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13 March 2010There's a great volcano in Legaspi. It erupted last december, so it looks hot and still.
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13 March 2010They actually planned to evacuate Legaspi in the worst moments.
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13 March 2010Goin straight to Donsol to find our whale-shark company.
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13 March 2010This is where u depart for the sharks.
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13 March 2010Look at this guys. If that one drops tha fusile he will kill someone. When I told them, they just laughed. Anyway... Pulis!
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13 March 2010The team is already on boat...
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13 March 2010There's a boat. There's a man on top always, trying to spot a whale-shark. And people jump off when some shark is close, and go swim with it.
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13 March 2010These three have a shark down their feet...
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13 March 2010And this is our spotter.
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13 March 2010Also this was very alert.
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13 March 2010Those boats are on duty, like us.
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13 March 2010And now we jump! We saw some huge dark shadow on the surface of water, so...
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13 March 2010let's go!
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13 March 2010Shit... where is the shark?
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13 March 2010And here it is!! This pic is just down my feet!
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13 March 2010Whale sharks are the biggest fish on earth. They can grom up to 18-20 meters long.
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13 March 2010This is me in front of it, facing.... it is a terrible sensation when u face it. It might eat u in a second....
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13 March 2010but NO. They don't eat meat. They just eat plancton.
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13 March 2010From top: its head and mouth.
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13 March 2010My friend Borja: this seems like The Shark movie!
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13 March 2010Extasis after first catch up!
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13 March 2010back to our boat.
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13 March 2010Excited me...
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13 March 2010Again: the border of its face/top.
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13 March 2010Backwards... It is so big that pictures dont get them all. Meters and meters long!
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13 March 2010mouth again
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13 March 2010detailed side of my shark.
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13 March 2010His eye
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13 March 2010Its skin...
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13 March 2010Whale sharks are not mammals (warm blood vertebrates with milk and stuff), they are just... fish! just the biggest fish on earth.
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13 March 2010Company of sharks...
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13 March 2010This is me swimming over it...
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13 March 2010Hello...! They are so peaceful and tranquil... it is difficult to harm them or scare them.
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13 March 2010Only, if you touch or kick their face, they could rapidly move its back end to scape, and hurt people around it.. It was an unforgettable experience, of course.
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13 March 2010When they get tired, or just think a bit, they just go down and dissapear in the bottom.
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13 March 2010It is ugly also, isn't it?
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13 March 2010Hehehe happy to get a shark for me so long time!
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13 March 2010Well... after such an excitation we went to Donsol to find some seafood.
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13 March 2010And we found the Baracuda place, whose owner son is this precious.
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13 March 2010Such a beautiful kid.
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13 March 2010'i am 3 years old'
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13 March 2010This is Baracuda place
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13 March 2010Sunset coming.
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13 March 2010Climbing spider
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13 March 2010Agustina reads!
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13 March 2010dont ask me why sunsets are so nice in this country
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13 March 2010Temperature, place, and light are perfect... all invaded only by the laughs of these kids.
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13 March 2010!!!
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13 March 2010Well. Now we are following another nature wonder around Donsol. It is a cruise in the Donsol river, at night.
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13 March 2010Look. You stop the boat in the river under one of these trees and you see the stars and the fireflies all around.
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13 March 2010It was beautiful.... so beautiful.
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13 March 2010It is a wonder you could see in Avatar movie or similar... :)
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14 March 2010Well. Morning back in Legaspi.
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14 March 2010One more city Philippine style.
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14 March 2010One of the biggest cities actually. Surnamed with this fnatastic volcano.
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14 March 2010We decided to watch Pacquiao's battle while lunch. Pacquiao is the world's boxing champion, philippine, and honoured hero in the country.
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14 March 2010And after lunch this is a walk up to a hill from which we could see the wonders of the volcano.
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14 March 2010this is how public areas look close to towns, for people's fun.
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13 March 2010all made with natural materials
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14 March 2010Legaspi remains down there.
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14 March 2010 -
14 March 2010LOOK! There it is.
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14 March 2010So high clouds are still below top. Note the way lava came down few months ago, in the bottom-right corner.
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14 March 2010This was almost covered by lava!
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14 March 2010It's geology under clouds
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14 March 2010lava way
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14 March 2010See the black path from lava.
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14 March 2010And the tirolina monkeys hehehe
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14 March 2010Fake pictures of course, but u can imagine how it was very very recently.
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14 March 2010Well, such a respectable nature lord gets covered by clouds as the sun goes down, as if he was goin to rest.
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14 March 2010Good bye Mr. Volcano. Much respect!
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14 March 2010dark is all over now... lets escape
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14 March 2010And Mr. Pacquiaos on tv, again as a winner
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15 March 2010Sunrise at Legaspi, and ...
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15 March 2010Hello Apolo!
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15 March 2010Airport's wanted people!
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15 March 2010and flight back to Manila... :(
Legaspi
Videos from Legaspi:
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Whale Shark swimming #113 March 2010
Donsol, Philippines
No comments to one of the biggest experiences one can ever have. On these videos I swim with the biggest fish on earth. They can grow up to 18-20 meters and are not mammals (with warm blood, milk, vertebrates and that stuff), they're just... fish!
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Whale Shark swimming #213 March 2010
Donsol, Philippines
We are lucky they don't eat meat. They just get the plancton from the water. Donsol is plenty of plancton around Feb-March.
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Whale Shark swimming #313 March 2010
Donsol, Philippines
They are peaceful and friendly. For them we are no more than those little fishes swimming with them all the time. After a while, they just go down the water, and you loose them somewhere down your feet, sadly cause you wanna stick to them for longer!
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Coconut expert works13 March 2010
Donsol, Philippines
After the experience of whale sharks, hungry as never before, we go to find a nice restaurant for some seafood. It is called Baracuda, great place. And by its side these coco-cracks amused me with their expertise-level...