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Here we are anchored in Illutuk Bay where we visited the Calauit Animal Reserve. Have to be careful in this bay, there are rock pinacles which come up 30ft from the bottom, not good when its only 35 ft deep.

Calauit Animal Reserve Photos

African Scene

These Deer are indigenous to Busuanga and Palawan

Bearcat, I'll bet he has teeth

Zebra?, or horses in striped pajamas?

They seemed to be used to cameras

Calauit Reserve More Photos

Here is the jeep we rode around in to see the animals

Looks like an African setting, right?

These guys know how to eat leaves off a branch, they pull them off with their teeth, leaving the twigs in your hand

This is Illutuk Bay, where Calauit Animal Reserve is located.

Vollyball Victors

We started a vollyball game on the beach at Maricaban, between "Euro" sailors and those from the US, but the teams got mixed up, and even the staff at Maricaban joined in. A great game, several in fact, ensued.

Can you guess who were the winners?

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Swapping Sea Stories by the Pool

We ran across several sailors from the Clipper Challenge at Maricaban, (also met some crewing in the Bortacay Race) having a holiday while their boats are being repaired in Subic Bay. Here we swap sea stories by the pool.

El Rio Y Mar Resort

This is the resort at Maricaban Bay, Busuanga Island, Ther Philippines. This luxurious resort welcomes cruisers with moorings and big discounts on food and drink.

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Pool at Maricaban

This great pool at the El Rio Y Mar resort at Maricaban, on Busuanga Island, is a wonderfull place to relax and cool off. We heard that the snorkeling around here was good too, but we didn't try it. Wings is moored in the background, it is too deep to anchor here.

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Fred on Deck

On a nice sailing day I'm enjoying the sun and the wind while the windvane steers.

Judy has been saying it for a while now, and it's true, I look like my father. This photo could be of him.
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Village under the cliff

Village under the cliff
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Towing

We towed this banca with a broken engine into the fish camp at Taptuitan Strait. Next day when we came by they had fixed it and travelled on.
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Tapuitan Strait

Can fjords like this really exist in the Philippines?
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Man in Yellow Shorts

Man in yellow shorts descends. I know this isn't the best shot, but he was coming down fast and we were miles below him, and it was dark, and...I did my best.
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Fishcamp 2

This is the view of fishcamp 2, from Wings
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Fish Camp in Tapuitan

This fish camp lies at the base of a towering limestone cliff. Several families live here.
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Fish Camp and Bancas

Tourists come to the fishcamp in Tapuitan Strait on this banca. The fishermen are in the shade on their banca next to it, their small ones are pulled on shore. Wings is anchored in the background.
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Sunset, by flash

Sunset
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Lagan Island Resort

Resort. Throughout Bacuit Bay there are resorts nestled in coves and on small beaches. This one is on Lagan Island
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Judy Walking

Judy Walking, when we did go ashore, we had the beaches to ourselves
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Small Beach on Matinloc

Small Beach on Entalula (we first posted this as a beach on Matinloc, but I was informed that the actual location to be Entalula). Sorry for the mistake.) We sailed past countless small beaches like this. We wanted to stop at all of them, only the deep water made anchoring difficult.wingssail-Fredrick Roswold

Split Rock

Split Rock, typical of the stunning scenery in Bacuit Bay
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Motocyle Shopping

Ladies of El Nido take their kids, pile onto the family motobike, and go shopping. This is like a drive through supermarket in El Nido
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Looking Out the Hatch

These towering Limestone cliffs are a constant presence in El Nido. Looking out the hatch you can barely see the top of them
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Kudat Resort

The resort at Kudat, and the basin where we anchored
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Culion

Town Square in Historic Culion
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Puerto Princesca

Puerto Princesca, pretty typical Filipino town. This is the capital of Palawan. We came here to check out of the Philippines, and do some shopping. Meanwhile, the boat was on Ulagan Bay, on the other side of the island,
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Waterbuffaloe, Shot from the window of a Jeepney

Looking out the window at a scene from the past
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Misty Palawan

On the Jeepney ride to Puerto Princesca, we saw this early morning scene
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Jibboom Forest

A quiet anchorage near this forested hill, in Jibboom Bay, The Philippines
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Calm Day

This kind of day is unheard of during NE Monsoon, but when the monsoon loses its power, then you can get days like this. Very Relaxing
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Log & Tree

Near El Nido
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Lagan Island Cliffs

The limestone islands in Bacuit Bay, out of El Nido
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Lagan Island by Night

Nightime view of Lagan Island cliffs. After dark, with these cliffs around us blocking thr night sky, and hearing the sounds of the forest, we felt as if we were in a box canyon high in the mountians.
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Lagan Island sunset

Lagan Island sunset
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Judy on the Sand

We had our own day on the beach, doing our own island hopping, out of El Nido
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Cathedral Cave, Looking Back

Looking back out of Cathedral Cave
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Cathedral Cave, The Entrance?

This must be the entrance to Cathedral Cave, we heard it was around here somewhere, this must be it.
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Cathedral Cave

Inside Cathedral Cave
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Tapuitan banca in the shade

In the shade of a mountian, a fishing banca
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Banca & Swimmers

These people came out "island hopping" from El Nido, on this banca for a day on the beach.
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Corong Corong Bay

Corong Coron Bay, we anchored here on the back side of El Nido
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El Nido Trike

Riding the Iron Tricycle (sorry Paul Theraux)
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Man and His Dog

El Nido alley
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