tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22350381490078916942023-11-16T12:35:37.984+00:00In Search of ParadiseBlog about survival camping on one of Palawan's deserted islandsmadmadihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06520423806281737269noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235038149007891694.post-17068230762324893142016-03-05T14:57:00.000+00:002014-07-10T08:47:58.172+01:00Table of contentsJust to make it easier to find whatever you are looking for, I have prepared a list of the posts so you can read them in order. Included only The Island posts. Hope that helps.<br />
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VIDEOS:<br />
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<a href="http://searchingparadise.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/after-some-time-without-posting-i-am.html" target="_blank">1. Trailer / Slideshow</a><br />
<a href="http://searchingparadise.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/the-island-movie-part-one.html" target="_blank">2. Part One- Before The Island</a><br />
<a href="http://searchingparadise.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/finally-part-two-of-video.html" target="_blank">3. Part Two- On The Island</a><br />
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POPULAR POSTS:<br />
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<a href="http://searchingparadise.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/on-our-way-to-paradise.html" target="_blank">1. On Our Way To Paradise</a><br />
<a href="http://searchingparadise.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/first-night-on-island-jungle-is-massive.html" target="_blank">2. First Night On The Island- Jungle Is Massive!</a><br />
<a href="http://searchingparadise.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/after-sleepless-night-first-day-in.html" target="_blank">3. After Sleepless Night- First Day in Paradise</a><br />
<a href="http://searchingparadise.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/life-on-island.html" target="_blank">4. Life On The Island</a><br />
<a href="http://searchingparadise.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/the-island-did-we-find-paradise.html" target="_blank">5. The Island- Did We Find Paradise?</a><br />
<a href="http://searchingparadise.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/tropical-desert-island-survival-step-by.html" target="_blank">6. Desert Island Survival - Step by Step</a> <br />
<a href="http://searchingparadise.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/dos-and-donts-on-deserted-tropical.html" target="_blank">7. DO's and DON'T's on tropical deserted island</a><br />
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Enjoy!<br />
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madmadihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06520423806281737269noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235038149007891694.post-56156238606629810222013-06-04T14:58:00.003+01:002013-06-04T14:58:45.166+01:00Part 3 of the video on the way!Either I am lazy (of course) or don't have time (not really true) or just don't want to edit the video as it reminds me about really good times and I miss it, but, I will soon finish the third part of it, After The Island.<br />
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We went to Port Barton after El Nido and spent few days there, then Puerto, so there is still some material to be used. Just need to sit down and start doing it! :)<br />
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See you soon!<br />
Martinmadmadihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06520423806281737269noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235038149007891694.post-38860804053805417132013-06-04T14:56:00.001+01:002014-07-10T08:46:05.736+01:00Another article in SEA BackpackerI seems they like my story. Published another article about my trip, this time not in the printed version, but online here:<br />
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<a href="http://www.southeastasiabackpacker.com/guest-post-surviving-on-a-deserted-island-paradise-in-the-philippines" target="_blank">Surviving on deserted island </a><br />
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Must say SEA Backpacker Magazine editors are really good, nice looking article.<br />
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Thanks guys!<br />
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<span lang="EN-US">Here we go, without unnecessary intro:</span></div>
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<li><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">Don’t
place your hammock or walk under the coconuts which can fall on you.</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> Falling coconuts are probably the biggest danger for you when on
the island. So, be careful when walking under the palm trees. A coconut which
is falling from 80 feet can reach the speed of 50 miles per hour. No joke.
