SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM
November 21, 2012: Chris and I were a little surprised to discover how popular SPAM is here, although I kind of had an inkling. I remember being in the Filipino […]
Category Archives: Ports of Call
Market Fresh
November 16, 2012: Today was market day! In reality, every day is market day here but today I actually went. I met my new friend Sachi at Starbucks this morning […]
Into the Subic Soup
November 15, 2012: A few days ago, I decided to go diving and stopped in to check out the dive shop closest to the marina, Boardwalk Dive Center. It’s local, the prices […]
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 […]
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 […]
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