Phillipines...

We just arrive in the Philippines,
after one week at sea from Yap, Macronesia
Kalo come back from his first step on land and bring with him
a bunch of smily people so happy to say hello to me
and to come on board

We spend the fisrt month in the pilippines
to explore small islands, where people living very simply
but little more develop than the island of the south pacific

Burgos , Leyte island

We found some amazing places where we can easely spend
days to chill out and enjoy a simple life

Local people invited us to drink fresh green coconut
and enjoy to teach us some local language

Maasin city

After longtime out of the city,
it's not so dificul to find a new friends
and enjoy the easy way of all things that provided the city

Filipinos are creative and artistic people

The Philippines is unique in Asia:

It is the only Christian nation. More than 90% of the population are nominally Christian.

The great majority are Roman Catholic, reflecting long years of Spanish rule.

In a 1999 survey, local poll firm Social Weather Stations
claimed that the most popular sports in the Philippines
were basketball (72 percent), boxing (55 percent),
billiards (37 percent) and bowling (15 percent).

We are so happy to met you guys!!!
Amigos!

Solomons islands

Utupua Island is an island in the Santa Cruz Islands, located 66 km to the Southeast of the main Santa Cruz group, between Vanikoro and Santa Cruz proper. This island belongs administratively to the Temotu Province of the Solomon Islands.

People are so happy
Childrens spend all day to play around
and climb trees to eat nuts and fruits

Kalo helping and teaching
how to repair a solar panel regulator

Specialy for us
People are preparing traditional ceremony

The ceremony's call "snake dance"

They need to go in the bush to find and cut a
special tree for the ceremoni

Utupua is a high island surrounded by a coral reef.

Its land surface is 69.0 km² and its highest point 380 m.

Utupua has a population of 848 inhabitants (1999 census) scattered in small villages.

The main villages in the island are:

Avita, Malombo, Tanimbili, Apakho and Nembao.

Kind of shells they eat every days

Nature provides many kind of natural paint
can be use for many occasion

For few days all the mans of the village will be busy with all the constrution
and the women will go to the garden and organise the coocking for everyone

We enjoy to help and learned
about the culture and traditional way of they life

Kalo eating his favorite kai,
The manioc pudding mixt with coconut milk
made by the women of the village
it's one of the famous dish of the village
very delicious!!

Other yachts come to join us on this amazing place
where only few boat pass by

Old women can spend one day
or sometimes one week weaving a natte
for the family or at this time for the celebration

Kalo come back , at the sun set
with some freinds,
on the traditional sailing canoe.

Early morning, we are living with our freinds
to a traditional fishing trip on the coral reef

They used a speciale leave found in the bush

to surroude the fish over 100m circle

Some are diving to catch the fish who are
caught in the leaves

In the afternoon, when they catch enough sea food
for the farewel celebration
we are coming back to the village

The whole village organizes a farewell
dancing with many traditional dishes for everyone

Telina Island,
Marovo lagoon

Marovo Lagoon
is the largest saltwater lagoon in the world.
It is located in the New Georgia Islands,
north of Vangunu Island,

There are many islands in the lagoon,
some of which are inhabited.
The people live mainly by subsistence agriculture
and fishing and speak the Marovo language.