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Swallowed by an Anaconda
... seemed a selfish and unnecessary thing to be worrying too much about. On the third day, my ankle really swelled up more and I decided I must have sprained my ankle at the same time as cracked the big toe bone. But by day 9, yesterday, the swelling was still not going down, so I decided we had best go to an orthopaedic doctor to know if maybe some ligaments had been torn or something and if I was supposed to be doing some exercises or something.
When we arrived ...
Davao and Samal Island
... moon reflected off the ocean and you can also see the city lights from Davao here. Davao is only a 5 minute boat ride from where our hotel is.
11/19/11
Day 51
Today was a pretty crazy day. I told Nel's sister's that I would let them stay with me for a few nights because they live in Mindanao, which is the most dangerous part of the Philippines. I figured that the more locals I was with, the ...
Highway Vistas
... and exceed your expectations. The town is synonymous with "durian", a large, spiky fruit, native to the tropical rainforests of Mindanao. The flavour of durian is sweet, but the odour is nearly overwhelmingly repelling and offensive, even when the husk is intact. True durian lovers say the fruit smells like hell but it tastes like heaven. The best way to taste this "King of the fruits" yourself is a visit to the Durian Garden, located just alongside the highway. It ...
Davao mayor punches sheriff
... been distributing meals to the victims every day since the incident, and he was saying how even though it was very little in the scheme of things, there is no organised civil defense here. The flash floods took everyone by surprise, along with the typhoon. Davao has always enjoyed respite from the many natural calamities that beset other cities, because it is surrounded on 3 sides by a bay and Mt Apo on the west, which has protected the city from typhoons in ...
A Vedic Wedding Ceremony
... what had happened and the distraught wife told us how in the morning these thugs had come and told them that the land was not theirs and they had no right to be building a new hut there. They said that they were working for the real owner, who had seen the development and decided it was time to put a stop to this. They just started demolishing it in front of their eyes. No warning, nothing. The husband went to the police and the lawyer but he could not stop them, and ...
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