Low Cost Carriers’ Surprises
Low Cost Carriers offer extremely cheap flights – and some surprises. But why can’t they offer clear and transparent fares? A sample: Today Cebu Pacific Air offers promo flights from Manila to Kuwait for...
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Terminal Fee
Terminal Fee is a magic word in the Fee-lippines. For any shack or shelter in a port or airport one has to pay the famous Terminal Fee. Some small progresses had been made in...
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...
No Ferry to Camiguin
No Ferry to Camiguin – Jagna (Bohol) and Cagayan de Oro are off line. OceanJet has stopped their services from Cagayan de Oro to Camiguin and Camiguin to Bohol. Super Shuttle Ferry has stopped...
Rainy Season Philippines
Today the Rainy Season Philippines has officially started. But this belongs only to the northern part of the country – mainly Luzon. The winds are finally turning. PAGASA has officially declared the onset of rainy season....
Singing Diplomat
Singing Diplomat – Switzerland Embassy’s number two is not only an excellent diplomat but also an astonishing entertainer. The new Counselor and Deputy Head of Mission, Mr. Raoul Imbach, started his new mission in...
The Diver’s Log
The Diver’s Log is a log-book where every diver notes technical data and observations of each dive. I got mine yesterday! This little story wouldn’t be worth to be written if the book weren’t so...
Earthquakes Philippines
Earthquakes Philippines page is updated and enhanced. The recent earthquake swarm in the sea off Cortes in Surigao del Sur and an interesting feedback from Juerg in Makato motivated us to make these changes. Since 2011 we...
Hacked and abused
Our website had been hacked and abused. A hacker from the Ukraine found a back-door in our spam protection. He got inside and used our server to send spam messages. The same hacker seems...
Boracay Sandcastle – a proposal
Boracay Sandcastle – a funny Love Story with an unexpected happy end. Our frequent readers know that we had been in Boracay two weeks ago. We usually stayed on White Beach at Azzurro Ristorante near of...
Diving with a cochlear implant
A cochlear implant (CI) is a surgically implanted electronic device that provides a sense of sound to a person who is profoundly deaf or severely hard of hearing. I progressively lost my hearing ability...
M/V Catherine – no update
On May 3 and 4 we wrote about the vanished crew of M/V Catherine off the shores of southern Palawan. Up to now neither our contacts in Palawan nor the Philippine National Police (PNP)...
Rosa’s Deli Camiguin
Rosa’s Deli in Camiguin opened their doors a bit more than 6 months ago. This Deli shop in Upper Cogon in Agoho is a real trump card for Camiguin. Camiguin has 3 super markets downtown Mambajao....
Kalibo International Airport
Kalibo International Airport among other airports in the country reflects the incapacity of the authorities to adopt even the lowest international standards. Manila’s NAIA-1 terminal had repeatedly been elected to be world’s worst international...
Selfie Season Boracay 2014
Boracay is known as the “Party-Island”. What do you bring home from a party? A “Selfie” of course. Click to enlarge Selfie Stick The great runner to be seen by ten thousands is the...
NAIA-4 goes international
NAIA-4 had been known for a long time under the name “Old Domestic Terminal”. Some years ago, Cebu Pacific Air, SEAIR and Asian Spirit operated from this terminal. Now NAIA-4 goes international. Cebu Pacific...
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...
Dam Levels critical in Luzon and Mindanao
The dam levels of the Angat Dam in Luzon and Lake Lanao and Pulangi River in Mindanao approach critical limits. Water elevation of Angat Dam, the main source of domestic water for Metro Manila and irrigation...
Bohol – Outstanding Aerial Movie
Brian Landry produced an Outstanding Aerial Movie in Bohol. Brian used a DJI Phantom 2 GPS Drone with a GoPro Hero 3+ camera. Below we show some screen shots. The original movie is available on YouTube. If you...
Singing In The Rain
Singing In The Rain – Yes I would if I could, but I can’t so I shan’t. I send a smile to all those people under the clouds, waiting for summer, waiting for sun. We are...
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