6 full months in the philippines. whew! i can sure use a brewed coffee and a good 3 month rest in the US&A.

i have to warn you, i'm a bit low on website bandwidth so some of you may face transfer outages. by some of you, i mean, probably all of you. on second thought, just go to a better website, altogether. may i suggest www.albino-midget-wrestling.mx (you know, it's a real sport down there).

highlights include:

- siargao island surfing
- cockfights, i.e. outside of a bar/disco setting
- more beaches obviously
- palawan island, what i've been searching for all along
- monkey friends (photos and video)
- chicken slaughtering (blood curdling)

philippines part 4

a land with such friendly people and great beaches should be just as popular as thailand. well, you heard it here first: the philippines is the new thailand.

but i reserve the right for one complaint about the philippines. as a result of spanish and american colonization, filipino names are incongruously paired with its asian population. i firmly believe that never, and i mean ever, should anyone meet a mongaloid named Rico, Manolo or Jesus. and that's final!