This & That

Filipino food

Filipino food RICE!!!! Basically that’s the main ingredient in any Filipino food dish. Plain, mixed with savoury or sweet ingredients, fried, cooked, any form Filipinos can get it in will do. But there is more to the Philippine cuisine than just rice. Adobo, Kaldereta, Lechon, they’re all popular dishes here. However there are a few …

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Living in Paradise

Living in paradise People often tell me that I am living in paradise. And while I admit that there are many things that I love about living in the Philippines or any of the many tropical locations that I have been fortunate enough to call home. There is a flip side to that coin. Instead …

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Philippine Drinking

The local choices for drinks are vast. Cheap beer, cheap rum, cheaper rum, cheaper beer, coconut wine (tuba), errr, cheap gin, cheap whiskey….well, you get the idea, it’s CHEAP! One of the more worrying things is it is possible (and often encouraged) to turn some of these delights into a refreshing afternoon cocktail – maybe …

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Bamboo

Bamboo When Tim and I decided that we were going to build a dive resort in the Philippines we both agreed that we should make the environmental impact as small as possible and try our hardest to use as many natural materials as available. Of course there will always be a need for concrete, cement …

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Learning Visayan

Learning Visayan So this is the first of my mini blogs… Very aptly, they chose for me to write about learning Visayan. It’s an interesting subject and something I get asked about quite often by my students. First let me fill you in on some background information about Philippine languages. The Philippines is made of …

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The Philippines

The Philippines A common question we get asked is why did we choose to settle in the Philippines? It’s a good question considering we have both travelled for over 15 years and lived in many different countries including Nicaragua, Thailand, Australia, Mexico and Cyprus to mention a few. So why did we choose the Philippines? …

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