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June 25th 2008

Published: June 25th 2008

Malapascua Island was purportedly an idyllic tropical paradise, an unknown little island tucked away just north of the big island of Cebu. Until thresher sharks were discovered on the nearby shoals, Malapascua was simply an island of villages. Since then, a diving boom has created a string of resorts and dive shops along the white sand beach, traditional thatch huts and a tiki bar with a thatch ... Read Full Entry

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Tilly

What can you say? so cute!!

Dusk on Malapascua Island

The Island charmed us with its big sky, before the sky fell on the island.

Candlelit dinner

What a tropical paradise.

The bar at night

The diesel generator and electricity were a nice touch.

Tiki Bar

This was the Tiki Bar at Blue Water beach resort. The winds were still ripping the palms two days later

Philippines Bus Service

One of these yellow suckers took us to and from Maya from Cebu city.

The meeting house on Malapascua

or what was left of it.

What to do in a typhoon

What else can be done?

RIP Malapascua Beach Divers

The sign says it all.

Frank's fury

Exciting. Only because we were in a concrete building.

Aftermath

Thresher Shark Divers gave us their roof for a post-modern work of building material and palm fronds.

Big Waves

It didn't look like this beach had seen seas like this often.

25th June 2008

mom
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glad you are safe
Wow! Typhoon Frank is called Typhoon Fengshen here, for the Chinese goddess of wind. What an experience! The wetlands destruction for aquaculture must have allowed for much more significant flooding than they have seen before. Hopefully there will be international aid for the people there soon. We read that the US Navy assisted with the ferry rescue efforts. Looks like thre ios a great need for reconstruction and food as well.

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