Around 150 people die each year from being hit by falling coconut… </span></li>
<li><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">Don’t
worry about the sharks.</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> Most of the sharks are not
dangerous to people. Most dangerous areas in the world are South Pacific and
Australian coast. Well, if you have a bloody wound and in the water where
sharks are- that’s different story…</span></li>
<li><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">Don’t
boil your meal in only sea water</span></b><span lang="EN-US">- it will be way
too salty. Tried it. You can mix it with fresh water to get salty rice if you
don’t have salt.</span></li>
<li><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">Don’t
worry, be happy!</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> You are on deserted Tropical
Island!</span></li>
<li><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">Don’t
think you will find yourself in a tropical paradise with plenty of food.</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> Take food with you, even if you think you can catch some fish or
find coconuts. First thing is that, sadly, our Oceans are overfished nowadays,
so it is not so easy to catch a fish. Also it is not so easy to catch a fish in
general. Regarding coconuts and fruits- you will be lucky if you will find
some.</span></li>
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<li><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">Make
sure you will have drinking water.</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> If you are going
to deserted Tropical Island it means that there is no source of fresh water. If
there would be a source of fresh water the island would not be deserted, trust
me.</span></li>
<li><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">Take
food.</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> As mentioned before. Take some rice as an
emergency. See point 5 in “DON’T’S”</span></li>
<li><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">Make
sure you can be rescued in emergency. </span></b><span lang="EN-US">Take first
aid kit. Let your family and friends know where you are going. Make sure there
is mobile phone coverage on the island. Let the local people know where you are
etc. Be careful. It is easy to harm yourself on the tropical deserted island.
Simple cut and you can get a nasty infection…</span></li>
<li><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">Take
a hammock, mosquito net and tarpaulin rather than a tent. </span></b><span lang="EN-US">Tried it. It works perfectly. You are going to tropical island
right? Tropical means HOT and humid. You don’t want to live in the tent in hot and
humid weather. Also, there are less chances that you will find some uninvited
guest in the hammock which hangs above the ground.</span></li>
<li><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">Take
a lot of sun blocker. </span></b><span lang="EN-US">No need to comment that.</span></li>
<li><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">Take
a lot of insect repellent.</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> Again, no need to
comment.</span></li>
<li><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">Do
expect that the reality of living on the uninhabited island will be different
from your expectations. </span></b></li>
<li><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">DO
ENJOY YOUR STAY ON THE ISLAND! </span></b><span lang="EN-US">Not a lot of people
have a chance to do this. So no matter what, no matter if you will give up
after one night, at least you tried so be proud of yourself!</span></li>
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madmadihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06520423806281737269noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235038149007891694.post-9325495500143067232013-03-05T15:09:00.000+00:002013-03-05T15:09:03.149+00:00An article in SE Asia Backpacker Magazine<a href="http://www.southeastasiabackpacker.com/" target="_blank">SE Asia Backpacker Magazine</a> published an article about my trip. You can find it below, pages 60-63. Enjoy reading!<br />
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<span lang="EN-US">Although I cannot compare myself to Tom
Neale (if you are reading this article you should know who Tom Neale is!) and my stay on The Island was not even close to what he had done, I
have tried the Island life. I have spent two amazing weeks on one of The Philippines’
deserted island. Only on rice and water! Well, I had some rum and beer, but shhh! </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">:)</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">First thing you need to do is to find The
Island. Does it sound easy? Trust me, it is not. This is the HARDEST step on
your way. I will not tell you where My Island is. Let it be my secret. I will
only tell you it is one of the islands which lay around Palawan. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">The problem is that basically ALL of the
tropical islands belong to someone. They are either private or in the national
parks’ area where you simply cannot just go and camp. Well, you could do it but
it would be rather illegal. My stay on My Island was not completely legal, but
I don’t want you to get into the trouble. </span></div>
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<li><span lang="EN-US">I would suggest Philippines as the tourism
in other SE Asia countries is way too developed. Although you might find The
Island it will be really hard to escape the people. You want it to be DESERTED Island,
right? South Pacific would be great but it is too far and too expensive to get
there.</span></li>
<li><span lang="EN-US">Ask locals. Don’t look over the internet.
There is a lot of info you can find, but not everything. I have met an old
Filipino guy who owes a couple of small islands. He told me that I can stay on
one of them as he is looking for a caretaker. And guess what- he doesn’t use
the internet </span>:)</li>
<li><span lang="EN-US">Do not expect the tropical paradise with
waterfalls, a lot of fruits, coconuts, wood for building your shack etc. You
will not be able to get even a coconut without a practice in climbing the palm
trees or really long pole. Expect that you will find the place which is simply
uninhabitable. If it would be habitable, it would not be deserted anymore! </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">:)</span></span></li>
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<li><b><span lang="EN-US">Water</span></b></li>
<li><b><span lang="EN-US">Food</span></b></li>
<li><b><span lang="EN-US">Shelter</span></b></li>
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<span lang="EN-US"><b>WATER</b>. You will not find it on The Island.
