Do not throw anything
Do not throw anything in the sea or anywhere else than a trash bin. Last Friday morning Fishermen had found a dead sea-turtle floating and it was starting to smell. This is an excerpt of an article...
Category: Nature
Sea Turtle Photo-Bomb
Sea Turtle Photo-Bomb – Diovani De Jesus writes: We were posing for a group photo at Apo Island when this sea turtle surfaced to breathe and photo-bombed! This shallow area in Apo Island, Negros...
Hibok-Hibok Brew – Camiguin for Coffee Lovers
Hibok-Hibok Brew from Camiguin – Camiguin for Coffee Lovers! What a surprise, today we discovered “Mount Hibok-Hibok Brew”, the first coffee from Camiguin. This morning, after having checked what typhoon MAYSAK/Chedeng is doing out there...
Typhoon MAYSAK/Chedeng now Cat.4
Typhoon MAYSAK/Chedeng continued to weaken while approaching the Philippines. Central pressure is now at 935 hPa. Forward speed slowed down to 15 km/h west-northwest. The title photo had been shot by Samantha Cristoforetti from...
Camiguin – the Sunbirds are nesting
Camiguin – the Sunbirds are nesting everywhere. In our garden at least 6 couples are nesting. These beautiful little birds fly from one hibiscus to the other to collect nectar. They enjoy us with their...
Jellyfish Alert in Camiguin
Jellyfish Alert in Camiguin – on Agoho Beach several people got stung by small jellyfish. Be careful! Before going swimming ask local people about the jellyfish on your beach. Small jellyfish are currently in...
Camiguin Ferry Accident – update
Camiguin Ferry Accident: The Super Shuttle Ferries #11 and #15 stranded during a towing on November 26. After damaging many coral blocks, the Super Shuttle Ferry 15 had been floated and towed away. Super Shuttle Ferry 11...
Mega Banana in Camiguin – world record
Mega Banana is growing in Nasaag (Camiguin, where else…). At the Volcan Beach Resort a banana risks to beat the world record. Confirmation from Guinness is expected. 473 Bananas on one plant in El Hiero, Gran Canaria...
PhilPost is cleaning up
PhilPost or PhlPost seems to be cleaning up. A week ago a new postman came over to our house and brought some mail. He also told us that there was some more mail in our P.O....
Dynamite fishing
Dynamite fishing and cyanide fishing are the worst that can happen to corals and other animals around our islands. Even 15 years after stopping this awful practice, nature did not yet recover. When you...
This is Camiguin – an outstanding video
This is Camiguin – an outstanding video about this little island in the Bohol Sea. Take 5 minutes, lean back and enjoy! And if you like the movie, share it. This movie should go viral...
Philippines Weather News
Philippines Weather News – The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) has successfully launched Himawari-8. The new weather satellite is in orbit since October 7, 2014. JMA also has modified their 3 hourly isobar maps. We have updated...
Camiguin – the Dolphin Surprise
Camiguin, the little volcanic island between Bohol and Mindanao is always good for a surprise. Dolphins can often be seen when on a ferry between Camiguin and Mindanao or Camiguin and Bohol. At this...
A Saturday morning dive – CANON PowerShot G-12
Yesterday I published some pictures of our Saturday underwater stroll. I got very motivating feedback and you asked lots of questions. You asked me about my equipment. It’s a CANON PowerShot G-12. Unfortunately Canon discontinued...
A Saturday morning dive with Arno
It’s nice to have a neighbor who is a dive instructor and a professional photographer. This morning Arno asked me if I would like to go for a dive in “our garden”. “Our garden”...
Diver’s Depression
Diver’s Depression – do not to confound with diver’s decompression – can occur when encountering human made destruction under water. It happened to me yesterday. OK, it hadn’t been a sunny day yesterday. Heavy...
iPad – no, PADI
I do not have an iPad, but since yesterday I have my PADI Open Water. I had been snorkeling since I had been 12 years old. It’s always been funny, but the summer season in...
Mantigue with friends
Mantigue is the little sister of Camiguin Island. Camiguin is known to be the friendliest island in the Philippines. This is why you always go to Mantigue with friends. And when you come back...
White Island Sunset
How will be today’s sunset? Yesterday we had a wonderful White Island Sunset. White Island is an uninhabited white sandbar located about 1.4 kilometres (0.87 miles) off the northern shore of Agoho/Yumbing in the volcanic island of Camiguin in the Philippines. The island is...
Feelippines: Subic Bay Tourists will have to pay
Tourism establishments in Subic Bay were directed by officials of the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) to start collecting Environment and Tourism Administrative Fee (ETAF) from tourists as the new policy was officially implemented...
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