Tropical Depression Scenery
Hi,
A little over a week ago the effects of a strong tropical depression heading for the coast of China manifested in my area as unusually large waves. Well, just up the beach from me about a quarter of a mile is the designated surfing area in La Union. For some reason there are not many [...]
Life In The Philippines Isn’t All Storms
Here’s a picture my dear wife , the Unofficial Cook snapped a month or so ago when we were at Clark for lunch. The exact same picture could have been snapped about 60 years ago because I would “escape” to the airport (at that time, N07, Lincoln Park) every chance I had to escape. [...]
More Market Posts
We’ve changed server locations and had a few other unavoidable delays. But things should work better from now on. I’m going to post some more of the excellent market photos that Thomas Glenn was so kind to provide:
San Gabriel Market — Photo Essay — Part 1
Today I have another treat for us, those interested in sightseeing, learning the countryside and (my kinda folk) those who like to eat. Thomas Glenn, one of our PhilFAQS guest writers gave me another great post with especially wonderful pictures. It’s most kind of Tom to share and the pictures are big, so [...]
Philippine Touring — Beating the Heat
A blogging colleague of mine, Tyler Cruz lives up in the far, frozen north of Canada (well. not really that far north, Tyler lives on Vancouver island on the beautiful Strait of Georgia, down in Canada’s lovely southland, but it’s altogether far enough north for me
A week or so ago Tyler emailed me [...]
Philippine Touring — The Republic Begins
Last week I wrote about the beginnings, to the Western mind at least, of the nation of the Philippines down in delightful Cebu. Philippine Touring From The Beginning.
In that article I mentioned how often people who live right next to important historic, tourist-worthy sites often ignore them for years … so last week Mita, the [...]
Philippine Touring From The Beginning
I’ve decided that in general on Tuesdays I am going to write more about “going around” to different places in the Philippines. They won’t always be monumental trips but I do move about the country and the Unofficial Cook reminded me the other day that except for our lovely but too short jaunt to Macau [...]
Philippine Things To Do
It’s almost that time again. Starting Thursday the 12th of February 2009 the 14th Annual Philippine Balloon fest will kick off at the former “Clark Field”, now the Clark Special Economic Zone. The official Philippine Balloon Fest schedule is here. I attended this event two years ago and it was great, looking [...]
Philippine Retirement. Where’s the Time Off?
I get tons of searches here at PhilFAQS, home of the answers to frequently asked questions about living in the Philippines and many emails all on the subject of finding a job here in the Philippines. Most of these are from people with a lot more “wishful thinking” than “gas in their [...]
Walk About 18 Jan 2009
I’ve been slacking off a little, although I certainly do walk each and every day … my wife goes over to her mom’s house every afternoon and if I want supper, it’s up top me to go fetch her at six pm or so
No, not really she loves me and loves feeding me [...]
Walk About 15 Jan 2009
I took a slightly shorter walk today, again later than I normally would because it has been downright cool early on in the day. Last night when we were watching TV we actually closed the door and the windows in the living room, haven’t done that since the last time there was [...]
Walk About 14 Jan 2009
I was chatting with my friend Bob last night and this morning and I finally convinced myself to get busy and take some action regarding getting and staying fit. I weigh too darn much, my waistline has expanded to the point I have nearly new clothes that don’t fit me and it’s a pretty easy [...]
Former Bases and Toll Roads to Get There
How do you get to those former bases you have been writing about, Dave? Well, it’s easy. Here’s the layout of where the bases are and the handrawn red lines are the US-quality toll roads connecting them to Metro Manila. Tooll fee from Manila to Clark about $4 USD, $2.50 or so to go on [...]
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