Visayas

Well, I think we really have to catch up on our posts, so that the world is informed about Team Lässig.
Latest trip to the Visayas was a success... Of course... Like always... HAHAHAHA. So - once again - the Team Lässig enlarges its popularity.

The flight to Dumaguete offered again a nice top-view of the country. This time in a much safer plane, Airbus 319, and with nice games on board. Unfortunately, the Flotrinkian exhaustion was quite an obstacle in winning those merchandising products of Cebu Pacific which I was interested in. Not that I could use them, but winning is always nice, no matter what. HAHAHAHA. But at least we got a pineapple juice for free, which I finished in a few seconds.

Waterfalls

Instead, team member two is quite talented in falling asleep in every kind of transportation vehicle. No matter what vehicle, no matter how much shaking and trembling and no matter of pollution, noise or anything else. She would even fall asleep while doing water ski, so I just hope she never gets her driving license. HAHAHAHA. I still have to take a video of those interesting head movements, while having nothing to lean on, and having the mouth wide open as if being retarded.

Anyways. We took the slow ferry to Siquijor right away, and in this case "slow" really menas "SLOW". If we had gone slower, the wind would have taken us back to Dumaguete. HAHAHA. Sometimes I was afraid a rowing boat might pass us, but... okay... it was nice. HAHAHAHA.

Fishermen

Well, I think so far Siquijor was the nicest island we've seen. On the one hand very modern, good streets, nice housings, food boothes and shops; and on the other hand small enough, so that you can find nice beaches, non touristy areas and explore the island on your own by motorcycle. Maybe I shouldn't write that online, otherwise this changes soon. HAHAHAHA. So... forget about what I said.
Oh. But of course we have to mention that nice japanese guy. First I thought he rips us off, but it turns out, that he really offered quality for the price we paid for the lodge and so on. We got a motorcycle, he drove us to the pier, he gave us a welcome drink, and he was even fun, when he explained us things about japan and Siquijor.
Anyways. Next ferry took us to Bohol, where we accomplished the touristy program. Chocolate mountains, Lubok River, Tarsier Monkeys, and travelling with a spiderman bus. Actually, I was too slow to get a nice picture of the bus, but it's webs in the inside and the painting was awesome.

From Bohol we went with another ferry to Cebu and then by landtrip to Malapasqua. And landtrip means hardcore 4hours bus drive, with a bus driver who would even pass Michael Schumachers Ferrari if he'd be there. Braking is always is second choice, and I was really surprised, that even a 90 year old guy climbed into the bus, even though the guy didn't stop the bus.

Beach

Well Malapasqua must be something like the boom-island number one. The boat mafia is dominating the harbour town Maya, and its a hastle to negotiate with them how to get over to the island. Malapasqua is very dominated by tourists, because every diver wants to see 7m Sharks you can find nearby. Of course, we didn't see them with our snorkels, but we've seen another wreck, which was just 3-5 meters deep.

Well. This was quite a backpacking tour, and being back in Manila we left for Puerto Galera right on the other day.

So, have we been successful in conquering the Visayas??? Of course we were!!! I am local already!

Transportation Special

Death on the philippines is very versatile, and is dependent on the vehicle you choose. There are different ways to commute on the islands:

1. Taking a tricycle. Feels actually the safest, but getting your lungs filled by the fresh monooxide-ehaust of all other vehicles makes it quite breath-taking. HAHAHA.

2. Taking a cab. Thus you can avoid the heat and the pollution, but its a never-ending story to negotiate about the price. In general cab-drivers have no change, so its better to have a lot of coins with you, unless they cheat on you very obvious, by using a manipulated meter.

3. Taking a ferry. You might drown, because they overload the ferries to a maximum of space availlable. But there are pros: No pollution, no money-negotiation once you paid, and there are at least emergency boats. And like Tanya said very nicely: There's at least the chance to survive, while you die on a plane crash right away. HAHAHAHA.

4. Taking a plane. Considering the fact, that I'm most afraid of the planes, it's actually the safest way. They even play funny games, and riddles on board, so that you forget easily the bad crash-statistics.

5. Taking the jeepney. I wonder how they get that much horse-power in that little busses, but they accelerate better than any mercedes benz or porsche. BTW: Better look to the front, because looking out the rear window you realize, how close big trucks almost crash into the jeepney.

Some general traffic rules for Manila:

=> You want to pass a car, even though you are not allowed, and there are several cars coming towards you? => NO PROBLEM: honk twice and pass anyways!

=> You want to cross a street, even though the traffic light shows red? => NO PROBLEM: honk twice and just go for it!

=> You are afraid, that you might kill a pedestrian with your vehicle, because you are much too fast? => NO PROBLEM: honk twice and don't stop!

=> You want to ask a pedestrian if he wants to ride with your cab? => NO PROBLEM: honk twice!

=> The police wants to stop your bus? => NO PROBLEM: honk twice and don't stop to avoid the control!

=> And sometimes just honk twice, because of no reason.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

In Between Adventures...

Flori goes to work with me....


Cueshe Shoot: Making a Fake Swamp-Flori as Setman

April Fools Shoot: Flori AS Set Sound OR as Stillman


and then gets to star in a music video. Yay!

Flo badass Movie Producer with Cuehs Vocalist-Jay

Flo in his first Music Video Acting Role

Hahahahaha

Cheers to your new career!

Team Lassig Adventures: Coron Leg Part 2

Flo Birthday Drink

Well, Team Lassig just got back from a five day awesome Visayan adventure and team member number two is sleeping downstairs, (and we leave for the Puerto Galera leg in 2 hours) so I guess it's my turn to update the blog.

