Honeycomb Tourist Inn Dumaguete

... shop is managed by Easy diving, they are only using new gears and the setting is really well done, top class.

Thalatta is a small 16 rooms resort. The accommodations are very comfortable and built in a tropical garden.

The restaurant is also the best we have been in this area.

20.10.09 Dumaguete. Negros. Visayas. Filippinos.

..ja niin jai Siquijor taakse 12. mahtavan paivan jalkeen ja alkoi paluu hieman arkisemman oloiseen Cebuun. Lautalla ensin Siquijor Citysta Dumagueteen ja siita jatko dosalla Cebu cityyn (pikku lauttamatka valissa). 100 kilometrin taittamiseen taalla kuluu aikaa hulppeat 6 tuntia mutta ...

... paikalliseen kulttuuriin sellaisena kuin sita oikeasti taalla eletaan. Kylla katutanssit ynm yhteison juhlat aina hotellilla vetelehtimisen voittavat ja niissahan se autenttinen fiilis on. Syntymapaivajuhlat merenrannalla piristavat kummasti arkea ja naihin pirskeihinhan on aina koko yhteiso kutsuttu vauvasta vaariin. Natiivien kanssa hengailun ...

... of the official festival celebrations.





The next day the celebration continued and was full on KTV and by 11:00 we were in a local KTV ...

... a 3-day holiday, so off we went..to a 1864m assault hike. Never thought i'd see the day I'd pack for this sort of climb..and I survived! I was expecting fever and limpiing big time..but, all is well..body and mind. Looking forward for higher heights!

... But in the end I was educated by them, if you can only give to a few kids, then don't do it.

The city isn't the most cleanest place. But the air is certainly nicer than the bigger cities. Plenty of trees as well. Walked down to the Boulevard in the late afternoon. Started talking to a few local girls, who were studying at the college. They were saying the locals call the Boulevard of Broken Dreams. Because ...

... the newbies and feel comforted hat I get to see Jenna in a matter of weeks! Still laying on my bed with aloe & the fan, I close my eyes and it sounds like Long Beach Island, NJ. Children playing, waves crashing, a fan blowing, chatter, clanging of pots. Sounds that remind me of home, but are created by unfamiliar people in a far away place. I am so sick. I cannot stop coughing. My chest hurts and feels thick to breathe. I had myself a 5 second teary moment ...

... train people there, we can conduct training's throughout the other Municipalities. I will keep you posted on how this project progresses. On Friday morning a group of us headed to the beautiful little mountain municipality of Valencia about a half hour from Dumaguete. "Aunt" Peggy (PCV) as I fondly call her is assigned there and it truly is a wonderful site. It is a first class Municipality meaning it has received the highest rating and has strong infrastructure projects ...

... I was just so happy to be back on the water. We checked into a hut like hotel where the electricity goes out at 10PM, the toilets are just a white ceramic bowl without seats or a tank, and you only shower via bucket... or the ocean. I had a delicious dinner and basically headed to bed after a long day of traveling. Yesterday morning we had our first dive at 8AM. Only Jenna, Reggie, Julianne and I are certified divers. The first dive was ...

... his hands and I was getting a little nervous. They announced that the fight was ready to begin and out of a morbid curiosity I decided to watch. It was awful. Two guys hold the birds and push them together to agitate them. Once they're nice and riled they put them on the ground and the two cocks fly at each other and feathers go everywhere. After about a minute one of the birds is more ****ed than the other and the stronger ones stands on his defeated foe and proceeds to peck it ...