Travel: Philippines

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  • Beautiful White Beach in Puerto Galera, Philippines.

    Beautiful White Beach in Puerto Galera, Philippines.

    Traditional Filipino outrigger boats on a beautiful white sand beach, with turquoise water and blue sky in the resort area of Puerto Galera on the tropical island of Mindoro in the Philippines.

  • Beautiful nature, ugly  buildings and environmental damage. Too bad...

    Beautiful nature, ugly buildings and environmental damage. Too bad...

    Big Lalaguna Beach, Sabang, Puerto Galera, Philippines

  • A small outrigger boat on a beach in the Philippines.

    A small outrigger boat on a beach in the Philippines.

    A beautiful tropical island beach scene, with a traditional Filipino wooden outrigger boat in shallow turquoise water, in Puerto Galera, Philippines.

  • A Mangyan village in the hills of Puerto Galera, Philippines.

    A Mangyan village in the hills of Puerto Galera, Philippines.

    A small village on a beautiful tropical island, with the traditional thatched houses belonging to indigenous Mangyan people, who live inland in mountainous areas of Mindoro Island in the Philippines.

  • What a mud bath! These two carabao, a species of water buffalo native to the Philippines, are completely covered in mud.

    What a mud bath! These two carabao, a species of water buffalo native to the Philippines, are completely covered in mud.

    Puerto Galera, Philippines

  • Beautiful coconut palms overlooking the sea.

    Beautiful coconut palms overlooking the sea.

    Puerto Galera, Philippines.

  • Pretty bougainvillea on a seaside balcony.

    Pretty bougainvillea on a seaside balcony.

    Puerto Galera, Philippines

  • Eating lunch under an idyllic coconut palm tree on an idyllic tropical beach. A dangerous place to sit, by the way, since falling coconuts kill more people each year than shark attacks.

    Eating lunch under an idyllic coconut palm tree on an idyllic tropical beach. A dangerous place to sit, by the way, since falling coconuts kill more people each year than shark attacks.

    Mindoro Island, Philippines

  • Even in the rainy season, it's pretty.

    Even in the rainy season, it's pretty.

    Puerto Galera, Philippines

  • Selling fresh fruit on a busy street in Manila.

    Selling fresh fruit on a busy street in Manila.

    Manila, Philippines

  • Morning glory...

    Morning glory...

    Dumaguete, Philippines

  • Yachting in the Philippines

    Yachting in the Philippines

    Philippines

  • White Beach, Puerto Galera

    White Beach, Puerto Galera

    Philippines

  • A traditional Filipino wooden outrigger boat (banca) anchored on a gorgeous tropical beach.

    A traditional Filipino wooden outrigger boat (banca) anchored on a gorgeous tropical beach.

    Puerto Galera, Philippines

  • A beach vendor displaying his tourist merchandise.

    A beach vendor displaying his tourist merchandise.

    Puerto Galera, Philippines

  • A woman and four of her children standing in front of their small, roofless, concrete  house after the husband suddenly died before he could replace the storm-damaged roof.

    A woman and four of her children standing in front of their small, roofless, concrete house after the husband suddenly died before he could replace the storm-damaged roof.

    Philippines

  • A Filipino woman living under plastic tarpaulins, with a dirt floor and only basic necessities, because she can't afford to pay rent.

    A Filipino woman living under plastic tarpaulins, with a dirt floor and only basic necessities, because she can't afford to pay rent.

    Philippines

  • The environmental cost of tourism development.

    The environmental cost of tourism development.

    Philippines

  • The environmental cost of tourism development.

    The environmental cost of tourism development.

    Philippines

  • A large old tree cut down and being sawed into lumber material for local house construction in a rural community.

    A large old tree cut down and being sawed into lumber material for local house construction in a rural community.

    Philippines

  • The future. Dense urban expansion into agricultural land, including rice paddies, due to population explosion in the Philippines.

    The future. Dense urban expansion into agricultural land, including rice paddies, due to population explosion in the Philippines.

    Luzon island, Philippines

  • Farm land being turned into housing subdivisions.

    Farm land being turned into housing subdivisions.

    Luzon island, Philippines

  • Raising roosters for cockfighting, a popular sport in the Philippines.

    Raising roosters for cockfighting, a popular sport in the Philippines.

    Mindoro Island, Philippines

  • Puerto Galera, Philippines

    Puerto Galera, Philippines

    Construction of a concrete house in a former rice paddy, as population growth and urban expansion contributes to the loss of agricultural land.

  • A female carabao, a species of water buffalo native to the Philippines.

    A female carabao, a species of water buffalo native to the Philippines.

    Puerto Galera, Philippines

  • Symbiotic relationship between a water buffalo and a cattle egret. The egret eats flies, mosquitoes, ticks and fleas which bother the buffalo.

    Symbiotic relationship between a water buffalo and a cattle egret. The egret eats flies, mosquitoes, ticks and fleas which bother the buffalo.

    Puerto Galera, Philippines

  • A failed tourism project resulting in an abandoned hotel in a former rice paddy after the owner ran out of cash.

    A failed tourism project resulting in an abandoned hotel in a former rice paddy after the owner ran out of cash.

    Puerto Galera, Philippines

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