thats a fair guess - in liloan village any songbirds that get close are shot by the local boys - and sometimes men - with homeade slingshots - and...
mapCentral - The Philippine Map Online this one is great for the entire philippines - much better than the $%# maps for sale in bookstores. In...
the best coral growth isnt even in the small sanctuary - its around on the other side of the island at coconut
south bus terminal for the ceres the v hire terminal is 100 meters north of the bus terminal
my wife takes the truck over from cebu every once in a while and gets plants - I cant go cuz she says she cant bargain when I'm there : )
forest camp is more expensive than the municipal swimming area - its a nice place for a group outing (but no alcohol allowed) The water is COLD...
Having a 2 child policy in a country that frowns on birth control and doesnt want to allow abortions is unrealistic - most people - especially...
the beach resorts up north of the bay are ok - drive up the coastal road
Olango island off Mactan is great for bird watching in the spring or fall - there is a pathetic little zoo in Zamboangita called father troupes...
it was a jap ship near a pier - i think i remember the DM say something about it being used as a POW ship by the japaneese didnt see any condoms...
Marky- I dove some wreck in the harbor back in '96 and had about 2-3 meter vis - a total crap dive imo - glad to hear the vis is better across...
another species of genus halimeda this one is called cactus algae and is also found in the philippines - it is also mostly CaCO3 by weight
here is a type of coralline algae (halimeda) that is common in the philippines ....most of it's weight is CaCO3 which is what coral sand is...
cebu international school is better than most schools in the states but its expensive and its in cebu city and the better schools in dumaguete...
the picture with the algae was in 2 meters of water - the one without in 3 or 4 meters but both at liloan in fron of my place - this was the worst...
algae pictures here are pictures of the same area in april and june - with and without the filamentous algae
i have 2 good pictures taken of the algae taken in 4/04 in an undeveloped area near liloan - they are bitmaps and i cant seem to get them small...
using beach sand for contrruction is commonplace - liloan santander used to have a wide beach but it was taken by the ex-mayor to build sanayon...
the vis is as bad but the water quality isnt as bad (as far as I know)
i said the algae in question was seasonal and occurs all over the phillipines during april, even in areas without development (although PO4 and...
