The Second Largest English Speaking Country
When I was living in Japan I took occasional pleasure in ridiculing the locals’ comical ineptness in speaking English (or
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travel writing
Crossing Cebu
Manila – Vienna (10000 km): via Taipei, 2 flights, 17 hours. Malapascua (Cebu province, Philippines) – Dumaguete (Negros Oriental province,
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Back to Malapascua
I am about to head back to Malapascua, a small island on the northern tip of Cebu in the Philippines,
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Kleine Affen, Tolle Riffe und Lustige Leute in den Visayas
A little travel writing in German, to make sure I don’t quite forget how to use my native language…. Im
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Palawan Entlang
I haven’t completely forgotten how to write in my native language, German…. Die Philippinen, das fantastische Archipel am Übergang Asiens
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Wrecks as Marine Life Magnets
Shipwrecks act as artificial reefs, as homes for a large number of fishes and invertebrates. Specifically scorpionfishes, cardinalfishes, hatchetfishes and
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Bolinao Days
I’m back in Bolinao, Pangasinan, at the site of the University of the Philippines ‘ Marine Science Institute‘s lab. It’s
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Summer Reading!
Ladies and gentlemen, if you need something stimulating and entertaining to read this summer on the beach or by the
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Back in Siquijor
I have been back in Siquijor for two weeks now. What a lovely island; and one of those semi-undiscovered Philippine
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Some Philippine Travel Tips
I just came back from the PAMS meeting in Batangas, with a stop at Arizona Dive Shop in Subic on
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