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Post by sherwino on Jul 3, 2012 12:23:53 GMT 8
The PhantomAfter smelling your aftershave, the chimp might be shouting at you like "I'm still more furry than you are! You'll never have my girls!" But kidding aside, I saw a mini-zoo in Corregidor during my first visit. Is Bastos an escapee?
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Post by sherwino on Jun 29, 2012 10:42:37 GMT 8
Okla, I think it's the same. USS Lanikai had a Filipino crew.
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Post by sherwino on Jun 27, 2012 14:36:51 GMT 8
The Japs were facing North. To the West is Mount Samat. The area could be Orion or Pilar, the latter is Mount Samat's location.
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Post by sherwino on Jun 27, 2012 14:05:59 GMT 8
Hmmm...China has the largest estimated iron ore production yet they seem to be needing more of it.
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Post by sherwino on Jun 27, 2012 7:53:36 GMT 8
Thanks, rick. I'm a "fan" of Ed Dyess.
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Post by sherwino on Jun 15, 2012 14:10:33 GMT 8
Not scrappers, but probably treasure hunters. THs dig hard and anywhere. As you can see on Karl's Mariveles Navy Tunnel trip, there was a very deep hole in one of them. I know it was done by THs. And many historical structures suffer from treasure diggings.
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Post by sherwino on Jun 14, 2012 11:44:27 GMT 8
xray, it could've been dug recently. treasure hunting based on rumors, and they dig everywhere.
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Post by sherwino on Jun 11, 2012 8:48:39 GMT 8
Attached is the plate of the later HMS Engadine. I'm wondering if the plate on SS Corregidor is the same. If it's no longer on the ship, it would be harder for us to find it. The metal scraps from the sunken ships are bound to Mariveles scrappers. It would be a surprise if it's still existing either on the ship or on somebody else's wall. Either way, I hope it still exists. It would be a treasure find to us. Attachments:
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Post by sherwino on Jun 11, 2012 8:18:27 GMT 8
Fots, you sure always provide us an excellent tour. Impressive.
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Post by sherwino on Jun 7, 2012 12:04:36 GMT 8
That's a problem if you're in a hotel/resort that is of corporate in nature. It's in reverse in hotels/resorts run by the owners where service can be adjusted to accommodate each guest's personal preferences. Corregidor could use an accommodation run by people with passions like ours, but I guess it doesn't have. I will have to disagree with your comment: In the Philippines, the reaction to a drop in tourist revenue is to increase prices, not increase tourist numbers. This is also, as it happens, the way that accountants think, and accountants make lousy managers, which is why they are accountants and remain accountants. They lack understanding of marketing, promotion, sizzle, of almost anything beyond numbers, and they lack imagination. They lack feelings - I noticed they don't even bother to raise the flags (of other nations) outside the inn any more. But what's worst of all, accountants don't understand the nature of why was a resort built there in the first place. You get the feeling that beyond lip service about the "history, Sacrifice, Sacred-Soil" bla bla, they haven't the slightest bit of actual understanding of what differentiates Corregidor from some hotel in Ermita or Makati. I also travel during lean seasons and prices are surely down(airfare, accommodations, food, etc). This is to attract more tourists during low seasons. Maybe some do like in your experience but most of my experiences are not. Some are opportunists, when they see foreign-looking guys they charge higher fees. Some are not. I hope you only refer to the accountants of that hotel. I don't feel I fit with your description of them.
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