Tis the season to be jolly, to spend some time with friends and family. For many Expats, this is also a time to remember Christmas the way it used to be. Perhaps you will be making long distance phone calls, as will I, to family members far away.
No matter where you are, who your [...]
Posted in Holidays | Tagged Christmas, family, friends, long distance, Merry Christmas, phone calls
About 1 week ago, a house/business caught on fire, here in Calbayog. While I don’t know what caused that fire, I do know that every year there are many fires caused by faulty Christmas lights. This is the tropics, and it is both hot and humid. The plastic used for the Christmas lights is also [...]
Posted in Calbayog, Disaster, Holidays | Tagged Christmas, fire, fireworks, Holiday, lights, New Years, safety
Now that this blog is up and running, I have decided to discontinue the Calbayog News Page, and have moved a couple of articles from there to here.
The first article was origionally published on June, 14, 2008. It is about U.S. Ambassador H.E. Kristie Anne Kenny visiting Calbayog, for the inauguration of the new Calbayog [...]
Posted in Calbayog, Flights, News, Travel, Visitor | Tagged PAL Express, President Arroyo, Sabang Airport, US Ambassador Kristie Kenny, USNS Mercy Ship
This year has seen it’s share of boating accidents, in the Philippines. It started with the capsizing of the M/V Princess of the Stars, in June, where many lives were lost.
Then, in November, the ferry boat Don Dexter capsized near Masbate Island, in the Samar Sea.
And now, another ferry boat capsizes. This time the “wooden-hulled [...]
Posted in Boats, Disaster, Travel | Tagged capsized, Don Dexter, ferry boat, Masbate, philippines, Princess of the Stars, Samar Sea
We took Jeff out to the Island of Almagro for a couple of days. If any of you have been out to the small islands, in the Samar Sea, you already know it is quite an adventure. This time we rode on the ferry boat, locally known as a “pump boat”, called the Queen Aiko. [...]
Posted in Boats, Samar Sea, Travel, Visitor | Tagged adventure, Almagro, CrisJeff2, ferry boat, Jeff, pump boat, Queen Aiko, Samar Sea, towing, twin engines
We have a visitor from Arizona! Jeff came to visit my wife’s sister. We met him at the Sabang Airport in Calbayog City. Here is a picture of his plane, a PAL Express turbo prop.
This was their first time to meet in person.
Jeff is 6′ 2″ tall. As you can see by this next photo, [...]
Posted in Calbayog, Travel, Visitor, Welcome | Tagged airplane, arizona, Calbayog, foreigner, Jeff, PAL Express, Sabang Airport, tall, turbo prop, Visitor
Recent Comments