Welcome to the Torrid Zone
November 8, 2012: The torrid zone is the name given to one of the three geographical zones on Earth. Otherwise known as the tropics, it straddles the Equator and extends […]
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All Saints & Souls
November 2, 2012: Today was a national holiday in the Philippines. All Souls Day. Yesterday was one too. All Saints Day. These Catholic holidays are celebrated in many former Spanish […]
Party in the Streets
October 27, 2012: It’s been party central in Olongapo for the last three nights. What we first thought was simply a big sale at the SM City Mall actually turned […]
Our First Sea Cruise
October 21, 2012: Patrick and Jomari generously gave up their day off to help us take out MOKEN for the first time today. But first we had to install new […]
Pumps & Pizza
October 20, 2012: A couple of days ago, we stopped in at an electrical shop in Olongapo to order some 24 volt fans. Not an easy thing to come by […]
A Day in the Life…
Our days seem to be developing into a bit of a routine. Here’s what one of our early days in Subic looks like. A lot of it seems to revolve […]
When Ants Attack
The ants go marching one by one, hurrah, hurrah. The ants go marching one by one, hurrah, hurrah. The ants go marching one by one. The little one stops to […]
Sell, Sell, Sell
No, we’re not ready to sell MOKEN after just four days on board! But we thought you might like to see which toys we sold in preparation for this big new […]
Getting to Subic Bay
October 3rd, Vancouver Airport: Fall is here in full force. The winds are up. The air has a certain chill to it. The leaves are falling. Must be time to take our leave. […]
Nine More Sleeps
We’re getting down to the wire. We fly to the Philippines on October 3rd. And today it’s already September 24. With just nine sleeps left, there’s still lots to do, […]
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