The past 5 days have been super fun and relaxing. We have been on an outrigger boat going between the islands of the Palawan. We started in a town called El Nido and got off the boat yesterday in Coron Town. Below are a few highlights from the trip.
-Our group consisted of people from Canada, Germany, San Diego, Japan, Italy, Switzerland, China, and Dubai. One Canadian and the San Diego guy work in China. Another Canadian is a model in Dubai. Two Germans were retired while everyone else were around 30 years old. Besides the older German couple, Shelley and I were the only married couple. The model and third Canadian are gay. We had a crew of 6 Filipinos doing all the work. We enjoyed being with each person in our group. Everyone came from such unique backgrounds so it was fun to get to know each one.
-A typical day consisted of waking up in our beach huts and mosquito nets, having breakfast on the beach, breaking camp, getting on the boat and going to different islands and snorkel spots. We always had lunch on the boat then continued to move through the islands. We would stop each night at a Tao Basecamp, have dinner, and crawl into our mosquito net for another nights rest.
-The Tao Philippines is a great organization that works with the native people of these remote islands in the Palawan. Tao has built kindergartens, organic farms, created electricity and fresh water systems for the native people. Tao also breeds pigs and chickens then distributes the animal to the villages for them to raise. When the Tao needs the animal back, they purchase the animal from the village for half price. Tao has also built many huts and buildings for the expedition as well as each village. Tao has 15 basecamps around the islands.
-We purchased a pig and killed it one night for dinner. It was a crazy experience because we put the pig on the boat in the morning and the pig just sat on the back squealing every now and then as we drove between islands. When we arrived at the basecamp, a native village guy killed the pig and cleaned it then cooked it for our dinner.
We have many more highlights and lots of pictures to share, but the picture upload isn't working right now. Hopefully, we can get some pictures up later today.
-Our group consisted of people from Canada, Germany, San Diego, Japan, Italy, Switzerland, China, and Dubai. One Canadian and the San Diego guy work in China. Another Canadian is a model in Dubai. Two Germans were retired while everyone else were around 30 years old. Besides the older German couple, Shelley and I were the only married couple. The model and third Canadian are gay. We had a crew of 6 Filipinos doing all the work. We enjoyed being with each person in our group. Everyone came from such unique backgrounds so it was fun to get to know each one.
-A typical day consisted of waking up in our beach huts and mosquito nets, having breakfast on the beach, breaking camp, getting on the boat and going to different islands and snorkel spots. We always had lunch on the boat then continued to move through the islands. We would stop each night at a Tao Basecamp, have dinner, and crawl into our mosquito net for another nights rest.
-The Tao Philippines is a great organization that works with the native people of these remote islands in the Palawan. Tao has built kindergartens, organic farms, created electricity and fresh water systems for the native people. Tao also breeds pigs and chickens then distributes the animal to the villages for them to raise. When the Tao needs the animal back, they purchase the animal from the village for half price. Tao has also built many huts and buildings for the expedition as well as each village. Tao has 15 basecamps around the islands.
-We purchased a pig and killed it one night for dinner. It was a crazy experience because we put the pig on the boat in the morning and the pig just sat on the back squealing every now and then as we drove between islands. When we arrived at the basecamp, a native village guy killed the pig and cleaned it then cooked it for our dinner.
We have many more highlights and lots of pictures to share, but the picture upload isn't working right now. Hopefully, we can get some pictures up later today.
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