House in Philippine village

house in philippine village

In some of the more rural regions of Puerto Galera, you can get a feel of the simplicity of life that carries on.  Houses like this are common throughout the area. Often times you’d see a few kids and dogs playing and some basic farm animals nearby.

Local Sabang

local kids in Sabang, Puerto Galera

To continue on from yesterday’s post about the beaches of Sabang and building upon the post earlier of the rusted out old bridge to the local part of town, we here have another area of the that local kids frequent.  From this bridge, they jump off for fun, when [...]

Sabang, Puerto Galera

street in Sabang, Puerto Galera

In the northeast corner of Puerto Galera, lies this small beach town with its white sand beach, restaurants, cheap hotels and lots of tourist.   A nice little beach getaway from the grime, crime and craziness of Manila.

The beaches aren’t the best you are going to find in [...]

Rusted pathway

chain bridge in a small local area of Puerto Galera

An old rusted out chain bridge in a small town in the Puerto Galera area of the Philippine island of Mindoro which connects a local (tribal?) village.

Similar to a typical rope bridge, but made entirely out of rusted metal and wires. The bridge looks here a [...]