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junk drawer // armchair travel volume 2

Cabilao Sunset

The ‘Junk Drawer’ is a random dose of  things to read, eat, enjoy and explore

Somehow in the midst of all this, we are moving.  Heading off to Hawaii to set down roots for a couple of years surrounded by the vast blue ocean.  News of our move prompted me to immediately watch the film Endless Summer.  Although I am a scuba diver (a hobby borne out of a love for water and beach, but the inability to sit still), I never really had the desire to try surfing…that was until I saw the film.  Maybe it is the innocence that the film exudes or Continue reading →

Cabilao, Philippines

Two Tickets to Paradise

Cabilao, Philippines

This is what January feels like in the Philippines, I thought, as our  boat motored across a perfect expanse of blue toward the little island of Cabilao.  The January place we had just left with its grey and ice and bundled clothing literally melted away.

Blue sky, blue water, warm skin, a thousand dancing diamonds stretched out before me. Continue reading →