The view from my hammock.


Inside Nuts Huts. That night was had dinner with all Dutch speakers: the Beligian Dutch owners (Chris and Rita), a Dutch couple (Ruth and Reich-jan) that we had earlier met at Genesis Divers and then run into here, and two Dutch girls who were doing research in Manila but in Bohol for vacation.

After one night and one day in Bohol we travelled Philippine-style back to Manilla. First we took a boat from Nuts Huts to a bridge, where we then caught a jeepney to Tagbilaran. From Tagbilaran we got a cab to the airport, and then we flew Manilla.

That night at our hotel, Bianca's Garden, which was our base in Manila, we met David, a crazy American originally from LA. He had clearly been in the Philippines too long and was fond of making statements like, "I make money through various side projects...I had a great boat that I sailed around South East Asia in, but then my lawyer took it...My grandfather owns the hospital in town, those people fucking worship me...Catholic countries have the highest rate of prostitution in the world...Supposedly there's some hash hidden in my room and I'm gonna find it...I got lots of antibiotics if you need..." Needless to say he was an interesting dude. That night we went with him to The Hobbit House, so named because it is staffed entirely by little people. However, it was also known for good live music.