Fish Market Samar fish market The fishermen show up early in the morning at the pier in Catbalogan so they can sell their catch before the morning sun gets too intense. Read more...   Basey Samar Basey to Sohoton Basey is a neat little fishing town on the southern coast of the island of Samar. It rains so much that many of the motorbikes have roofs. Read more...   Eastern Samar Eastern Samar In Eastern Samar you can get fresh yellowfin tuna for 120 pesos a kilo. Blue marlin goes for 130 pesos kilo. Read more...   Python Cave Python Cave Guimit Island is legendary for it's Philippine pythons and a strategic cave that the Japanese used as a hideout in WW2. A local cave expert Joni Bonifacio invited me along for the day to do a little research. Read more...   Road to Taft Road through the Taft Rainforest in central Samar We decided to take a cruise over the mountain on the road to Taft in central Samar. The vegetation is lush and the rivers are pure. Read more...   Jiabong caves Jiabong Cave - Samar Joni Bonifacio of Trexplore led a group of 11 through part of the Jiabong cave system this past weekend. (June 13-15 2008) pic by Joni We camped near one of the entrances to the Lobo cave system and spent 3 days swimming the underground rivers and crawling through the mud. Read more...   Charter Day Catbalogan Charter Day Parade Catbalogan celebrated one year of officially becoming a city on June 16 2007. I am not sure what that means but the parade was pretty cool. Read more...   Roble Shipping Roble Shipping - Cebu to Samar The easiest way to get from Cebu City to Catbalogan in Samar is to take the overnight Roble ferry the "Ormoc Stars". Travel in the Philippines by boat is a great way to go if you enjoy being on the water. Many of the ferries used are second hand Japanese boats that have been reconditioned. They're not pristine but they get the job done. Read more...   Calbiga Cave Calbiga Cave System Joni of Trexplore in Catbalogan organized the Oct 2007 exploration of this huge karst formation in southern Samar. The team spent 2 nights in the cave before emerging to a drizzly but lovely day. Read more...   Naponod Cave Naponod Cave There are 4 caves in the Jailbong Cave system near Catbologan, Samar in the Philippines. These are relatively untouched with 2 of them have just been explored for the first time in 2006. Read more...

<< Start < Prev 1 2 3 Next > End >>