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Supposedly, during the month of June, the passage to Hong Kong would be one of light winds, out of the SW, but we found fast conditions in a NE Monsoon, and made good time.

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We were in Manila during the presidential election. One candidate used yellow baloons as a symbol, and these men are on the way to one of his campaign rallys with the day's supply of baloons.

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In Manila we visited the Intramuros, the old Spanish walled fort which was the original city of Manila. This Cathedral is little changed from the 1600's.

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This vessel, which looks like a waterbug, is typical of the bancas plying the waterways of the Philippines. They come in all sizes and colors, the're fast and efficient.

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Motorbike taxi's and chrome plated jeepney's are the public transportation options in Puerto Galera (Oh, and bancas too, of course).

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Puerto Galera, Port of Galleons, a fully protected harbor, a nice town, and a fine yacht club, and a long history. Don't miss this one.

sailing
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You can tell from the angle of heel and the white caps, this is a boisterous sail. It took us all of one day to sail 44 miles up the Verde Island Channel to Puerto Galera, but it was a great sail!

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Coron is a sleepy town on Busuwanga Island

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Coron is largly built over water, and the bancas almost look like gondolas. Is this Venice?

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Keeping the sun off with here white shirt and floppy had, Judy keeps Wings on course, in the Philippines.

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Dumagete: A delightful, little visited, seaside town in the Philippines. Here we fond an excellent Mexican restaurant and good shopping. It is a university town.

Philippines Photos from Siaragao, Dumagete, Coron, and Puerto Gallera

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Some teenagers came to visit near Siaragao, and they parked their bancas off our stern.


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Dumagete: A delightful, little visited, seaside town in the Philippines. Here we fond an excellent Mexican restaurant and good shopping. It is a university town.


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Keeping the sun off with here white shirt and floppy had, Judy keeps Wings on course, in the Philippines.


wingssail-Fredrick Roswold

Coron is largly built over water, and the bancas almost look like gondolas. Is this Venice?


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Coron is a sleepy town on Busuwanga Island


wingssail-Fredrick Roswold

You can tell from the angle of heel and the white caps, this is a boisterous sail. It took us all of one day to sail 44 miles up the Verde Island Channel to Puerto Galera, but it was a great sail!


wingssail-Fredrick Roswold

Puerto Galera, Port of Galleons, a fully protected harbor, a nice town, and a fine yacht club, and a long history. Don't miss this one.


wingssail-Fredrick Roswold

Motorbike taxi's and chrome plated jeepney's are the public transportation options in Puerto Galera (Oh, and bancas too, of course).


wingssail-Fredrick Roswold

This vessel, which looks like a waterbug, is typical of the bancas plying the waterways of the Philippines. They come in all sizes and colors, the're fast and efficient.

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Lazy days of sailing the inland seas of the Philippine Islands; with an easy chair on deck, Judy finds it pleasant under the shade of the 3/4 oz kite.
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Water Bugs

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Some teenagers came to visit near Siaragao, and they parked their bancas off our stern.

Trike in Cebu

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In Busy Cebu City, the common form of transportation are these "trikes", three wheeled motorbike taxis. Sometimes you can see four or five people squeezed in.