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Chaw Rubber Bushings Cebu
Meet Chaw – owner of Chaw Rubber Bushings under the overpass in Talisay Cebu. He recycles old truck tires by carving them into bushings for motor mounts, vibration dampeners, shock absorbers, and any other application you can think off. Chaw’s fabrication plant I always respect a man that is highly skilled and is proud of [...]
Buying Land in the Philippines
Buying Land in the Philippines One of the biggest dangers in the Philippines – for the foreigner, is to get the idea to buy land with money he can not afford to loose. Foreigners may not own land in the Philippines – he must find someone willing to put the title in their name when [...]
Super Cat Schedule – 2GO
Super Cat Ferry - now operating as 2GO Ferry The Supercat Fast Ferry Corporation Pier 4, North Reclamation Area Cebu City, 6000 Philippines TIN 215-277-474-001-VAT www.SuperCat.com.ph The Super Cat Schedule effective October 2009 Cebu to Ormoc 05:45 AM, 11:00 AM, 04:40PM Ormoc to Cebu 08:20 AM, 01:45 PM, 07:15PM Cebu to Tagbilaran 08:30AM, 12:30PM, 04:30PM [...]
Butanding Patay Manila
Philippine whale sharks Butanding Patay – It was a bummer that this 5 meter whale shark was found dead, bobbing up and down in the Manila bay last week. The picture in the paper shows the whale shark wrapped up in a net but it had been used to tow the fish ashore, and the [...]
Island Hopping to Balabac
Island hopping in the Philippines – with a motorbike is one way to see a lot of the country. Here is an account of a trip from Ormoc, Leyte to Balabac, Palawan. A typhoon was approaching so I decided not to delay and got on the next boat from Ormoc to Cebu City. This is [...]
Boats and Bridges Cebu
Cebu waterfront There’s always a buzz of activity along the waterfront in the channel between Cebu City and Mactan Island. It’s the hub for transportation, shipping, and industry in the Visayas. Scrap yards full of iron to be recycled, oil tanks for Petron, fire boats, ferries, fishing vessels and bridges make it kind of interesting. [...]
Philippine Shipwrecks
Shipwrecks in the Philippines In the words of Freddie Mercury – and another one gone, and another one gone, another one bites the dust! The Abu Sayaf and the New Peoples Army are often cited as reasons for foreigners to fear traveling in the Philippines, but the lackluster attention paid to safe sailing between the [...]
Buying Goldfish
Buying Goldfish Only in the Philippines would you expect a vendor to be selling goldfish from a motorcycle with a side cart. This mobile tropical fish store on wheels was well planned. Two large black rubbish bins held the water and tanks were set up on top on a piece of plywood. There was a [...]
Catbalogan Again
Weekend in Catbalogan – Samar I hopped on my motorbike and drove the 220 kilometers to Catbalogan in about 4 1/2 hours. There was no rain and the road was beautiful, complete with white center stripes and a gold painted edges. This wouldn’t sound like a big deal to someone that has never been to [...]
Ox cart with vegetables
Ox cart with vegetables on the road in Leyte. I’m not sure if coconuts are vegetables or fruits but I do enjoy buko juice every now and then. Coconuts, jackfruit, and saging (bananas). Fried bananas are a food staple in the Philippines. Here are some fruits and vegetables found in the Philippines. Rambutan This sweet [...]
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