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Swallowed by an Anaconda
... was engrossed in a conversation with some Filipino nurses who were returning back home after a few years away in Canada and the US.
Once they arrived and I met Karen, who has been here about 6 weeks now, then we got down to the business of preparing for the New Year’s program, as well as meeting the children from both the childrens homes and organizing some programs for the village kids. Kim and Karen worked on building some walkways with coconut ...
Vacation - With Chell
... the islands and the clear waters around us...
Just like everyone I also totally forgot the bday cake cutting for Chell, amidst the fun day, but we definitely saw Chell holding up the birthday cake during the day.. got it on pic too... but never knew what happened to it later... my doubts are still on Chell.. but she claims that she never got a piece of it.. lol.. hmm.. the unsolved mystery continues..
28-Nov-2011
After a tiring day in Samal Islands, ...
Highway Vistas
... symbol of the Philippines.
After leaving Davao it is only a 45 minute drive to Santa Cruz, the oldest municipality in Davao del Sur, a province sprawling along the shores of South-eastern Mindanao with banks that are brimming with rock formations. Santa Cruz is a small and quaint coastal town that is well known for its excellent seafood restaurants, most of them located along the shoreline and overlooking the sea. You will be swept away by its peace and ...
The trees are crying
... are no real farmers currently amongst the owners, and no plan has yet been made to make use of this land in an eco-tourism or educational sense. So far, the easiest solution for "development" of this land, is to partition it again and sell off the plots to others – having done this already in the past has set a dangerous precedent though. Now as more people start ...
A Vedic Wedding Ceremony
... Sri Lankan fellow who lives at, and manages the centre. I didn’t quite understand the centre’s mission and affiliation, but anyway, he was the administrator for the centre and had basically retired there. He was explaining how he had renounced all his family and was now a sannyasi. He was a very dignified and educated man, who had previously been a professor of plant pathology at a University in Canada. He made the decision after his wife left him for ...


