Thursday, February 21, 2013
Monday, February 18, 2013
Friday, February 15, 2013
How to... replace a missing bench
Again, the busterminal in Tacloban, a real quarry of curiosities.
Not enough benches or some seats that are missing? Just take a string and attach it to some plasticchairs. There is your bench.
Still not enough benches? Just carry on doing it...
Not enough benches or some seats that are missing? Just take a string and attach it to some plasticchairs. There is your bench.
Still not enough benches? Just carry on doing it...
Philippines XVI
Some picture from on the road. At first the ever-so-present church
and then a picture from the nightferry
and then a picture from the nightferry
Man vs Beast II
...or tourism vs 'eco'-tourism
After not finding the Tarsier in Mindanao i moved to Bohol. Bohol is said to be the only place to find Tarsiers. A lot of people believe that even though it's not true. Tourism in Bohol mainly relys on tourists visiting the 'choclate hills'. A few hills where there's only gras growing. I looked at them driving by with the bus. I would rather want to see a proper forest. There's enough empty space around here. So i informed myself because i wanted to see the tarsiers in the wild.
Oportunity 1 would be the touristzoo with tarsiers in cages that on top calls himself 'conservation blabla'. A joke. I didn't even consider going there.
Oportunity 2 would be the harder to reach and therefore less visited alternative. But they provide and maintain a protected area for the species and from time to time there's even research going on. There works the guy who initiated the whole Conservationprogram. For those reasons i went there and would recommend it to everybody to do so.
There you're going to find a bushy forest of some 170 hectares. In the middle of the forest there's a little house with information and next to it an enclosure. Well, wasn't really what i expected of seeing them in the wild. During the night they get attracted by lights, because they're mainly feeding on insects. I couldn't tell if they really stay by choice. But the lady guiding us told me, if they wanted to leave, they could. Well during daytime they sleep in the bushes.
Then you just have to find them. Which is a challenge cause they're only as big as a hand.
Here is a picture of the entire animal with the long tail (at the bottom left corner of the picture)
And her one from the forest
After not finding the Tarsier in Mindanao i moved to Bohol. Bohol is said to be the only place to find Tarsiers. A lot of people believe that even though it's not true. Tourism in Bohol mainly relys on tourists visiting the 'choclate hills'. A few hills where there's only gras growing. I looked at them driving by with the bus. I would rather want to see a proper forest. There's enough empty space around here. So i informed myself because i wanted to see the tarsiers in the wild.
Oportunity 1 would be the touristzoo with tarsiers in cages that on top calls himself 'conservation blabla'. A joke. I didn't even consider going there.
Oportunity 2 would be the harder to reach and therefore less visited alternative. But they provide and maintain a protected area for the species and from time to time there's even research going on. There works the guy who initiated the whole Conservationprogram. For those reasons i went there and would recommend it to everybody to do so.
There you're going to find a bushy forest of some 170 hectares. In the middle of the forest there's a little house with information and next to it an enclosure. Well, wasn't really what i expected of seeing them in the wild. During the night they get attracted by lights, because they're mainly feeding on insects. I couldn't tell if they really stay by choice. But the lady guiding us told me, if they wanted to leave, they could. Well during daytime they sleep in the bushes.
Then you just have to find them. Which is a challenge cause they're only as big as a hand.
Here is a picture of the entire animal with the long tail (at the bottom left corner of the picture)
And her one from the forest
Beast:
1 Tiburonny: 1, eventhough i don't really count it as a win. But probably you have to be happy to be able to still see them.
Sunday, February 10, 2013
Friday, February 8, 2013
Thursday, February 7, 2013
Campamento Cave
Bad weather and bad waves, let's go caving. There, it doesn't matter.
Roots at the entrance of the cave
At the entrance of the cave
Unfortunately, the stalagmites/ stalactites weren't that impressive like in the last cave
In exchange there was a big spider
The height of the rooms was all the more impressive, here even with a breaktrough. Unfortunately for the size of the rooms a lot of the picture didn't turn out good so you have to imagine the rest for yourself, hehe.
Roots at the entrance of the cave
At the entrance of the cave
Unfortunately, the stalagmites/ stalactites weren't that impressive like in the last cave
In exchange there was a big spider
The height of the rooms was all the more impressive, here even with a breaktrough. Unfortunately for the size of the rooms a lot of the picture didn't turn out good so you have to imagine the rest for yourself, hehe.
Wednesday, February 6, 2013
Philippines XV
idyllic tropics for the ones...
...a beautiful Righthander for the others. Not the most inviting Line-up shot, but the waves were too inviting to keep on making pictures (shoulderhigh and offshore). Ont top of that, like so often, i had to surf alone. It starts to get boring. Send someone to surf with me, please.
...a beautiful Righthander for the others. Not the most inviting Line-up shot, but the waves were too inviting to keep on making pictures (shoulderhigh and offshore). Ont top of that, like so often, i had to surf alone. It starts to get boring. Send someone to surf with me, please.
Friday, February 1, 2013
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