Incidents of Travel: Philippines

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January 18th 2024

Published: January 18th 2024

The shanties of Cebu City are nothing more than crates stacked on top of each other, waiting for the next typhoon to sweep them away. There are no sidewalks. Exhaust-blackened storefronts offer junk for sale. Tattered laundry flaps from second-floor windows. Stray dogs lie in the middle of the road. Children play among piles of unused construction material—broken cinder blocks, rusted pipes, fra... Read Full Entry

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Karaoke Night

No one escapes karaoke in the Philippines.

Love Birds

We visited a farm where the kids could feed the animals. Vivienne loved it.

Laura and Lennon

Magellan's Cross

This cross was supposedly erected by Magellan when he landed in Cebu. I love the forlorn mylar jumbojet balloon hovering above it.

Pony Girl

El Nido Bay

View from our cottages in El Nido

So many beaches

Vann sings

Vann was the drummer for Family Tree, a moderately successful band back in the 60s

Outdoor dining in El Nido

This was taken at the resort where we stayed the night our flight to Bohol was canceled. The table was so close to the water that we occasionally got sprayed.

Homeward

We took the jet boat from Bohol back to Cebu for our return flight home.

Cebu foot massagers

Feast

This is the glass dining room aboard the barge

Lapu-Lapu

It's weird. Filipinos honor both Magellan, who brought them Catholocism and Lapu-Lapu, the chieftain who killed Magellan in battle.

El Nido beach

The beaches were backed by forests of coconut palms

19th January 2024

Barbara X Brown
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Jon thanks for your generous brilliant discourse. Loved it! Now in my paradise second home in Ko Yao Noi Thailand, a small island an hour away from Phuket. So peaceful here, no squalor. People do not have the western disease of greed. Giving is getting, magical. XOXO

20th January 2024

Dr Jon
Jon Pearce

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Are you permanent there? Love to visit.

7th February 2024

michael conniff
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one of the best!
Always love Jon's posts about exotic travels. My wife lived there and visited and finds Philippines fascinating. The antics of tourism and identity mystify, but Jon portrays them with humor and empathy. Maybe Jon will travel to one of my places (Panama, Brazil, Central America) so I can validate his hilarious accounts. Keep it up Jon!

18th February 2024

Dr Jon
Jon Pearce

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Well I got Panama (read your book) and Brazil (almost got shot) off my list.

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