EVERY tropical island with any source of fresh water is already developed. So,
you need to take the water with you or make the sea water drinkable. You can
use a solar still etc. but this information you can find in the Internet. I
took 60 liters of water for two weeks which is 4 liters a day. You will need
that amount of water daily, trust me.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><b>FOOD</b>. Well, it is up to you what and how
much you will take. If you are going for two weeks, you don’t need the food as
you could survive. (this is true but please do not try it at home (at The Island) </span>:)<span lang="EN-US">) I think rice is the best bet. I had 7 kilograms of rice with me
which is half a kilo per day. Enough, in the tropical and humid climate your
appetite will go down. Add to this the stress of being ALONE in the middle of
nowhere- you will not think about food! </span><span lang="EN-US">You
can </span><span lang="EN-US"><span lang="EN-US">boil </span>the rice in the sea water- don’t need a salt! Some garlic and onions will
make your meals exclusive! Every day! For the rest of your stay on The Island!
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<span lang="EN-US"><b>SHELTER</b>. Do not take a tent. The humidity will
make it damp inside. Best bet- hammock, mosquito net and tarpaulin above it
all. You just need two trees (be careful to not hang your hammock under the
palm tree with a coconuts directly above you), stretch your hammock between, stretch
a cord just above the hammock over which you lay a mosquito net. Then roof- 3.5
meters x 3 meters tarp does the job. Did you try to sleep in the hammock
before? No? You will love it!</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US">So, now you are on The Island, you have all
basics needed to survive there, but, what to do with your free time? I love
fishing and had a spear gun with me; the problem is that it broke after one
day. So my advice is- do not take the things with you which can break and on
which your survival will depend totally. I was lucky I had rice, if I would
take only spear gun and think that I can catch a fish and survive, well, I
would not survive. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">You can simply do nothing, just feel free,
go and get to know the surroundings on The Island. Or, build a raft, a shack or
make some baskets from the palm leaves. Meditate. Write a book. Make a fire
without a lighter. Feel free. Do whatever you want to do. Appreciate the moment
because it will not last forever…</span><br />
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At the agreed day Ruel came to pick us up. We still had some water and rice left so we gave it to him. Also we gave him the fishing net, Mark's snake pants (which he never used), one of the tarpaulins and the lobster cage.<br />
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It was sad to leave our Island. To be honest, my eyes got a little wet. All in all, it was my biggest dream ever and that was it... Two weeks is definitely not enough.<br />
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At our arrival on the beach in Corong Corong, which is south of El Nido but still part of it, the first thing we have experienced was the NOISE. Unbelievable how different it was now than two weeks ago. On The Island we could hear only sounds of the Nature. I think people naturally accept/ignore the sounds of the Nature, it cannot be disturbing or annoying, even loud waterfall is not something you consider as uncomfortable noise. I have read somewhere that when you would take out for example all of the birds or the sound of the river from a certain area of a natural habitat like forest, jungle etc. some of the other species would die, I think it was about the frogs. But anyway, it wasn't nice...<br />
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We have taken the same beach bungalows as before The Island but this time only for one night. We wanted to escape as soon as possible. Although El Nido is really nice town and the view of the Bacuit Bay is stunning, we could not handle the noise of music and parties and the people. El Nido starts to be a very touristic place, unfortunately...<br />
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So, the next morning we hopped on the bus towards Puerto Princesa but jumped out in Roxas. Well, actually on the crossroads near Roxas. We have been told to catch a tricycle to the Roxas and from there a jeepney to Port Barton. After arrival in Roxas everyone told us that "no more bus to Port Barton today". But, as I never give up and did not want to spend the night in Roxas (nothing intersting there and, mainly because it is not a coastal town, so no sea to which we've got used to on The Island) I have asked a driver of some truck loaded fully with a furniture and other unidentified stuff if they are going to Port Barton by any chance. Guess what, they did go to Port Barton! It turned out to be a family who was moving house from Roxas to Port Barton! There were 4 adults and 3 children. A chance one to million that we have came across them, otherwise we would need to stay in Roxas until following morning...<br />
