POLILLO ISLAND [Photo-Gallery]

►►►Day 2: The Carabao - The working animal

- The carabao is a water buffalo [Bubalus Bubalis] which is native to the Philippines. This animal is a great farmhelper it plows the fields and it is in general a source of transportation.

More infos here: Wikipedia

▬ Place: Sibulan, Polillo Island, Quezon

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►►►Day 2: Holes in the roof makes an awesome backdrop

- Holes in the roof because of falling coconuts.

▬ Place: Sibulan, Polillo Island, Quezon

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►►►Day 2: Cooking with a natural stove

- With 3 stones, dried coconut, a lighter, a nature fan and patience we made a really strong fire to cook our meal. Rice with Ulam.

▬ Place: Sibulan, Polillo Island, Quezon

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►►►Day 2: Fresh Buko (Young Coconut) Juice

- Diber climbed up a Coconut tree to get up fresh Buko-Juice. We opened it with his machete. When you finished with drinking the juice you can open the buko complete to eat the jelly meat. The first time to open it was a really hard time for me. 

▬ Place: Sibulan, Polillo Island, Quezon

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►►►Day 2: Natural Dishers

- Our bowl was made out the half of a coconut shell. The spoon we cut with the machete out of a young coconut. We washed it in the river and used it also for the dinner and breakfast, after we throw it into the nature. It can be recycled by the nature.

▬ Place: Sibulan, Polillo Island, Quezon

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►►►Day 2: Natural Mosquito Repellent

- Natural Mosquito Repellent with burning dried coconut fibers which create a great smoke that Mosquitos don't like.

▬ Place: Sibulan, Polillo Island, Quezon

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►►►Day 2: Into the jungle

- We went into the Sibulan Watershed Reserve, a protected area with a great biodiversity. If you want to enter this area you need a permission from the Municipal Hall of Polillo, the Philippine National Police (PNP) and the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR). You also need for making photo and video material the permission of the DENR. 

▬ Place: Sibulan Watershed Reserve, Sibulan, Polillo Island, Quezon

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Photo by kirschnick | FOTOGRAFIE with the permission of the DENR

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►►►Day 2: Walking along the creek

▬ Place: Sibulan Watershed Reserve, Sibulan, Polillo Island, Quezon

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Photo by kirschnick | FOTOGRAFIE with the permission of the DENR

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►►►Day 2: Ant-Mimicking Moth

- This insect that looks like a weird ant is so I think an "Ant-Mimicking Moth" [Stathmopodidae].

▬ Place: Sibulan Watershed Reserve, Sibulan, Polillo Island, Quezon

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Photo by kirschnick | FOTOGRAFIE with the permission of the DENR

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►►►Day 2: Green Vine Snake - Mildly venomous

- This is a "Green Vine Snake" [Ahaetulla Prasina] in Tagalog: "Dahong Palay". It is mildly venomous and can cause swelling, pain, bruising, numbness and other local symptoms, which will subside within three days. It use its binocular vision to hunt. It is slow moving. This is my first snake I found in Polillo, it was hard to see because it is very good camouflaged and also small. This snake was really calm and totally harmless but still I kept my safe distance to it. I found it at day time.

More infos here: Wikipedia

▬ Place: Sibulan Watershed Reserve, Sibulan, Polillo Island, Quezon

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Photo by kirschnick | FOTOGRAFIE with the permission of the DENR

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►►►Day 2: Wolf Snake - Non-venomous

- This is a "Wolf Snake" [Lycodon Muelleri] in Tagalog: "Ahas Tulog" translated: "Asleep Snake". This small snake is a nocturnal animal and it's also non-venomous. When I saw I thought it was venomous and when it dropped from the branches into the creek and it swum to us my heart was pumping but even it would be venomous this snake was just escaping. You don't need to be that afraid of snakes they are mostly more afraid of humans and you are more lucky to see one because some snake feel the vibration on the ground and before you are close to them they are already gone. 

