Reconnecting the Past with the Present- Balanghai Voyage
Earlier this year a crew of daring men and women composed of the Mt. Everest team and Kaya ng Pinoy Inc. set sail around the seas of the Philippine archipelago using the replica of the ancient Butuan boat known as balanghai. Late this morning the balanghai boat, Diwata the lahi (muse of the race), finally arrived in Butuan after sailing from its starting point in Manila. Butuan is the place where this ancient boats where excavated in the seventies, carbon dated 1630.For more thorough reading you

Favorite Pastime
If you happen to drop by one of Butuan's favorite hang-outs Margie's and Pan de Pugon you'll see a number of people with their laptops busy with their facebook and their "farm" or their "mafia". Personally, I haven't been a fan of the farming facebook apps. I'm more into smallworlds, and mafia wars. Margie's is mostly a cake shop that evolved into a cafe offering coffee, pasta, and other food. Pan de pugon is a bakeshop that's now offering breakfast meals. Tocilog (tocino, egg and rice), longsilog (lo

Pyramid... Under construction
Saw this scene while passing through the narrow street of the City cemetery last November 1 and 2. I have no idea what it will be, but it sure was big, and obviously pyramid in shape.

Dalawang Pamilya

Baywalk
At Magallanes baywalk.