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Our fellow passenger. Unfortunately did not speak English..<br />
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Oh, by the way, I recommend to put your rain cover on your rucksack when traveling by jeepneys. See photo above where you can see my rucksack after the trip from El Nido.. :)<br />
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The truck was quite big, with a tarpaulin over the back and side wooden barriers. The back was opened and after agreed price of 300 pesos each we have jumped on the back. After some time waiting for someone or something to be loaded on the truck we have started our journey. And what a journey it was! Despite our asses were in disarray due to really wild and bumpy road and crazy driver, the trip was really amazing. We have been driving through a dense jungle with no road, just a muddy track with a holes everywhere. Few times we would fell out of the truck as the truck was jumping on the holes and we were sitting on the very end on some wooden plank (no, it was not there for sitting but the whole truck was fully loaded).<br />
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It took around 2 hours (maybe less or more, don't remember, was too tired and excited about the jungle around) and we arrived in Port Barton. Well, I would not call it a "port". It was a tiny coastal village with a quite narrow beach. But! No tourists, no noise and really friendly people!<br />
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We have found a rooms just on the beach in a small guesthouse. We paid something around 350 pesos for a night. There was a really nice verandah with the hammocks and a beautiful view of the bay<br />
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madmadihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06520423806281737269noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235038149007891694.post-59309352525875227672013-02-02T22:04:00.003+00:002015-04-24T12:41:53.407+01:00Finally Part two of the video...Yes, I have managed it.<br />
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Finally it is here. Part two of the video. On The Island. Enjoy!<br />
If you did not watch part one yet it is available here:<br />
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Part two available here:<br />
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But every day on The Island I felt I am free. Really free. Did not have to go anywhere, do anything, think about anything. Just basic thoughts - how to survive. We had plenty of water and rice, so no problem with the food. We've built a shelter and have the place we can sleep. All three basic elements needed to survive we've had. So, how was it?<br />
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Most of the time I'm fishing. Now, when the spear gun is broken I am going to the far rocks and fish there using the line and hook which I brought from home. Oh man, how do I regret I did not take some basic, small fishing rod... but hey, it supposed to be survival :) Anyway, I manage to catch some fish, not really big but always something different than only rice. To get to the rocks it takes me 10 minutes swimming. Seen really big fish on the way there and back. Set up a fishing net near the place I've seen the big fish but without success..<br />
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Apart from fishing, we clean our camp, make fire, drink more Tanduay and that's it. Nothing special, no adventures or things we did not expect. After one week it was little boring I can say. I liked it but we European people used to do something all the time. There was no time to build a shack. Two weeks is not enough, so we abandoned our original plan to build it. So we just enjoyed freedom, sun and warm waters of the South China Sea...<br />
Two weeks passed. And it was time to go back to civilized world. End of the adventures on The Island, but not end of adventures on Palawan...<br />
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Everyday we wake up with the sun. It is really good for your body. Earlier you wake up, better you feel. Try it. Morning bathe in the sea with our friendly fish. Making a fire and cooking the rice. Checking the fishing net. Snorkeling. Swimming. On the evening after "mosquito time!" (the worst time is just before sun disappear totally in the sea and last for one hour) we drink some Tanduay Rhum and just doing nothing. Swimming, singing, laughing. Real freedom.
