Good bye Kodak
During more than 40 years this little metal can had been part of my journey around the world. Ten thousands of slides are sleeping in their boxes. Time changes but Kodak missed the change....
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Historic picture of Hibok-Hibok Volcano ?
Today we got a historic picture of “young” Hibok-Hibok volcano or is it Mount Vulcan? “Young” means geologically young. We are still a bit troubled because the drawing seems to show Hibok-Hibok volcano from...
Cheating taxi drivers
Many tourists get shocked about the taxi drivers in the Philippines – but not only tourists. Is there really no solution to get rid of all this cheating taxi drivers? This is a mail...
Strong earthquake in Samar
A strong earthquake of magnitude 5.9 shook Samar yestarday evening at 8:55 PM. The earthquake was felt with intensity V in the surrounding towns of Hernani, Salcedo, Borongan and Guiuan in eastern Samar. The quake...
James Bond (aka. 007) is 50 years old today
Did you know? On January 16, 1962 the production of the first James Bond movie started in Jamaica. The next James Bond movie will be “Skyfall”. It will be in the theaters in autumn....
Do you fly naked?
You do not pay what they offer! You pay much more! Today we booked a flight for a friend. Cebu Pacific Air offered the flight from Cacayan de oro to Manila for PHP...
Good News from Manila Airport
Good news ONE: Pay less! The Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA) announced on Wednesday that the terminal fee for international flights from the Ninoy Aquino International Airport will go down from PHP 750 to...
It’s more fun in the Philippines
The DoT’s (Departement of Tourism) new campaign “It’s more fun in the Philippines” stimulates the creativity of the Pinoys. With a little luck this campaign will run around the world without big financial efforts...
Some Facts about Earthquakes in the Philippines in 2011
2011 the earth shook 814 times in the Philippines. We only count earthquakes whose origins were within the Philippines, although there could be felt some earthquakes from outside places. There are different elements that...
New bus website in the Philippines
During our recent trip to Panay and Boracay we discovered in Caticlan that “ALPS – the bus Incorporated” has now a website. ALPS has daily departures from Batangas to Alabang; Batangas to Lawton; Batangas...
2011 Typhoons in the Philippines
We have finished the 2011 Typhoons page and prepared the 2012 page. Last year 7 typhoons and tropical storms hit the Philippines. Not strong winds but heavy rains killed lots of people and created...
It’s more fun in the Philippines
The Department of Tourism (DOT) has launched the country’s newest tourism campaign: “It’s more fun in the Philippines” The new campaign looks much better than the failed “Pilipinas Kay Ganda” campaign. The graphics on...
Camiguin inaugurates anti-disaster edifice
Today Camiguin celebrates two important events: First is the yearly Camiguin Chapter Day to commemorate the creation of an independent province in 1968. The second event is the official inauguration of the Hubangon disaster...
Merry Christmas from Silent Gardens
The Silent Gardens Team wishes you Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 2012 Christmas in Camiguin, Barangay Bug-Ong
Very strange policies at Zest Air
On December 6 we decided to see our friends in Panay during Christmas and New Year. Unfortunately nearly all flights were already sold out or were sold at astronomically high prices. But ZestAir had...
Warning on fake peso bills
Over a year ago the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (The Philippines Central Bank) started the introduction of new banknotes. One year later we had only seen 20 Pesos and 1000 Pesos bills. The public...
Flood Warnings still on Alert Level Red
While we lowered the Storm Warning to normal green level, we maintain the Flood Warning on Red Alert. WASHI / Sendong continues to enhance the Northeast Monsoon (known as Amihan) across Metro Manila, Luzon,...
Tropical Storm WASHI / Sendong now over Palawan
Tropical Storm WASHI / Sendong has just crossed Palawan early this morning. It passed very close to Puerto Princesa. The storm weakened slightly as it moved into the West Philippine Sea PAGASA maintains storm...
Sometimes tourists are very, very special
We do not say that tourists are stupid, but sometimes they should switch on their brain before leaving for vacation. Published with approval of my wife! This an excerpt of a recent survey...
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