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Philippines
Wood boat from Palawan to Manila
St Nicholas Shipping makes the run between El Nido Palawan to Manila twice a week. It takes two nights and a day. Passage was 1000 pesos per person and 650 pesos for my motorcycle. The ship leaves at 12 pm midnight and arrives at pier 2 in Manila around 5 am after the second night. […]
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East Timor
Bareback Horse racing in Oecussi
Traditional bareback horse races in Oecussi – East Timor. Horse racing is one of the big events in Oecussi. The other is waiting for the rainy season to start. The horsemen camp out near the airport under the trees and start racing in the late afternoon. I was able to go down and meet them […]
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Indonesia
Irian Jaya – Papua Barat
Irian Jaya – Papua Barat There is some political tension in Papua Barat because of an independence movement by some of the Papuans. The whole transmigration thing annoys them. The island of Java has a fairly high population so the government transplants Javanese throughout the island network of Indonesia to ease the population pressure at […]
Climbing Mount Apo
General Santos
Growing Orchids
Judy's Resto Bar
Logging with Motorcycles
Mount Mayon
Balabac Island
Biri Island
Calbiga Cave
Capul Island
Mangrove Swamp Palawan
Mikes's Resort