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We found out who the big trails belong to. There are at least 7 monitor lizards near our camp. A lot more on whole island, that's for sure. One of them dug a nest in the sand 100 meters from us. We can hear them at night, they coming very close, looking for food. Hopefully we are not their target...:)</div>
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We hang the rice in the bag on the tree so they can't reach it. I don't know if they would eat it though... After first night I saw small holes in the rice bag. Probably hermit crabs. The problem is that the lizards are more and more audacious... Every day they coming closer and in bigger groups... Well, they are not really dangerous. Only if they would bite you- their saliva is toxic and full of bacteria as they eat everything. But they would bite you only if they would sense the danger. I don't know what you would have to do to provoke them, to be honest. You cannot step on them by accident or something as they are really fast beasts.</div>
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Mark dug a big hole in the sand. Wants to catch one. Do not kill, just catch, make some photos and release. Well. I am just wondering how he will release the angry lizard from the hole anyway... It took him like 3 hours digging in the sand under the tropical sun heat. He covered the hole by banana leaves and put some fish head in the middle. </div>
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The next day the hole cover and banana leaves were inside the hole and fish head disappeared. It seems that the hole wasn't deep enough, the lizard simply got out from the hole.<br />
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Seen a lot of fish. The big ones are very shy but the smaller are curious and not afraid. Tracked one of them, quite big, maybe 30-35 cm. She try to swim away but I keep my eye on her. Following her, she wants to hide between the rocks where the much bigger one was hiding. The bigger one bitten the one I was chasing, seems that it was her home. It was really hard to target and come closer to the hole between the sharp rocks because of the waves. I don't want to cut myself on the rocks, the infection in this temperature on The Island would be really fast and dangerous. Mark cut his feet on the coral when he jumped from the boat during the island hopping first day in El Nido and the wound is healing really slowly. By the way, if you will cut yourself on the coral, under no circumstances treat it with iodine- corals feeds on it and they can grow inside your wound. But, I want to catch this big fish. The thing is that rocks and corals are covered with plants and seaweeds and I don't want to put my hand or leg into this stuff. Dunno what is inside... But I want this fish! F*ck that, I was keeping myself against the rock by putting the spear gun as a pole which helps me not going forward to the hole where the fish are. I put my legs on the rocks into the deep plants (I really want to catch this fish...) so now I have three points of footing (?) and waves can blow me only back where there is no rocks. I aimed at the fish. Shot.......the spear power was like a spit of an old man...
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During my fishing I came across some small jellyfish, heard that the small ones are sometimes more dangerous than the big ones. I don't know what was the species I have seen, did not want to try if it was the dangerous one. Also, I had to fish in the long sleeves as there were a lot of tiny plankton, jellyfish-like, invisible in the water. I think it was Richard who told me that they are called nick-nacks (?) and are very popular in Australian waters. I could feel they sting all over my body, it was not really painful though and last just few seconds. Just little annoying stuff. </div>
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After some time without posting I am back. Did not update The Blog as after two weeks since I came back from The Island had to start adapting to "normal" life... It was difficult on the beginning but I have my Blog and it keeps my mind still on The Island.<br />
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Over the weekend I've finally made a slideshow. I have a lot of pictures from The Trip and putted some of them in the slideshow. Still many of pictures waiting to be uploaded to Blog, maybe will make another slideshow like the one below but this time not only from The Island. Anyway, enjoy watching!<br />
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madmadihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06520423806281737269noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235038149007891694.post-48307261620172457122012-05-01T03:00:00.000+01:002014-07-10T08:39:57.885+01:00After sleepless night. First day in Paradise.Sun. Finally bright and sunny morning.<br />
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Really wicked night. Wings of some flies are everywhere. Strange. No flies, just wings. Everything is covered with it. Strange because we did not find anything like that later during our stay on The Island. Later on I found out that those wings belonged to some kind of ants and there are some times when they all die at once. It would explain those wings everywhere. We've been lucky (?) to see it on our fist night there.<br />
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First thing in the morning- bathe in the sea. A lot of small silver fish with black stripe. Funny fish, they are curious. Every time you move they follow you. Some of them are quite big but we decided we will not catch them (we found out later it would be really hard to catch them anyway).<br />
