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True Heroes

True Heroes. Text and Images by Marvy Enestoes and Ronald de Jong. Some time ago we met tw...

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Karaoke, Filipino Fun

Karaoke, Filipino Fun

" Sasakyan kita, Sa lahat ng gusto mo, Sasakyan kitaaaaaaa ", a very popular song by Gl...

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Green & Graphic Getaways, farmer and carabao

Green & Graphic Getaways

Mindanao is truly a travel photographer's paradise with dozens of untapped eco tourist sites and ...

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Rice, much more than food Image by Ronald de Jong

Rice, much more than food.

A Philippine proverb says that if anyone wastes rice or throws it away, his hand will become defo...

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Mind your (table) manners! Image by Ronald de Jong

Mind your (table) manners!

The Philippine hospitality is legendary and uncomplicated; visitors will always be greeted and tr...

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Flying with a Filipino touch. Cebu Pacific Airplane at General Santos City Airport

Flying with a Filipino touch.

The Philippines is an exotic archipelago with more than 7000 fascinating, palm fringed islands an...

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The Farm

Southern Comfort

Many local and foreign visitors describes South Cotabato as a "place like no other", an...

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Philippines, Mindanao, South Cotabato, Polomolok, Mt. Matutum

Mt Matutum, a true gift from Mother Nature.

Mt Matutum, a steep, non active, volcano is located north of the town of General Santos in the pr...

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The last Tribes of Mindanao, the Maguindanaons, people of the flood plains.

The last Tribes of Mindanao, the Maguindanaons, people of the flood plains.

The island of Mindanao, Philippines...

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Sabong, “The Sport of Kings”

Sabong, “The Sport of Kings”

Its late Sunday morning, the church mass has ended, and small groups of men still flock to the Ne...

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Mindanao, street photography

Mindanao, Street Sceneries

Street photography in Mindanao...

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Butiki

Each territory has its own unique variety of native animals, bugs and creatures; the island of Mi...

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Philippines, Mindanao, Koronadal City. T’nalak Festival

The T'nalak festival, South Cotabato, Philippines

Philippines, Mindanao, Koronadal City. The Province of South Cotabato, celebrates the grandest ...

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Kids in front of Sari Sari store

It is a small phenomenon of the vast Philippine cultural and economical landscape and one ...

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The Barrio's Bread and Butter, women in ricepaddy

The Barrio's Bread and Butter.

A barrio can best be described as a small rural village; the word is in fact a Spanish phrase mea...

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Mindanao, ”Bahala Na”, The Filipino Way

Mindanao, ”Bahala Na”, The Filipino Way

The exotic archipelago of the Philippines is well known one of the most Westernized Asian nations...

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Habal-Habal, Fun, Fast and Fright

Habal-Habal, Fun, Fast and Fright

Mindanao has the one of the most comprehensive and best road network in the Philippines, many tow...

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The last Tribes of Mindanao, the Yakan; Mountain Dwellers.

The last Tribes of Mindanao, the Yakan; Mountain Dwellers.

Mindanao, the Philippines' southernmost island, is a virtual and cultural melting pot, alt...

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Mindanao Festivals & Fiestas

Mindanao Festivals & Fiestas

The many fascinating festivals that are organized in Mindanao are a dynamic, integral part...

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Mindanao, Mores & Myths

Mindanao, Mores & Myths

When traveling through the Philippines, living and interacting with the locals, one will undoubte...

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