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 […]
Category Archives: Ports of Call
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 […]
Sixth Stop, Storm Shelter
January 31 – February 2, 2014: Tropical depression evolving into a tropical storm. Category two storm warnings posted for Northern Palawan. Storm expected to pass overhead on Saturday evening. Winds […]
Fifth Stop, Sangat Island
January 29-31, 2014: After a leisurely start to the day, with coffee and two gigantic fresh fruit platters for breakfast, we set off for our next destination, Sangat Island. It […]
Fourth Stop, Diving in Coron Bay
January 22-27, 2014: One of the attractions drawing us back to Northern Palawan again is a big cluster of shipwrecks sunk in and around Coron Bay during World War II. […]
Fourth Stop, Coron Side Trip
January 26, 2014: After a few days of diving, we decided we wanted a break. Following farewell pancakes with our new dive buddy Bruce, we rented a dirt bike from Ann & […]
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