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There is a lot of fish near these rocks. The problem is the waves. It is hard to swim near the rocks as the waves pushing you towards the rocks and coral. Very easy to get cut. In less than 10 minutes I caught 2 fish, not big though... But I felt good as those fish were small is harder to catch them with the spear gun. Was sure that if I caught small fish the big one will be easier to catch. Well, if my spear gun would not broke... One of the two rubbers broke so the spear-gun has now only half of the original power... <br />
Did not catch any more fish this day. We ate those two small I caught before. That's it, but we still have almost 15 kilogrammes of rice :)<br />
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<br />madmadihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06520423806281737269noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235038149007891694.post-32120180386231095602012-04-30T15:00:00.000+01:002012-07-25T09:05:11.886+01:00First night on The Island. Jungle is massive!Wicked.<br />
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We unloaded everything from Ruel's bangka, thanked him and said good bye. <br />
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Now we need to find good spot for our camp. We walked out beach all way long but to be honest, only one place was suitable to hang our hammocks. We could do it in different place but we would need to cut a lot of plants. As it was early evening already we decided to choose an easy option. We still needed to cut some small banana trees and some bushes and clear the ground but it was not very hard to do. Luckily we landed near the spot we choose as moving 6 big canisters to the different place would not be a pleasure in this heat ...<br />
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We hanged out hammocks, mosquito nets and tarpaulin above them.<br />
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Time to eat. Made a fire to cook the rice. Beautiful sunset on horizon, no islands on the way, just open South China sea. No people. Just paradise. Rice still not ready. And then, out from nowhere a big cloud of mosquitoes came. Hundreds and hundreds of them mixed with sand flies and other flies. They came to our fire or my head torch? I don't know and I don't have time to think about. We jumped to our hammocks. Mosquito time! There was not time to clear our hammocks from mosquitoes which were inside so we got some bites even under the mosquito net... It's getting darker and darker, rice is still on the fire and we are hungry. No way to get out from the hammock, too many mosquitoes...<br />
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Jungle is massive. You know, you can read and watch some films or documentaries about some places and situations, but when you actually go there it is totally different experience. One example: I have snorkeled some time ago in Tenerife waters and a big turtle appeared in my sight. I don't know why but for the millisecond I felt afraid. You know, it was my first time seeing a wild turtle in his natural environment. I know turtles are not dangerous at all but still, seeing it for the first time, something new in not my environment made me anxious for a second. You know what I mean?<br />
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So going back to jungle. It is pretty scary night... It is dark already and the jungle coming to life. EVERYTHING on the ground was moving, everything made a noise. Insects, birds, some fighting monkeys, crabs, don't know what else. I knew what to expect but still, as mentioned before, is is totally different experience when you are there. On top of that we could hear some big animal just under our hammocks. Don't know what that is. Crazy night...We are hungry... We did not move out from our hammocks whole night. We did not sleep at all... But we survived this first night. After that everything should be easier. Just waiting for the sun...<br />
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Ruel was waiting for us on front of our beach huts. We loaded all the stuff and...that's it. We are leaving the system. Finally. THIS is beginning of our REAL trip. Now.<br />
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Few words about Ruel. He is around 30-35 years old. Maybe more but doesn't look like more. Really honest and genuine person. First impression was really positive that's why we decided to go with him and took his advice about The Island. Despite he had a stroke and almost half of his body is paralysed he manage to operate his bangka on his own.<br />
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Bangka, really loud boat. I am wondering how many years the fishermans driving these boats will become deaf... It is really loud sitting right on the diesel engine. All of our trips we spent on the front of the bangka and it was still really, really loud. <br />
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On the way to The Island we felt little anxious. You know, expectations are always different than reality. We are prepared though. <br />
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We are doing it, finally. My biggest dream is coming true. I was thinking very often during that trip about The Biggest Dream people have. What I realised is that not even minority of all people, I think minority of minority of people make their Biggest Dream come true. I am lucky guy. I am doing it. Either I will be happiest man in the world after that trip or I will need to find another Biggest Dream. Doesn't matter. I am here. I am doing it. I am happy. I am really happy man.<br />
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Someone told me that the pursuit of The Dream is the best part of it. I don't know. I was pursuing My Dream all my life but cannot tell it was the best part of The Dream...<br />
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It took us more than one hour to get to The Island. When we approached Our Beach it was something amazing. A very long golden beach, palm trees, high mountains and, the best of all, no one there. No people, no buildings, just nature. One of the best moments in my life. I am here and it will be my home for the next two weeks...<br />