More infos here: Wikipedia

▬ Place: Sibulan Watershed Reserve, Sibulan, Polillo Island, Quezon

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Photo by kirschnick | FOTOGRAFIE with the permission of the DENR

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►►►Day 2: Common Mormon

- This is a "common Mormon" a common species of swallowtail butterfly [Papilio Polytes], this species here is, so I think a [Pachliopta Pandiyana]. Looks like white paws on its wings. 

More infos here: Wikipedia

▬ Place: Sibulan Watershed Reserve, Sibulan, Polillo Island, Quezon

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Photo by kirschnick | FOTOGRAFIE with the permission of the DENR

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►►►Day 2: Huge Millipede

- This is a "Flame Leg Millipede" [Trigoniulus Macropygus] totally harmless just if you would eat it you would get poisoned. I really like how the little feet are moving like a wave.

More infos here: Wikipedia

▬ Place: Sibulan Watershed Reserve, Sibulan, Polillo Island, Quezon

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Photo by kirschnick | FOTOGRAFIE with the permission of the DENR

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►►►Day 2: Giant Centipede

- I think this "Giant Centipede" is a [Scolopendra spinosissima] - This was the most giant Centipede I have ever seen. It was around 20 cm long. Don't take it in your hand or come to close to this predator, it has extremely painful venomous in its fangs.

More infos here: Wikipedia

▬ Place: Sibulan Watershed Reserve, Sibulan, Polillo Island, Quezon

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Photo by kirschnick | FOTOGRAFIE with the permission of the DENR

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►►►Day 2: Some frogs in Polillo

- I can't really tell the difference spezies of these frogs but I think the frog in the upper right (2nd Picture) could be a "Small Disked Frog" or also "Philippine Swamp Frog" [Limnonectes Leytensis] which is endemic to the Philippines. The frog in the bottom left (3rd Picture) could be a "Fiji Ground Frog" [Platymantis Vitiana]. Always Beware: Small frogs are often a good sign for snakes territory. 

▬ Place: Sibulan Watershed Reserve, Sibulan, Polillo Island, Quezon

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Photos by kirschnick | FOTOGRAFIE with the permission of the DENR

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►►►Day 2: Giant Marine Toad

- I think this is a "Giant Marine Toad" [Bufo marinus]. For its defense is exuding from its warts a milky fluid [bufotoxin]. Humans only get skin irritation from this toxic.

More infos here: columbia.edu

▬ Place: Sibulan Watershed Reserve, Sibulan, Polillo Island, Quezon

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Photo by kirschnick | FOTOGRAFIE with the permission of the DENR

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►►►Day 2: Hairy spider

▬ Place: Sibulan Watershed Reserve, Sibulan, Polillo Island, Quezon

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►►►Day 2: Another hairy spider

▬ Place: Sibulan Watershed Reserve, Sibulan, Polillo Island, Quezon

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►►►Day 2: Golden Silk Orb Weaver Spider

- This is a "Golden Silk Orb Weaver Spider" [Nephila Pilipes]. It makes very beautiful huge golden webs. The venom of this spider is potent, but not deadly for humans. The type of poison is similar to that used by black widows, but much less powerful. The venom can cause some redness, discomfort, blisters, and possible swelling which should all pass within a day or two.

More infos here: Wikipedia

▬ Place: Sibulan Watershed Reserve, Sibulan, Polillo Island, Quezon

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Photo by kirschnick | FOTOGRAFIE with the permission of the DENR

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►►►Day 2: A bugs life - Some purple beetles

▬ Place: Sibulan Watershed Reserve, Sibulan, Polillo Island, Quezon

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►►►Day 2: Huge Grasshopper

▬ Place: Sibulan Watershed Reserve, Sibulan, Polillo Island, Quezon

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►►►Day 2: Snail with a beautiful greenish shell

▬ Place: Sibulan Watershed Reserve, Sibulan, Polillo Island, Quezon

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►►►Day 2: Young bird fallen out of its nest from a high tree

▬ Place: Sibulan Watershed Reserve, Sibulan, Polillo Island, Quezon

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►►►Day 2: Olive-Backed Sunbird

- This is a female "Olive-Backed Sunbird" also known as the "Yellow-Bellied Sunbird" [Cinnyris Jugularis].

