S/V Po Oino Roa: January 2014

Pinoy Boat Service
Port Carmen, Cebu
Philippines

Six weeks since my last post,time sure flies by when you're having fun. Perhaps it has been that there has not been to much really going on or more likely I have just been LAZY! So if I do in fact have any faithful followers I apologize. I follow a number of other sailing blogs, folks like us out here living at least our dream, and some manage to write almost every day; some may disagree but I am just not that wordy. With all of that said let the story continue.

It was a dark and stormy night, no not that one! OK back to where we left off. In a traveling yachties lifestyle Christmas's are a bit different, not so much spent with family but with others who are enjoying this dream. Here we had folks from only five yachts but with some having extended Philippine families a dinner was served to about 30. We managed a traditional meal complete with turkey, ham, dressing, mashed and sweet potatoes, cranberry sauce etc.; this was supplemented with several Philippine dishes.

Since then it has been hard at work or hardly working. I managed to complete some small jobs replacing some of the hardware removed for painting. Together Kathy and I continue to work on the recovering of the cockpit cushions along with the normal daily living stuff. We have been lucky in having two young, 12 & 14 Philipina girls who are part of one of the other yachties extended family, work a few hours a week cleaning the interior and exterior. As our cruising kitty is regenerating after paying for the new hard top and paint job we're enjoying a bit of a vacation.

It's winter here and not to brag but what we consider quite cool. This afternoon as I write a mere 82 degrees. It's been so long since writing I've forgotten the shortcut for the degree symbol. Mel Tubbs HELP! Kathy actually dug out some light blankets for night time use. Another fact of winter here is that you still get tropical cyclonic storms. The latest named Kajiki is predicted to pass over us sometime tomorrow. Winds of only 35 knots with rain so not to much to worry about but this is the land of the year round typhoons so we do keep a close eye on all approaching weather systems.

The Philippines also seems to be the land of festivals and fiestas, most of a religious nature. Last Sunday we ventured off to the nearby town of Carmen for one and these. Sunday we are headed to our friend Min Min's house to celebrate another one. Some are big and some small and you can find one just about every weekend somewhere nearby.

More to follow sooner than later I hope!

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