Puppies whimper in the dark at a seashore resort on the dawn of a new day.
MoreAuthor: Ellen
Budget slow traveler in early retirement. Sober, breast cancer warrior, now living flat. Loves chocolate, coffee, stories, puppies.
1 year in the Philippines (and other numbers)
The greatest number of all is at the end.
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A funeral service and farewell song for Willy
What happened at services for a well-known and liked Filipino.
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An American’s brief visit to a Philippine wake
Rest in peace, Willy.
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Halloween 2020: Treats and tricks in the Philippines
Some good, some bad; who really cares?
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What I did during Typhoon Quinta in the Philippines
Ellen’s calculated risk acceptance.
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Mom Diane home, Willy dead, fish harder to find
Updates from our pandemic bunker.
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Life in Malay, leaving Malay
Change = part of life.
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Prayers for Willy, the run down fish salesman
Sometimes thing happen, and they suck ass.
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Travel restrictions ease, cockfights back, U.S. ‘irrelevant’
The Philippines starts to reopen its economy more.
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Privileged to go barefoot in mud
A favorite slow travel experience.
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Shared wealth in the Ati world
My humanitarian husband is my hero.
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Boracay Island open to domestic tourists
Plus, how to get here.
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Friendship in the time of coronavirus lightens up life
Age is just a number.
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Boracay opens October 1; island trike phaseout
High hopes for domestic tourism.
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Pandemic dental visit, iPhone pictures, COVID cases
Great dental care during a global pandemic in a developing nation.
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SOS tourism deals; South China Sea problem
Vacation steals and new tourism projections amid a major naval buildup.
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Blog frequency & news of note from pandemic paradise
Blog announcement and COVID watch near us.
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Coronavirus in Aklan Province, Philippines
Provincial travel isn’t banned — yet.
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Kalibo COVID-19 transmission, ferry confusion, Ati cotillion
The way we locally traveled just last month is now changed.
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