Being from Czech Republic where rules, regulations, requirements and standards on many things are pretty strict, I am always surprised and amused whenever I visit another country and see how these things are not taken seriously at all and simply ignored. Take for example electric wires. I’m sure almost everyone who has experienced how it [...]

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Sorry for keeping you waiting for so long, but I was busy and also sent to another business trip to Africa. The internet connection here really sucks, seems like the whole country has same bandwidth as I have at home…
Anyway - only two guesses were posted in the comments to my guessing game ‘Name the [...]

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Ferrying home from Molokabok Island, you’d usually see people sailing (some were fishing) in the very blue sea.

blue sea, blue sky

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Traveling in the rural areas of the Philippines, you’ll see interesting sights not only the sceneries but also the people and the activities around. The pictures I took would speak for itself.

Overloaded truck carrying sugar cane to the mill.

An old and rusty truck. Bumped!

Man sitting on top of a running bus.

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In search for more Negros beach getaway, we took up an offer of a family friend to their island. We were told it was opposite Jomabo Island. We’ve been to Jomabo before (it’s a narrow strip of white-sand island with several cottages) and we thought the island would be similar to the Jomabo. So imagine [...]

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I couldn’t get enough of seafoods. Another night was spent dining at Gerry’s Grill Bacolod until my stomach felt like bursting. What did we have?

Baked tahong

Kinilaw

Grilled squid

Grilled  blue marlin
We also had chopsuey and their famous Gerry’s Grill seafood soup which was very tasty and creamy.  All in all it was a sumptuous dinner and my craving [...]

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There are many reasons why I love the Philippines. Aside from its great seafoods, friendly people, the sunny weather and tropical fruits, it has the world’s beautiful beaches too.
It would be unfortunate if I don’t visit one of the beaches during my vacation. Luckily even in Negros Occidental, there are still many white-sand beaches that [...]

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