Field notes

Stories from
the boat

We're writing the first batch of posts now — slow journalism from the islands, by the people who actually run the trips. Here's what's coming.

What we're writing about

First
on the page

Six topics we keep returning to — each one becoming its own series of posts.

First-person notes from the boat — what the water was like that day, what we cooked, who came along, what we learned.

How a Filipino outrigger actually works, the families that still build them, and why we chose this boat over an engine.

The fish, the fruit, the rice. Where the lunch on Virgin Island comes from, and why fresh always beats frozen.

When to come, when not to, and how we read the sky and tide every morning before we set off.

Day trips and overnighters across Cebu and Leyte — Kalanggaman, Malapascua, Biliran, and the routes most guests don't hear about.

How our crew photographs the trips — gear that survives saltwater, light to chase, and shots we wish we'd taken.

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