My world walk blog - The Philippines #1
The Philippines #1
I made my way to Taipei airport for my flight to Cubu in the Philippines.
As
I made a late decision to walk a token island there and that was only
to meet up with an Irish hill running friend called Francis Cosgrave. He
lives there now. Many years ago we raced each other a couple of times
in the Wicklow mountains in Ireland.
That first
Friday in Cebu, Philippines we visited an indigenous community who are
known as the Bajau Sea Gypsies. They are sea-dwelling people who live by
the sea in houseboats or ramshackle seaside dwellings.
These
days Francis is a missionary in the area and has done a lot of good
work with them. He set up the mission many years ago. I got permission
to shoot some photograph and to post them as the community wants to
highlight their plight of what seems like government indifference. Many
of the photos were distressing and transmit much hopelessness while
other people and children were smiling bravely.
The
next day I begun my walk across Cebu, Philippines from a port and only
walked 12 kilometres as it was a late start. I was delighted when
Francis said he would accompany me His mate Miguel came along and did
support on his motorcycle that first day
Our route
across the island was only 50 kilometres which could be done in one
day. We had decided upon two easy half days and a full day.
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