Palawan 2015: Matinloc’s Dark Secret
March 9, 2015: There’s trouble in paradise. I’m not talking about the amount of garbage left behind by the hundreds of tourists that descend on Matinloc Island every day. There […]
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Palawan 2015: Matinloc Island
March 9-11, 2015: Approaching the southern tip of Matinloc Island, we didn’t get much of a sense of what lay in store for us. Looking at our chart, we knew […]
Palawan 2015: A Week in El Nido
February 28 – March 7, 2015: Our first order of business after setting the hook on our arrival in El Nido was getting the kayaks in the water and paddling […]
Palawan 2015: Coron to El Nido
February 26-28, 2015: This is our third adventure into Palawan province, reportedly the most beautiful and natural region of the Philippines…although development is moving in quick as more and more […]
Palawan 2015: Subic to Coron
February 21-25, 2015: When Chris arrived back in Subic on February 17, he had a couple of projects to tackle before we could set off on our Palawan adventures on […]
Pinoy Top Ten
January 31, 2015: These are my personal lists of the things I love about the Philippines and the things I don’t. They are random. They aren’t exhaustive, well-researched or particularly […]
Lump Goes for a Swim
Lump or Lumpia are nicknames I’ve taken to calling Nukaat. Lump from a song of the same name by the Presidents of The United States of America that I now […]
Oslob’s Vertical Whale Sharks
October 28-29, 2014: Even more than a month after snorkelling with whale sharks at Oslob, I’m still not really sure how I feel about the whole experience. On one hand, […]
Diving at Moalboal
October 25-28, 2014: There are a surprising number of dive shops in the small seaside town of Moalboal, but we settled on Neptune Dive Centre close to our bungalow. With […]
Cebu Getaway
October 24-29, 2014: When my friend Tara, from Canada, said she wanted to come for a visit in the Philippines, little did I know it would take us to a […]
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