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Bolinao, Pangasinan

I got my first taste of grad school field work last March 5-7, 2009 when we visited the UP MSI Bolinao Marine Laboratory in Bolinao, Pangasinan. I took more videos than photos this time around (I’ve recently been inspired to do more video blogging. haha) and I’m hoping to be able to edit them together into a nice introduction once the semester ends in 3 weeks (wheee). I did take some nice photos though:

Aquaculture is one of the main sources of income here:

Aquaculture is one of the main sources of income here

Downtime with my classmates:

Downtime with my classmates

The giant clam garden of the institute. They’ve managed to increase stocks to 34,000! 🙂

Giant clams

The town pier:

Bolinao town pier

One of the oldest churches in the Philippines:

Bolinao church

Motorcycles and tricycles (motorcycles with attached side cars) are the kings of the road here:

Motorcycle

Bolinao is famous for its shellcraft:

Shellcraft

Looks like I’ll get lucky this summer: Baler, Aurora is already firmly in the summer itinerary, with Batanes being actively negotiated. Huzzah! And if I’m really, really lucky, I might even get to sneak in Baguio, Boracay, and El Nido. Wheeee 😀

Heading outside

The Miniloc Island Resort pier is your jump-off point for all your amazing activities 😀

Heading Outside

By the way, this photo was taken last 2007 and the pier has been renovated since then. It’s a lot bigger now and houses the life jackets and the marine sports equipment.

Miniloc Island Resort, El Nido, Palawan, Philippines.

Beachside bumming

This is what the view from Marber’s looks like:

view from Marber's

view from Marber's

Imagine yourself sipping drinks while gazing out at that. Oh, and the apple-and-cinnamon and chocolate-banana-rum pancakes are excellent too. The island is Cadlao (the largest island in Bacuit Bay) and the yacht (though you can’t really tell it’s a yacht because the sails are down) is the M/S Vianelle, the largest trimaran yacht in the Philippines.