More infos here: Wikipedia

▬ Place: Sibulan Watershed Reserve, Sibulan, Polillo Island, Quezon

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►►►Day 2: Bird's nest with baby birds

▬ Place: Sibulan Watershed Reserve, Sibulan, Polillo Island, Quezon

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►►►Day 2: Bird's nest with tiny eggs

▬ Place: Sibulan Watershed Reserve, Sibulan, Polillo Island, Quezon

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►►►Day 2: Luzon Giant Forest Skink

This Lizard is a "Luzon Giant Forest Skink" [Sphenomorphus Cumingi] this species of skink is endemic to the Philippines.

▬ Place: Sibulan Watershed Reserve, Sibulan, Polillo Island, Quezon

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►►►Day 3: Shy Plant - Touch it and see what happens!

- This plant is called "Sensitive Plant", "Sleepy Plant", "Dormilones", "Touch-Me-Not", or "Shy Plant" [Mimosa Pudica], in Tagalog: "Makahiya". This plant I know from my childhoold and it belongs to my favorite plants because of it's interesting reaction when you touch it. When it's touched or shaken the compound leaves fold inward to defend itself from harm. 

More infos here: Wikipedia

▬ Place: Sibulan, Polillo Island, Quezon

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►►►Day 3: Jackfruit - World largest tree fruit

- This is a Jackfruit [Artocarpus Heterophyllus] in Tagalog: "Langka" it is the with up to 35kg, 90cm in length and 50cm in diameter the largest tree fruit in the world. This one is my favorit fruit it is very delicious and very sweet. The taste reminds me a bit on the taste of bananas. 

More infos here: Wikipedia

▬ Place: Sibulan, Polillo Island, Quezon

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►►►Day 3: Areca Nut or Betel Nut - Chewing Tabac (but with many side effects)

- This one could be a "Areca Nut" or a "Betel Nut" and people using it for chewing but the consumption has many harmful effects on health and is carcinogenic to humans.

More infos here: Wikipedia

▬ Place: Sibulan, Polillo Island, Quezon

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►►►Day 3: Pretty Makopa Flowers

- I think these flowers are "Makopa Flowers" from the "Malay (Rose) Apple Tree" [Syzygium Malaccense].

More infos here: Wikipedia

▬ Place: Sibulan, Polillo Island, Quezon

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►►►Day 3: Walking over the rice fields back to Polillo Town

▬ Place: Sibulan, Polillo Island, Quezon

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►►►Day 3: Natural sun umbrella and carry help

- Using the "Anahaw Palm Leaf" from the "Round-Leaf Fountain Palm [Saribus Rotundifolius] in Tagalog: "Anahaw" as a umbrella for sun protection. Diber cut it off with his machete and he also cut of the thorns. The same for his carry help in addition with a notch so he is not losing his sack.

More infos here: Wikipedia

▬ Place: Sibulan, Polillo Island, Quezon

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►►►Day 3: Very muddy walk.

▬ Place: Sibulan, Polillo Island, Quezon

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►►►Day 3: Garden Croton - I like the green, red, orange and yellow color play

-This is a "Garden Croton" or also "Variegated Croton" [Codiaeum variegatum]. I like the color structure on its leaves. It looks very beautiful. 

More infos here: Wikipedia

▬ Place: Sibulan, Polillo Island, Quezon

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►►►Day 3: Dragonfly - The Mini-Helicopter

- This is a "Paddyfield Parasol" [Neurothemis Intermedia] a species of dragonfly.

More infos here: Wikipedia

▬ Place: Sibulan, Polillo Island, Quezon

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►►►Day 3: It looks like this Pig is posing for the camera

▬ Place: Sibulan, Polillo Island, Quezon

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►►►Day 3: Carabao chilling on the rice field

▬ Place: Sibulan, Polillo Island, Quezon

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►►►Day 3: Tabo - Traditional Filipino hygiene

- You find the "Tabo" in mostly every filipino household. It's the way you take a bath, or for flushing the toilet, cleaning the floor or for whatever use. It always contains a "Pail" in tagalog: "Timba" and a "Dipper" in tagalog: "Tabo"

More infos here: Wikipedia

▬ Place: Polillo Town, Polillo Island, Quezon

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►►►Day 4: Pineapple on its parent plant

- The "Pineapple" (Ananas Comosus) in Tagalog: "Pinya" is a tropical plant with an edible multiple fruit consisting of coalesced berries, which is also called pineapples.

