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Philippines

Underground River Sabang Palawan

St Paul Cave Underground River Sabang Palawan The underground river in Sabang is a huge tourist attraction for good reason. It’s easy to get to, relatively inexpensive, and it really is spectacular! The cave itself is said to be around 21 kilometers long, but the underground river only goes back around 8 kilometers. Spelunkers could [...]

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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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Bali

White Cow

Bali cremation ceremony The big white cow was being made for the cremation of a holy man that had died in Ubud at the old age of 104 years. The fourth son, Ketut was in charge of organizing the production and invited me down to take a few photos. They had been working on it [...]

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Indonesia

L’Petite Kepa Alor

Diving in Alor Alor is reputed to be a great place to dive. The information I have here is very limited but if anyone cares to add please write to the forum and I will cut and paste the information at the end of this story. Dive shop advertisement welcome as well. Across the channel [...]