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Post by Deleted on Apr 22, 2010 9:08:37 GMT 8
Mile long barracks, must have been a very busy crowed place, every time i look at this pic i can feel the heat, it must have been stifling for the troops posted there, no air con in those days! Attachments:
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Post by buster on Apr 23, 2010 1:05:21 GMT 8
I hope to get back on a yearly basis now, would like to go to Fort Drum again, but hell its expensive, last time a hired a small bangka and whizzed over there, got a snap of Syver sitting up on the gun barrel , but they said the coast guard won`t allow them to take people any more and you have to use the bigger boats down by the dock. Gee, the Coast Guard won't let anyone on to Drum from small boats eh? That sort of means no access to Drum for 99% of tourists. No money for the banca owners either. You don't think it's possible there's been things going on that shouldn't have been going on , and that this is a way to prevent more becoming known of the goings on? Impossible - the duly appointed functionaries of the law are there to guard the coast and ensure the safety of all seafarers, not to take advantage of the trust and responsibility placed in them. And the best and most efficient way to ensure the safety of tourists attempting to visit Drum is to prevent there being tourists in bancas. Nosey d**n tourists, they're only searching for treasure there! A naive person may call it a coincidence. Bureaucrats conceal things so that the good public should not need to worry themselves that everything is straight up. Of course this doesn't indicate evidence of scrapping at all. There are no more scrappers!! ( just the same amount.) And no one plunders, either. Often the sad thing about history and heritage is that by the time people get to understand the value of their own history and heritage, it's true value, they look about and find it's all been stolen, taken, scrapped, counterfeited, embezzled, or plundered into nothingness. It is said about the extinction of the dodo, that it teaches us that we should re-evaluate who was really "stupid"; the birds or the society which allowed the complete extinction of the birds to take place.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 23, 2010 8:02:22 GMT 8
Well Buster, i asked the guide about hiring a bangka/ banca like i did years ago, but he said the coast guard don`t allow them to do it any more, and you have to hire a larger boat that is moored down at the dock. It is a safety issue, or maybe the hotel just want you to hire there boats and not use the local fishermen. You know Buster you sound like a cynical and a sarcastic fellow, you ought to lighten up. I`m just reporting on my last trip, what i seen, what i heard, what i was told, and the reason i mentioned the scrappers etc is because i wrote to Exo and told him in a private e-mail, he asked me to put it on the general forum so he could comment openly. The thought crossed my mind that perhaps as people on the island believe that the Exo and other frequent visitors are looking for something maybe the sites you all visit are suspect treasure sites and are subsequently getting damaged. The same thing happened to me i used to visit Corregidor 3 to 4 times per year between 98 and 2001, spending a week at a time, walking all over the island, they all thought i was looking for something, Syver was convinced i was up to something, why come half way around the world to visit an island? Syver told me of the treasure stories, i smiled and nodded knowingly and he was very interested when i took photos, made notes, had my compass out, he would be waiting for me in the morning at reception eager to get out with me for a days rooting around! I`ve been to battlefields in many different parts of the world, but i particularly like Corregidor, there is so much of it left to explore and root around, but best of all its quiet and hardly any people. I used to go out of season, when the seacat went in for a two week service, just me the wife and the staff on the island, great! So i`ve spent quite a few weeks on Corregidor, and had quite a few banca rides around the island! Attachments:
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Post by fots2 on Apr 23, 2010 16:22:15 GMT 8
Very perceptive again there notchtherhino.
I go to Corregidor for the same reasons that you do and will continue to do so. Twice last year I was the only visitor on the island. Once due to weather and the second time due to maintenance. Now that was quiet.
Last year one couple booked an overnight stay on the island. After the tour, they checked into their room and found out there was no TV or radio there. They went down to Reception, cancelled the room and went back to Manila on the 2:30 boat.
I don’t think we will ever see those two people on this forum.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 25, 2010 6:38:52 GMT 8
Some people can`t live without there tv or mobile phone! Sometimes in the summer i skip work for half a day when its lovely and sunny, take the dog and we go up to Borough hill, an old iron age hill fort, walk about, sit and look at the country side, peaceful, just a few cows, sheep and the wind, no people! cos there all in the city working! That`s the beauty of being self employed, nobody tells me what to do no more!
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