Date: July 2008 PEBBLED BEACH Dieppe, France Notes: "Dieppe is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region of France. A port on the English Channel, famous for its scallops, and with a regular ferry service from the Gare Maritime to Newhaven in England, Dieppe also has a popular pebbled beach, a 15th-century castle and the churches of Saint Jacques and Saint Rémi. During the later nineteenth century, Dieppe became popular with English artists as a beach resort. Prominent literary figures such as Arthur Symons loved to keep up with the latest fads o [View Full Entry]

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Date: 6 May 2009 Location: Loboc River, Bohol, Philippines MODEL 2009: Europe Philippines International Workshop on Modeling, Simulation and Grid Computing, May 4 - 6, 2009, Holy Name University, Tagbilaran City, Philippines POST-WORKSHOP TOUR: Loboc River Tour, Bohol From the photo collection of Raffy Saldana (http://raffysaldana.blogspot.com) [View Full Entry]

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Date: 6 May 2009 Venue: Hinagdanan Cave, Panglao Island, Bohol, Philippines Activity: We visited Hinagdanan Cave as part of the Post-Workshop Tour, MODEL 2009 (Europe-Philippines Workshop on Modelling, Simulation and Grid Computing), May 4 -6, 2009, Bohol, Philippines Notes: Hinagdanan Cave is a cave on Panglao Island, in Bohol Province, in the Philippines. It is a naturally lighted cavern with a deep lagoon and many large stalactites and stalagmites. The cave is lit by sunlight which filters through holes in the ceiling. The underground lake is a popular swimming spot, but it h [View Full Entry]

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Date: 6 May 2009 Venue: Loboc, Bohol, Philippines Activity: Post Workshop-Tour, MODEL 2009: Europe-Philippines International Workshop on Modelling, Simulation, and Grid Computing. Notes: A visit to Bohol is not complete without seeing the famous Philippine Tarsier. "The Philippine Tarsier (Tarsius syrichta), known locally as the Maumag in Cebuano/Visayan, is an endangered tarsier species endemic to the Philippines. It is found in the southeastern part of the archipelago, particularly in the islands of Bohol, Samar, Leyte, and Mindanao. Its name is derived from its elongated "tar [View Full Entry]

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Date: 6 May 2009 Venue: Chocolate Hills, Carmen, Bohol, Philippines Activity: Post-Workshop Tour of MODEL 2009 (Europe-Philippines International Workshop on Modeling, Simulation, and Grid Computing) held in Bohol, Philippines. Notes: "The Chocolate Hills is an unusual geological formation in Bohol, Philippines. It is composed of around 1,268 perfectly cone-shaped hills of about the same size, spread over an area of more than 50 square kilometres (20 sq mi). They are covered in green grass that turns brown during the dry season, hence the name. The Chocolate Hills are a famous to [View Full Entry]

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Date: 6 May 2009 Venue: Tagbilaran City, Bohol, Philippines Activity: Post-Workshop Tour, MODEL 2009 (Europe-Philippines International Workshop on Modeling, Simulation and Grid Computing), May 4 -6, 2009, Bohol, Philippines From the photo collection of Raffy Saldana (http://raffysaldana.blogspot.com) Notes: "The Sandugo is a blood compact, performed in native-Bohol style between the traveling Spanish explorer Miguel López de Legazpi and Datu Sikatuna of Bohol on March 16, 1565 in the Philippines to seal their friendship as part of the native customs. The pact was entered into by [View Full Entry]

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On May 10, 2009 (Sunday) I joined a group of colleagues (Panda Grid Workshop participants) on a boat trip to Pamilacan Island in Bohol, Philippines. From Flushing Meadows Resort (were we stayed) in Panglao Island, Bohol, the boat took us to Pamilacan Island (around 40 minutes, one way). Some of us went scuba diving and the others went snorkeling. The weather was very sunny (we were lucky because in Manila and Luzon there were heavy rains on that day). Pamilacan is a very small island. In the island I was able to take photos of fish being dried on the [View Full Entry]

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