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Philippines: Visayas - February 2008

Stay of 3 weeks end of January - beginning of February 2008, in the archipelago of Visayas, in the center of the Philippines. Leyte Islands - Panglao - Siquijor - Negros - Cebu.

Fighting roosters. Siquijor, Philippines, February 2008.

Fighting cocks in the Philippines: the video

Atmosphere of madness, in an arena of cockfighting, in the Philippines! This video was shot in 2008 on the small island of Siquijor, in the Visayas. Sensitive souls refrain.
Philippines: Visayas - February 2008
English is convenient to chat with your tricycle driver! (Philippines, Siquijor, February 2008)

Tagalog, filipino, english, spanish?

What is convenient when traveling to the Philippines is that everyone speaks English. Fishermen and peasants, villagers and townspeople, children and adults ...
Philippines: Visayas - February 2008
Toad fish (antennal). Philippines, March 2008.

The fabulous underwater critters of Dauin and Apo

The wealth of submarine sites in Dauin (Negros) and Apo made a strong impression. Life abounds there and the beauty of the coral, hard and soft, farting with health, is properly stunning.
Philippines: Visayas - February 2008
Jeepney on a street in Cebu City. (Philippines, February 2008)

Back to Cebu for the end of the trip

Cebu City is a big city not very beautiful, of which I saw only a few streets and malls ... The kind of city where we just pass.
Philippines: Visayas - February 2008
The beach of Dauin. In the background, the island of Apo. The sky clears on the horizon ... (Negros, Philippines, February 2008)

Dauin, a paradise for divers

Spectacular dives at Dauin and Apo Island! The corner is teeming with life and sites allow you to alternate dive-muck, drop offs, reefs ...
Philippines: Visayas - February 2008
Two girls are sheltering under big leaves, as an umbrella. Philippines, February 2008.

It's raining on Dumaguete

Since my arrival in Dumaguete-Dauin, Monday, the weather remains gloomy, between light gray and wet gray. It is raining under a ...
Philippines: Visayas - February 2008
The roosters are armed with a curved blade attached to the paw, protected by a mini-sheath that is removed at the last moment for the fight. (Siquijor, Philippines, February 2008)

The roosters are fighting on Sunday

On Sunday, in the Philippines, there are cockfights. Neal, our dive guide in Siquijor, and Raul, who runs the Kiwi Resort, suggested we go see these bloody avian duels, at the nearest cockfighting arena, the cockpit arena of the village of Enrique Villanueva.
Philippines: Visayas - February 2008
Here he is, the cute little mandarin! He likes nothing so much as to hide under the coral and just show the tip of his nose, just to taunt the photographers ... (Siquijor, Philippines, February 2008)

The cute little mandarin

It was in Siquijor, Philippines, that I had the pleasure of photographing my first Mandarin fish. What good memories, on this island!
Philippines: Visayas - February 2008
A couple of nudibranchs in action ... (Siquijor, Philippines, February 2008)

Do you want more nudibranchs?

Since I'm in Siquijor, I dive and plunge every day ... Yesterday, our guide, Neal, took us to discover ...
Philippines: Visayas - February 2008
The girl watches me come and go in the big room. (Lazi, Siquijor, Philippines, February 2008)

Sweetness of life in Siquijor

I am under the spell of the island of Siquijor, in the Philippines ... I continue to discover it, a little random, according to my walks after the dives.
Philippines: Visayas - February 2008
A tricycle in Larena, the port of Siquijor. (Siquijor, Philippines, February 2008)

The little eyebrow raise

Filipinos have a way of greeting you. To point out that they have seen you, noticed, seen, to say hello fast by the way, instead of a small nod, or a smile like in Thailand, they raise their eyebrows.
Philippines: Visayas - February 2008
We must have the eye, to locate the tiny seahorse-pygmy!

Here is the pygmy seahorse

Come on, a little article just to help you see the tiny and very shy seahorse-pygmy, since you are ...
Philippines: Visayas - February 2008
Snuggled against the reef, a "knit-striped" snake. (Sogod Bay, Leyte, Philippines, February 2008)

The underwater fauna of Leyte in pictures

Without a whale shark, in Sogod Bay (Leyte), I fell back on the small people of the reef ... And there is ...
Philippines: Visayas - February 2008
A deserted beach, without banana boat or parasol. The only stranded waste is natural waste, coconut, seaweed, driftwood ... (Philippines, Sandugan Beach, Siquijor, February 2008)

Siquijor, the peaceful island

I did a good job of leaving for Siquijor without waiting. On arrival, I find an almost deserted beach, the beautiful Sandugan Beach.
Philippines: Visayas - February 2008
Alona Beach is much more beautiful from the sea ... (Visayas, Philippines, February 2008)

Why I'm running away from Alona Beach

Turquoise water and white sand. The beach of Alona, in the Philippines, is certainly very beautiful. But upon arrival, I have only one desire: to flee as soon as possible.
Philippines: Visayas - February 2008
Filipino chorizo.

Filipino chorizo

What is good in the Philippines is that there is chorizo ... Another legacy of Spanish colonization! ...
Philippines: Visayas - February 2008
The wind blows on the dead coral beach of Sogod Bay Scuba Resort. (Leyte, Philippines, February 2008)

Sogod Bay, the Whale Shark Bay

First stop on my Philippine journey: the southern tip of Leyte Island. For dives in Sogod Bay, hoping to cross the road of a whale shark ...
Philippines: Visayas - February 2008
Musical entertainment in front of the "Dive Philippines" stand at the 2008 Paris diving show.

The Philippines at the 2008 diving show

Small taste of the Philippines, at the diving show in Paris, where I went for a ride this weekend ...
Between Two Journeys
Google Map of the Philippines.

Do you know the Philippines?

The Philippines, do you see where it is? This is where I'll be soon, very soon ... In 23 days! ...
Between Two Journeys

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