advisor or promoted by tourism organizations. Nor should it be. […]
Books, Books, Books!
March 24, 2014: Not long ago, Janise (off the boat WIND CHIMES), Judy (MERIDIAN) and I went to Olongapo National High School to see the final results of a book […]
Spicy Squash/Pumpkin Soup
March 10, 2014: The grocery story in town was featuring squash on sale for 22 pesos per kilo (roughly 50 cents) this week, so it seemed like a good time […]
The Seahorse Marine Factory
March 3, 2014: The factory in China where MOKEN was built is located close to Macau. With my entry visa in hand, Jen dropped me off at the Macau-Gongbei border crossing and […]
Meeting Up With Jen in Macau
March 1-2, 2014: When I learned that my Ozzie friend Jen lived in Macau, we began talking about a visit, after all we practically lived in the same neighbourhood. This weekend, […]
Two Whirlwind Days in Hong Kong
February 27-28, 2014: As a visitor to the Philippines, you are supposed to have an outbound ticket to show at immigration on arrival. I usually buy the cheapest one-way ticket […]
Return to Subic
February 5-8, 2014: Our anchorage at Tara Island was about 150 nautical miles south of Subic Bay as the crow flies. In actuality, we covered closer to 190 nautical miles […]
Eighth Stop, Tara Island
February 4, 2014: When we were originally planning this trip (as well as the one we took in April last year) our target destination was El Nido on Palawan Island. […]
Seventh Stop, Culion
February 3, 2014: The next stop on our Busuanga Island circumnavigation took us a little off the beaten track to the town of Culion, just a short hop across the […]
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