More infos here: Wikipedia

▬ Place: Polillo Island, Quezon

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►►►Day 4: Some beautiful red lilies

▬ Place: Polillo Island, Quezon

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►►►Day 4: Climbing up a coconut tree for fresh Buko Juice

▬ Place: Polillo Island, Quezon

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►►►Day 4: Making a small break. Diber made me with his machete a walking stick out of the nature. 

▬ Place: Polillo Island, Quezon

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►►►Day 4: The house of Dibers Parents on the mountain (mountain in Tagalog: "Bundok")

▬ Place: Polillo Island, Quezon

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►►►Day 4: Dibers Parents, his brother and two friends

- From left to right: Helbert "Tabon" Corpos, Lidiver "Diber" L. Surco, Nanay Liway Surco, Tatay Conrado Surco, Rico Surco, Raymond "Emon" 

▬ Place: Polillo Island, Quezon

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►►►Day 4: The parents of Diber have a lot of cute little baby pigs

▬ Place: Polillo Island, Quezon

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►►►Day 3: Very powerful and accurate marble gun

- This is a home-made gun made of wood, aluminum tube, a plastic bottle and electric wire from a electric lighter. If you want to use it you have to spray several times denatured alcohol inside of the bottle and as bullet you put a diminutive marble into the tube. Then just pull the trigger. Do not underestimate this gun it has the same power as an airgun and it's even over a distance from 50 Meters very accurate.

More infos here: aerohaeda.wordpress.com

▬ Place: Polillo Island, Quezon

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►►►Day 3: Bamboo Pole with a blade to cut coconuts down 

- To get down coconuts you can also use an adjustable bamboo pole which has a special blade fixed at the top. Just cut the coconuts down.

▬ Place: Polillo Island, Quezon

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►►►Day 3: Solar Energy on the mountain

- Because on the mountain is no electric some people have solar energy for the light, for the radio or for whatever.

▬ Place: Polillo Island, Quezon

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►►►Day 3: Kalalanung waterfalls

- This is the waterfall where the locals go. It's a really rough way to go there and because people don't care of their trash it is also very dirty there. 

▬ Place: Polillo Island, Quezon

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►►►Day 3: Typical Sari-Sari Stores (Neighborhood variety store)

- Small convenience stores selling some stuff like newspapers, canned food, some drinks, bread, cigarettes sold by the stick, vegetables, eggs and onions, different sweets, instant noodles, variety stuff in sachets like shampoo, instant coffee, peanuts in small packets and more. They have about every commonly needed item in miniature packets. 

More infos here: Wikipedia

▬ Place: Sitio Lawis, Polillo Island, Quezon

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►►►Day 3: Gasoline Station

- Here you can fuel your boat or motorbike with gasoline that is filled in drinking bottles.

▬ Place: Sitio Lawis, Polillo Island, Quezon

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►►►Day 3: Some Diesel for the boat

- We had to buy Diesel for the boat. 2 Liter costs around 60 PHP (around 1.20 EUR)

▬ Place: Sitio Lawis, Polillo Island, Quezon

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►►►Day 3: Octopus

- At night we were hunting our breakfast and we catched also some octopuses.

▬ Place: Sitio Lawis, Polillo Island, Quezon

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►►►Day 4: On the way to Pulong Kukok

- And the only picture with me in.

▬ Place: Sitio Lawis, Polillo Island, Quezon

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►►►Day 4: Pulong Kukok - The Island of Sea Snakes

▬ Place: Sitio Lawis, Polillo Island, Quezon

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►►►Day 4: Huge deadly venomous Sea Snake

- This is the "Blue-Lipped Sea Krait" [Laticauda Laticaudata], in Tagalog: "Walo-Walo". It is called "Walo-Walo", which means "Eight-Eight", because when you get bitten you've to endure 8 hours, when you are still alive you have a chance to survive. But get bitten but one of those snakes is really rare because these nocturnal animals are really calm and just want to relax in the holes of rocks at day time. You must be very unlucky to get bitten by one, they bite usually in self-defense. 

