The Phillipines is a great country to travel in, can't believe I missed it the first time around in Asia. I explored a good deal of the Visayas on this first leg of the trip, traveling overland and by ferry through Mindoro, Panay, Negros, Cebu and Bohol. When I return in February I will check out the east side, should be some good diving around that time. I finally tried some balut and found out what all the fuss is about. Balut is a trademark Phillipino snack, basically a boiled fertilized duck egg. The balut sellers only come out at night, [View Full Entry]

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So far there aren't any super exciting stories to tell, it has been more like vacation than traveling to this point as I have spent the majority of my time in one place. Things got a little crazy when I arrived in Manila, the fourth typhoon of the month ripped through and the city was without electricity for quite a few hours. A densely populated impoverished megacity is about the last place I would like to be during a natural disaster, but fortunately things got back to normal fairly quickly and I was able to move on. I planned on spending [View Full Entry]

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Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, Guatemala, Belize, Mexico [View Full Entry]

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Guatemala, El Salvador [View Full Entry]

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Uganda, Kenya, Egypt [View Full Entry]

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Tanzania [View Full Entry]

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Kenya, Egypt [View Full Entry]

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Egypt, Jordan [View Full Entry]

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Egypt [View Full Entry]

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Laos, Thailand [View Full Entry]

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