pre-departure

This has nothing to do with the actual trip - thought I'd share a little on how folks live here. This is the lounge room where we're staying (you can see the wooden couch bottom left of pic. At night they push what little furniture there is to the side and lay out a woven mat on the bare concrete floor and that's bed for the night

Tiwi Springs

January 10th 2011
Well we went to Tiwi Hot Springs with a cast of thousands . . . . . well 15 of us in the car actually. Bit of a tight squeeze, but we made it. The interesting thing about Tiwi Springs is that since they built the Geothermal Power Plant nearby, the plant draws all the heat leaving on Tiwi Springs now - not much help for the local tourist economy. Got some interesting snaps anyway. [url=htt ... read more

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The Philippine Islands became a Spanish colony during the 16th century; they were ceded to the US in 1898 following the Spanish-American War. In 1935 the Philippines became a self-governing commonwealth. Manuel QUEZON was elected President and was ta... ... read more

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