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<br />madmadihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06520423806281737269noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235038149007891694.post-47917142029847135312012-04-29T15:00:00.000+01:002012-07-25T09:04:30.911+01:00Second day in El Nido. Island hopping.The next day we wanted to "taste" some of the islands before going to Our Island. Paid 700 pesos for Tour A (if I remember correctly) which is 4 islands and lunch. I've asked the captain to do the reverse tour as per Stephane's advice. There is too many people on the islands on the certain times as everyone visiting the islands in the same order. It was quite nice, snorkelling in crystal clear waters but the coral was not very nice and colourful as I expected. Filipinos done a lot of damage to corals some time ago because they used to do dynamite fishing... Well, now they try to preserve and recover it. Better late than not at all.<br />
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Spoken with locals on the boat asking where we could go camping for 2 weeks. Got some destinations. They said we are crazy. Not the first time we've heard it. Locals told us that some guys done camping on the islands around but for 2, max 3 nights. Well, it did not discourage us.<br />
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After island hopping which was really nice we came back to El Nido. On the evening we've met one fisherman who asked us if we want to go for island hopping tomorrow and after few minutes of chat he told us about The Island we could go which is outside island hopping tours area, and agreed to give us a lift to there and pick us up for 2000 pesos. Fortunately because we wanted to do it on our own, it is cheaper, no police and no Tourism Office involved and, it is half price :) I think we would have to pay even more than 4000 pesos, at the police station I am almost sure there would be some "administration costs" or something. So we decided to not make it through officials and go by ourselves with Ruel. <br />
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So, we have the destination. Now, we just need water and rice. Yes, I know, it supposed to be survival but Ruel (mentioned fisherman) told us that there is no fruits nor water on the island. So we decided to take water and rice.<br />
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Finally, we have the destination. Now, just buy necessary stuff and we are going tomorrow!<br />
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Rest of the evening we spent with Stephane drinking Tanduay rhum (yes, rhum, not rum :)<br />
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<br />madmadihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06520423806281737269noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235038149007891694.post-73933908394363075352012-04-27T18:47:00.000+01:002014-07-10T08:37:13.707+01:00First day in El NidoFirst thing on the morning after waking up- BIG SMILE after seeing the view from our beach huts... AMAZING. Nice surprise after arrival in the dark. Beautiful islands around.<br />
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Just on the front of my hut there was a beauty competition by Filipino children :) All of the children I've seen in Philippines are always smiling and happy. There is no parents watching them and saying "don't do this, don't do that, be careful etc." like in Europe. Children stick together and just have fun. And I think they are safe. Really nice childhood.<br />
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I've found El Nido really beautiful in terms of nature, scenery, islands and weather but...Too many tourists. It is more and more every year. I am not surprised. It is really beautiful place. But it is not what we are looking for...people everywhere. Met one local guy who just started business with island hopping. Generally Filipinos are really natural, friendly and happy people but this one guy was looking just for the money. Sad, but you can't stop it...<br />
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Anyway, we've had a breakfast in Art Cafe. Not the cheapest place in town but food is OK. Found out that they are not doing cash back any more. But, at the gas station (the one on the beach front) they do and they charge only 6% comparing to 8% in Art Cafe . So apart from Puerto there is only gas station where you can get money in El Nido. I think it is good to know.<br />
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As I've got some contacts from Richard from Reggae Pulse I went to the places he advised me to go and asked for The Island which would meet our criteria. I've met some girl who works for Tourism Office (we thought that it will be impossible to camp on our own somewhere around El Nido so we wanted to avoid official stuff and just to on our own) and she told us that we can go, not a problem but we need to get permission from the office and then go to the police station and sign some documents that in case something will go wrong they are not responsible for us. It would cost around 4000 pesos for the boat to go there and back. It would be some beach on one of the private islands (I forgot the name). As we could get the papers on Monday (it is Saturday today) we decided to wait so we paid for another 2 nights for our beach huts. <br />
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Came back to the beach hut and met the French guy, Stephane, who is traveling for long time now. He travels 12 years already, 7 months every year. Good stuff. I am really envious... Very good guy. Interesting stories with Tanduay in our cups. Long night. He told us about his adventures in Laos (if I remember correctly) that there were some gangs and he found himself in the middle of fire exchange. Wicked stuff... A lot of very interesting stories we have heard this night. Thanks Stephane! Hope to meet you again!</div>
