Eruption of the Mayon Volcano in Legazpi Monday May 13, 2013 Bulusan Volcano Natural Park, Sorsogon, Philippines It took an effort to load up my bike and cycle away from the comforts of the hostel in Legazpi. I’d stayed there when I first arrived in the Philippines and I returned…
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Meet Ultra-Marathoner Jojo
Meet Jojo. Jojo came down to Legazpi from Manila to compete in the Mayon 360 50-Mile Run ultra-marathon. (That’s 80 kilometers!) It’s called 360 I believe because the route goes entirely around the base of Mayon Volcano. I set off on my bicycle the other day to ride the 80…
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Cycling the Slopes of the Mayon Volcano
Friday April 5, 2013 7:45 a.m. Mayon Backpackers Hostel, Legazpi, Philippines Dogs, I’ve come to realize, are common in the Philippines, at least in Legazpi. I know that not because I see them but because I hear them. Occasionally, in response to some unknown signal or danger, one dog in…
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The Volcano is Over There!
These little boys seemed to think I needed help in spotting the Mayon Volcano. “It’s over there!” he’s saying. I guess the assumption is that a foreigner in this area is either looking for the volcano or the whale sharks in Donsol. It’s a pretty safe bet, I guess, though…
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Rice Drying in the Sun
Rice drying on the road. All the roads I cycled down were covered in these large tarps covered in drying rice. I don’t know how the rice-growing seasons work here, but it seems that there recently had been a harvest. I also don’t know what the etiquette is for drivers….
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Meet a Lucky Man
Meet the luckiest man on earth – a man with four beautiful daughters. I was riding my bike down some rocky roads on the slopes of the Mayon Volcano when I heard an incessant beeping. I recognized it as a tricycle horn. Ahead of me I saw this tricycle, and…
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Meet Carlo
Meet Carlo. He is one of the younger residents of the village of Salvacion – a small agricultural village on the slopes of the Mayon Volcano in the Bicol Region of the Philippines. Carlo had just recently graduated from college in Manila. He studied computers. I asked him what he…
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Meet Paul
Meet Paul. He is the oldest resident in the small village of Salvacion on the lower slopes of the Mayon Volcano in the Bicol Region of the Philippines. He has never married and so has no children and has lived in the house behind us for his entire life. He…
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Legazpi and the Mayon Volcano
Legazi is a very friendly and attractive town in the Philippines. It is dominated to the north by the Mayon Volcano, which offers lots of photo ops. It’s a great area to explore by bicycle if you can stand the heat of the summer. The volcano erupted while I was…
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What Exactly Is a “Barangay” in the Philippines?
I made some changes in my plans. I had a flight from Taipei to Manila on March 1st at one o’clock in the morning. There were some problems with that date and I decided to postpone my departure for a month. I could have paid a fee and simply changed…