Coron is a really nice sleepy town. Not sleepy enough for Karaoke and not sleepy enough for the seaside hustle and bustle with buses/jeeps loaded with the night's catch from all over Busuanga island coming in at 5am. It's not sleepy enough for a beach front (when there is none) or the influx of sex tourists waiting to buy Philippine property by marrying into the "species" and the nature isn't sleepy enough to be wanting of more and more divers, snorklers and nature lovers.

The Flotrinkian plan was to spend the least amount of money and get the most out of the whole experience, which meant, collecting our daily water ration from the resort's restaurant, having bread for breakfast, lunch and sometimes dinner-- spending of course ONLY on beer, 5peso barbecue and splurging on fresh seafood from the market and having someone in a karaoke joint grill it for us, and planning out the routes carefully choosing between sleeping, chilling or long dusty rides, and deciding on doing everything.

And that we did, achieving the following:

1. Going snorkling and seeing the best coral reefs
Coron: Day 1

2. Going island hopping and seeing the best shallow WW II wreck and schools of awesome awesome fish
Twin Lagoon, Coron

3. Getting a nice even sunburn.
Cute

4. Seeing a nice waterfall where the fish would attack you
On the way to Concepcion Falls

Concepcion Falls--Hahaha

5. Going to an isolated beach, getting bitten by nikniks and dancing around a beach bonfire --and me getting a kick out of watching Flo figure out how to eat crab, fish and shrimp.
Salvacion, Busuanga

Chillin' at the Beach

6. Riding Topload, and squished inside rickety chicken buses/jeeps and talking to all kinds of fun folks--local fishermen and sex tourists and divers galore.
Topload

7. Adventure!
Yay!

Recently at Villa Tolosa

Madam T and Madam L
Sir Vinegar of Bonn

Busuanga, Coron

Well, well. 1 month later it's kind of hard to remember, but I think it's time to tell the world, how Team Lässig conquered Busuanga, a nice island in the northern part of Palawan, from feb23 to mar 2.

Actually, the planes here are quite scary, because you can look over the pilots shoulder, while those guys are telling jokes about screaming passengers to each other. Moreover I was kind of worried about that blinking light on the right, but it was a pretty calm flight, and the nice view out of the window is indeed the nicest thing and worth its stress.
So: What did Team Lässig do on Busuanga?

Writing in stupid english language, it's really hard to make this text interesting. HAHAHA. But I do my best, trying to NOT use so much words with Y and Z, because I always hit the wrong key.
Anyways. The 23rd we took a jeepney from Busuanga airport to Coron, which is obviously the main town on Busuanga. This was also the first rendevous with "Mrs. I-make-your-complete-body-red-SUN, because: Riding on the top of the jeepney, there is no roof or anything else which can protect the Flotrinkian baldness. HAHAHAHA. But so far the sunblocker did it's job.
Arriving in Coron we met Ricardo the first time, a local guy, who introduced himself to us everday twice the following days, either because he has Alzheimer, or because he use it as his marketing strategy, which definitely doesn't work out.
Coron itself seems to be a diving mekka. MAN. Snorkeling and diving is really sooper pooper, once you are in a location like that. You can see nice coral reefs, lakes, lagoons, wrecks. We even went to one of the smaller ship wrecks, so that even with snorkeling gear we were able to dive into the body.
Unfortunatley, this was the 2nd meeting with the burning sun, which burnt me that much, so that my skin is still peeling. Good job my mother can't read english, so she doesn't worry. :-) But anyways: It wasn't the Flotrinkian-Teams fault, because we used plenty of sunblocker. Being in the salty water, though, and swimming with the back up, is of course not the best way to protect yourself from the sun. So: 3 days of pain for Team Member one. And temporare lack of beauty for Team Member two. Ohhhh: And of course just sleeping on my stomach for 3 days... Too bad....

At the hot springs near Coron we met an italian guy with english accent and two piercings in his eyebrows. The question still is, if his initial aim was trying to date one of the team members, (and unfortunately not the female part of the Flotrinkian team). But he was really nice and talkative, so that we had a nice evening.

Of course, this blog is too little, to list all the AMAZING experiences of Team Lässig, but I should at least mention our daily meal at the market: Buying some local fish, and let someone cook it for us is really a cheap alternative to sitting in one of those tourist trap restaurants, and it's way better, more interesting, and a fun experience, when someone sings Karaoke while eating fish. (and trinka adds, and good thing you don't choke or go deaf from the awful singing).

Ohhh. And of course I have to mention our AMAZING SOOPER POOPER trip to a beach resort in Salvation. The beach resort itself was pretty boring, but actually in a good way. Because here we were able to have a bonfire at the beach, taking pictures of crazy animals Trinka is afraid of, (trinka adds: giant geckos that can stick to your face and EAT YOU ALIVE! just kidding) and eating fresh Cashew Nuts from a tree.


Also fun: Some swiss guy who got hunted by a Filipina from Manila, trying to rip him of by posting blackmails to him... That's at least his version of the story. We couldn't listen to her version, but we got an idea while catching the bus. (trinka adds: AND I QUOTE " haay, it's really hard to brainwash him. I have so much experience. I thought my family could have a beach resort business with him")

By the way: Timeschedule for the Bus to Coron City: Arrival: 2-3 am. So, it's kind of weird, sitting with a backpack at a bus terminal somewhere at a lonely street, waiting for a bus which MIGHT leave between 2 to 3 am. BUT: The bus ride itself is soooo awesome, because you ride with chicken, fish, products, people, and everything on a little bus, trying to not get killed by passing tree branches.

Well, that's it. If I have forgotten something, then team member number 2 has to complete the information.

Too bad I can't upload Trinkas amazing retarded-bee-waterdrum-solo. So, please ask for screenings. YAY!