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Driver is really crazy or too confident. Called him Michael Schumacher :) No asphalt sometimes and he doesn't change his driving style. Bags from the shelves above our heads falling down. Oh My God, want to be in El Nido asap... Dust, heat, want to pee, no chance he will stop just because of one person. Yes! Break, so I can pee. Stopped because of mango. There is some areas in the South of Palawan where mangoes are with some parasites or something and you cannot bring them to the North for health & safety reasons. Good. Did not eat any mango in Puerto.<br />
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Really nice views on the way. Rice terraces, virgin jungle and native houses in the middle of nowhere...<br />
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Sleep. We need to sleep. We will sleep well. It was long journey...madmadihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06520423806281737269noreply@blogger.com0Rizal St, El Nido, Philippines11.158866274320779 119.3978691101074211.143287774320779 119.37812811010743 11.174444774320779 119.41761011010742tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235038149007891694.post-39165377151804491262012-04-26T15:53:00.003+01:002012-05-30T16:07:31.020+01:00Puerto Princesa, Palawan. Closer to ParadiseAfter around one hour flight from Manila we are in Puerto Princesa's airport and heading to our first contact in Palawan, who I met on Couchsurfing.com. Australian guy, Richard, Reggae Pulse Bar owner.<br />
It is dark already. After almost one hour walking we are here. Really nice place which Richard opened just 2 months ago. Native bamboo style bar. I like it. Have a chat with Richard, his girlfriend, Claire and the bar staff. We decided to catch the first bus to El Nido tomorrow morning.<br />
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We booked the hotel when we were still in UK. Great Eastern Hotel in Makati, 1400 pesos/night for room. Really big differences in transport price. 800 pesos - taxi with no meter, metered taxi 450 pesos to get to the hotel. One of the most dangerous things in Philippines- taxi drivers :)<br />
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Arrived to hotel after around one hour in crazy traffic. Total freestyle. Took the shower and went to see the city. First thing, children beggars, cockroaches, heat, noise and prostitutes everywhere...<br />
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"Hello Sir, you wanna women? - No. - You wanna girl? - No. You wanna boy? - NO! - Wife? She still virgin! - NO! Ganja? - Hmm....., No!"<br />
We need to catch some tan as we are on the target, visible from far. <br />
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Few Red Horse beers and some food, walking around the city and time to sleep. Tomorrow Palawan.<br />
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Ehh, Manila, crazy Manila, don't like it. Interesting to see it but couldn't live here. One night here is enough...madmadihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06520423806281737269noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235038149007891694.post-33474325287609292262012-04-25T08:26:00.001+01:002012-06-05T15:41:15.866+01:00Cathay Pacific<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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First thing, the aircraft staff is really nice, helpful and always smiled. But it is a standard in all airlines today, just want to confirm CP staff are excellent.</div>
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Mark chosen sleeping... I will meditate and then do the same. Fortunately the plane is half empty so we can use 4-seat sleeping bed :)<br />
Good night, Mabuhay and Haribol! <br />
(writing time 7am UK, 2pm HKG)<br />
Slept like a baby, the best flight ever. Was wondering if will have a chance to see Himalayas. Didn't seen them but seen some other beautiful mountains on the east of Himalayas. Really amazing view...<br />
Breakfast eaten, but, like lunch yesterday, nothing special, cannot complain though. 1 hr to HKG. <br />
Interesting thing is that we did not fly in straight line, but east and then south/south east. Anyway. There is only 5 hours between us and Manila! <br />
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<p>Flight in 3,5 hrs. Wandering at the airport. Next post tomorrow from Hong Kong, 7 am UK time, for us it will be 2 pm.</p>
<p>Write u soon from the other continent! <br>
Over and out.</p>
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Someones been struck on the lines and we are in the queue of trains at Retfort station...<br />
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The first part of our journey began. <br />
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Mark has been ripped off by taxi driver who, after some arguing shook Mark's hand and smiled. Why? Mark told him we are leaving all that system, including taxi drivers and going to live on deserted tropical island for one month.<br />
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Mark's rucksack also is ripped. Don't buy cheap gear!<br />madmadihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06520423806281737269noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235038149007891694.post-75920245684000101502012-04-24T08:28:00.001+01:002012-06-05T15:35:54.524+01:00The Time is now...<a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-5Fe43a0PT2o/T5ZWLUEE-HI/AAAAAAAAAEU/cAZvSm5886I/s0/IMAG0001.jpg"><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-5Fe43a0PT2o/T5ZWLUEE-HI/AAAAAAAAAEU/cAZvSm5886I/s400/IMAG0001.jpg" /></a><br />
After 29 years waiting I finally am on my way. Sitting in the bus to the train station and thinking if forgot to take anything. <br />
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Apart from my Family including my dog, Kanu, I will not be missing much, especially not the weather. Scotland is saying good bye to me by pouring the water from the sky..<br />madmadihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06520423806281737269noreply@blogger.com0