More infos here: Wikipedia

▬ Place: Pulong Kukok, Polillo Island, Quezon

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►►►Day 4: Fresh Lunch

- Nonoy and the others catched some fishes for our fresh lunch. It was very delicious. 

▬ Place: Pulong Kukok, Polillo Island, Quezon

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►►►Day 4: Nice scenery

▬ Place: Sitio Lawis, Polillo Island, Quezon

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►►►Day 4: Easy way to open a Buko - My Style

- If you have problems to open a Buko then cut the head with the machete as good as possible off. Then you just need to cut 4 lines on top to make a square in the middle which you can open easily.

▬ Place: Sitio Lawis, Polillo Island, Quezon

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►►►Day 4: Hermit Crab

- When "Hermit Crabs" [Decapod Crustaceans] hiding in their shells just whistle and they will come out. If you have some more of them you can make a Hermit Crab race. Make a big circle in the sand put them all on the backside in the middle of the circle and wait, or whistle. The first one who gets out of the circle is the winner. 

More infos here: Wikipedia

▬ Place: Sitio Lawis, Polillo Island, Quezon

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►►►Day 4:  Mangroves

▬ Place: Sitio Lawis, Polillo Island, Quezon

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►►►Day 4: Nice scenery

▬ Place: Sitio Lawis, Polillo Island, Quezon

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►►►Day 4: Sapin-Sapin - Filipino Dessert

- "Sapin-Sapin" is a layered glutinous rice and coconut dessert in the Philippines sprinkled on top with latik or toasted desiccated coconut flakes."Sapin" means "Layers" and "Sapin-Sapin" means "Layered". 

More infos here: Wikipedia

▬ Place: Sitio Lawis, Polillo Island, Quezon

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►►►Day 4: And of course also here is a basketball court

▬ Place: Sitio Lawis, Polillo Island, Quezon

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►►►Day 4: A bahay kubo (Nipa Hut) in Sitio Lawis

More infos here: Wikipedia

▬ Place: Sitio Lawis, Polillo Island, Quezon

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►►►Day 4: The banana heart

▬ Place: Sitio Lawis, Polillo Island, Quezon

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►►►Day 4: Monkey hold as a pet

- This is a "Philippine Long-Tailed Macaque" [Macaca fascicularis philippensis]. I saw a few people holding it as a pet.

More infos here: Wikipedia

▬ Place: Sitio Lawis, Polillo Island, Quezon

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►►►Day 4: Drying my washed clothes in the backyard

▬ Place: Sitio Lawis, Polillo Island, Quezon

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►►►Day 5: Guyabano Fruit full of red fire ants

- This fruit is a "Soursop" [Annona Muricata] in Tagalog "Guyabano" 

More infos here: Wikipedia

▬ Place: Sitio Lawis, Polillo Island, Quezon

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►►►Day 5: Unripe Duhat Fruit 

- The "Duhat Fruit" is a fruit of the Jambul Tree [Syzygium Cumini]

More infos here: Wikipedia

▬ Place: Sitio Lawis, Polillo Island, Quezon

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►►►Day 5: On the way to the caves through the rice fields

▬ Place: Sitio Lawis, Polillo Island, Quezon

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►►►Day 5: Our Cave Crew

- From left to right: Sharon Fernandez Duabe, Jackelyn "Jacky", Adrian, Lidiver "Diber" L. Surco, Ariel Azagra

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►►►Day 5: Mango tree with unripe mangoes

- The "Mangoes" [Mangifera Indica] in the Philippines are among the best and most delicious mangoes in world.

More infos here: Wikipedia

▬ Place: Sitio Lawis, Polillo Island, Quezon

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►►►Day 5: Nice jungle scenery with smoke

▬ Place: Sitio Lawis, Polillo Island, Quezon

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►►►Day 5: The entrance to one of the caves.

