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A Family Visit on the Hollywood Jetty

October 14, 2013 – 9:24 am
Young Boy on the Hollywood Jetty

Peaking out the window of my hotel room’s bathroom this morning, I was greeted with clear blue skies. That’s great after so much rain. However, as in life, the change in weather brings bad as well as good. It was sunny yesterday, too, and the heat was hard to deal with and retain a “sunny” disposition. I don’t imagine the heat will be any friendlier …

Cycling to Guiuan, Samar

October 13, 2013 – 9:11 am
Two Girls at the Waterfront in Guiuan

I didn’t have a chance to see my hostess from the hotel of videoke horror before I left. As I went downstairs to take a shower in the common bathroom and such things, I had to pass the kitchen, and though many people said good morning to me, it seemed that my hostess was avoiding me. I couldn’t really blame her. In the cold light …

Quinapondan and a Night of Videoke Torment

October 12, 2013 – 8:55 am
Rice Field in Quinapondan

I did stay in Quinapondan to give my knee a chance to recover a bit. I had a pretty good day and a less than perfect night. The dreaded videoke horror reared its ugly head. And since it was a Friday night, it wasn’t much fun for the poor foreigner.
After breakfast, I grabbed my camera and headed out into the town. I brought all my …

A Night in Amambucale, Samar

October 11, 2013 – 8:35 am
Halloween in Amambucale

I made the snap decision to head for the Guiuan peninsula on Samar before heading south and eventually out of the Philippines. I had a vague idea of going up the east coast of Samar and then crossing over the interior mountains and doing a loop back to Leyte, but a bum right knee has caused me to rethink that idea. I will probably go …