Panay Road Trip

Posted on October 14, 2023 by marilyn

PART 3 – PANAY ISLAND, RP – 8 – 14 October 2023
I’m in an outrigger with seating for 35, and there’s 38 people and so much luggage that it’s way overloaded.  The trip from to the main island will take an hour, and thoughts of Gilligan’s Island are going through my mind.  The islands that I thought I’d be able to swim to a week ago, were looking a lot further away on this trip! Continue reading →

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Remote caving in the Philippines

Posted on October 8, 2023 by marilyn

PART 2 – GIGANTES ISLAND, RP – 4 – 8 October 2023
The next part of our Philippines trip would be on Gigantes Island, and a week-long “expedition”. Rough translation for Gigantes … Island of the Giants – located north of the Island of Panay, one of the West Visayan Islands. Local legend describes coffins found on Gigantes inside Bakwitan Cave that contained gigantic human bones.      Continue reading →

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How can two trips to the same cave be so different

Posted on October 1, 2023 by marilyn

PART 1.2 – SAMAR ISLAND, RP – 29 September – 1 October 2023
The last three days of our stay in Samar was action packed.  A trip down a nearby multi-pitch creek and then two days at Joni’s coconut plantation.  We definitely needed a rest day after this! Continue reading →

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The Philippine Adventure Continues – Snakes Alive!

Posted on September 28, 2023 by marilyn

PART 1.1 – SAMAR ISLAND, RP – 26 – 28 September 2023
After our day at Central Cave, we were off to Langun-Gobingob cave system for there days caving.  I’d been to this cave system before, so was prepared for the trip.  This would be the first time that Anna and Omar had been to the system, and possibly the first time they’d slept in a cave, unlike last time, we’d have tents, thank goodness! Continue reading →

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The Philippine Adventure Begins

Posted on September 25, 2023 by marilyn

PART 1.0 – SAMAR ISLAND, RP – 23 – 25 September 2023
It seems like years ago that Jim put forward the idea of a return trip to the Philippines to do some more caving.  He had a good response from MSS members, but over the following months, the numbers dropped significantly, until there were just the four of us. Ah, well, you get that when you organise a trip. Continue reading →

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