The Philippines has a lot of beaches! Of course, with 7,107 Islands making up the country, there are literally thousands, probably tens of thousands of beaches! Maybe even more than that. Over my years of living in the Philippines, I have been to a lot of beaches. I am sure that even those who have […]
Beaches
Trashy Beaches
When I was in high school, we were required to join the Boy Scouts for the first 3 years, then move to CAT for our 4th year. The Boy Scouts and CAT would often have some type of required field trip. Usually tree planting, cleaning up a stretch of beach or helping the poor. I […]
This Is New
In 1965 my first Navy ship sailed from Florida to Europe or the Mediterranean to be more precise. I was 18 years old at the time my first trip out of the good old USofA. It was all new and wondrous to a young kid from the Dorchester section of Boston. Our first Port o […]
Life’s a Beach – or Maybe Not
I don’t like beaches. On March 2, I spent the day at the beach (Ocean View Beach Resort) in Olongapo because it was my mother-in-law’s 80th birthday and that’s what she wanted. Although I spent very little of that time in the sun, I still got toasted, if you know what I mean. The day […]
Philippines vs. USA: Beaches
I am not a big beach bum type person, but I do enjoy going on occasion to a beach. The things I look for in a beach trip are as follows: sand and sea, scenery, swimming and shelter. The purpose of this article is to compare my experiences at the beach in the Philippines to […]
I don’t hold any world records
This is about a plain humble fisherman. Who’s only goal in life was to feed his relatives from the bounty of the sea and thus reduce his capital outlay each week to match his meager pension. To truly grasp the meaning of that simple goal we must travel back to Dec. 6th 1999. The place […]