- This cave has a very narrow entrance and at some places you have to crouch. Don't forget your flashlight. 

▬ Place: Sitio Lawis, Polillo Island, Quezon

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►►►Day 5: In the cave are a lot of giant spiders and fruit bats

▬ Place: Sitio Lawis, Polillo Island, Quezon

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►►►Day 5: Halo-Halo for the whole family

- Halo-Halo [from Tagalog: mixed together] is a popular dessert in the Philippines. There are different variations but usually it includes boiled sweetened kidney beans, chickpeas, sugar palm fruit (kaong), coconut sport (macapuno) and plantains sweetened with sugar, jackfruit (langka), gulaman, tapioca, nata de coco, sweet potato (kamote), cheese, pounded crushed young rice (pinipig). Most of the ingredients (fruits, beans, and other sweets) are first placed inside the tall glass, followed by the shaved ice. This is then sprinkled with sugar, and topped with either (or a combination of) leche flan, purple yam (ubeng pula), or ice cream. Evaporated milk is poured into the mixture upon serving. The best way to eat it is mixing everything together with the spoon. 

More infos here: Wikipedia

▬ Place: Sitio Lawis, Polillo Island, Quezon

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►►►Day 5: Weird Black Brittle Star

-This is a "Black Brittle Star" [Ophiocomina Nigra]. Looks really cool and weird. 

More infos here: Wikipedia

▬ Place: Sitio Lawis, Polillo Island, Quezon

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►►►Day 5: Stingless Spotted Lagoon Jellyfish

- "Spotted Lagoon Jellyfish" [Mastigias Papua]. These Jellyfishes are totally harmless because they are stingless.

More infos here: Wikipedia

▬ Place: Sitio Lawis, Polillo Island, Quezon

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►►►Day 5: Fresh Dinner from the sea

- Fresh fishes like the Lapu-Lapu Fish and some crabs. Beware of catching crabs some are not eatable because they are poisonous.

▬ Place: Sitio Lawis, Polillo Island, Quezon

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►►►Day 5: Thank you for letting me part of your family

- From left to right: Dexter "Dep", Jackelyn "Jessa", Rose Marie "Mary", Annica, Eugenio "Nonoy" M. Nario Jr.,

Edmar "Payi", Allan "Pastor"

Front from left to right: Adrian, Lidiver "Diber" L. Surco

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►►►Day 6: Stunning Sunrise at around 5-6 am in the morning

▬ Place: Sitio Lawis, Polillo Island, Quezon

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►►►Day 6:  Well with fresh water

- This well contains fresh water for the daily life e.g. toilet, kitchen, laundry, etc. but not for drinking. For the drinking water well you have to walk a little bit further but not so far away.

▬ Place: Sitio Lawis, Polillo Island, Quezon

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►►►Day 6: Trash is always a big problem in the Philippines

- If you just live a nature life. You get your coconut from the tree, you drink the juice, you eat eventually also the meat and after it you throw the shell into the nature. This is okay in my eyes because the nature can process it but also here should be used a proper place. But eating out from a metal can and throwing the sharp can lid somewhere where people walk and also the rest and all other kind of rubbish is really bad. It is easy and lazy to eat something and let the non-edible stuff just on the ground. But nobody thinks about over a longer period. If everybody is doing so and the nature will not process it, it will grow and grow.

▬ Place: Sitio Lawis, Polillo Island, Quezon

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►►►Day 6: Out of the jungle.

- It was a long walk to the street that leads to Polillo Town but we still have to walk a bit to get to our destination. First a small break.

▬ Place: Polillo Island, Quezon

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►►►Day 6: Preparing for the fight

- "Cockfight", in Tagalog "Sabong", is part of the Philippine Culture. Every City, or bigger village has a cockpit. Two chicken have to fight with each other both chicken have a edge blade on one of its foot. Essential for a cockfight are also the bets. The defeated chicken has to die at the end.

More infos here: Wikipedia

▬ Place: Polillo Town, Polillo Island, Quezon

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►►►Day 6: Just a crab walking around the streets of Polillo Town

▬ Place: Polillo Town, Polillo Island, Quezon

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