Almost all boats in the Philippines have outriggers on both sides, from the smallest sailing canoe, to the big ferries and fishing vessels. The medium size that’s around in large numbers has inboard diesel engines (usually quite overpowered), so they sound like big tractors and look like angry spiders running over the water at high speed. We’ve been calling them “spiders” ever since we first… Continue reading »
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Squeak is back on duty
Five weeks after the surgery, life is almost back to normal on Pitufa. After keeping up a 24/7 vigil for such a long time, Christian and I can finally leave the cats alone again and go for a snorkel or a walk together. It has been a tough period in our lives with lots of worry and little sleep, but watching little Squeak bounce around… Continue reading »