South Sea Resort 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.

... meininki. Seuraavaksi edessa parin paivan chillailu Cebussa ja sitten onkin aika jattaa Filippiinit (ja ymparilla jalleen jyllaavat taifuunit) rauhaan. Lentoliput ostettu Cebusta 22. paivaksi ja seuraavaksi suunnataankin viimeisten paakallonmetsastajien kotikonnuille treffaamaan oranssiturkkisia pirulaisia.. Borneo on my mind!

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... 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 ...

... mielessa> mutta mystinen Siquijor veti puoleensa.. Aamulla kaupan kattoon kiinnitetty apina antoi yllattaen 'pikku tukkaraivot' allekirjoittaneelle. Taman jalkeen alkoi sataa kaatamalla ja paivan lehdesta luettiin etta myrskyn huippu oli vasta edessa pain. Ei siis mennyt ihan putkeen tamakaan aamu.

Bussi starttasi Cebusta kohti ...

... 8217;s competing and about 4/5 different awards. Luke Wright won first prize for street dancing and 2nd and 3rd in other categories. Needless to say this ...

... the Island I am on) is the land of smiles. So They got off and then someone else sat next to me - riht in the sick - MMMmmmm and all was well again - I was just reieved the fat kid didnt spill his guts on my bag :-) I got into Dumaguete and got a bike driver to drop me at the hotel which was good and cheap and settled down for the night after a quick look around the maket and the cheapest meal I hav eten here in the Philippines. Today (the 10th) I ...

... I stare bleekly into our tiled basin which holds yellow brackish water that is to be used for flushing the toilet and showering with. All food, water and supplies must be brought to the island from Negros, only 8km away. Apo Island is ~200 acres and very rocky, mountainous terrain, devoid of freshwater. How do roughly 700-1000 people survive here? Most places like this are robbed of their resources and left in vain once life can no longer be sustained. I do not ...

Greetings to All! As I mentioned in my last entry I was able to attend a Peace Corps Project Design and Management Conference last week in the wonderful little town of Dumaguete on Negros Island. Last Sunday very late, or I should say very early Monday morning (our bus left at 2 am for Manila) another Northern Luzon PCV and I (along with our Filipino counterparts) headed to the conference. Not only was the conference a huge success but it was so fun to get to catch up with ...

... had just died in a hotel in town. His name, funnily enough, was Michael Douglas! He had a heart attack while having sex with a 16-year old prostitute he had picked up after a fight with his Missus since he was 'very depressed'...The guy stuffed his nose with some cocaine-style local drug and popped some viagra before the performance. Unfortunately for the poor young girl, he died on top of her moments later (not a good start for a young woman ...

... her deep voice had me wishing that I hadn't bothered exerting myself to swim over. "Do you have a girlfriend?" "Yes." I lied "Oh, a filipino girl?" "No, she's English." She/he looked most put out. "You don't like filipino girls?" "I like some filipino girls." "You want to swim over there and I follow you?" "Um.... no." I gradually started slowly moving away until I couldn't hear what she'he was saying and then turned around and swam very far out to sea. That night I wandered ...