Jungle Trekking II- Mindanao, Philippines

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Jungle Trekking II- Mindanao, Philippines

Postby bear the dog » Fri May 04, 2012 5:38 am

…part II

In the background, Zamboanga can be seen. This is the most concentrated area of the Abu Sayyaf.

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This guy is named Reuben too. He was one of our guides who has a hut in the jungle, but sleeps at my friend Joey’s house. Even I don’t get it.

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The top of a peak called…I don’t remember.

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Looks better as a mini
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As we hiked through the jungle our guides would go ahead and let the people in the village (The Village People) know what we were doing there. Many of them said we were the first Americas ever to hike there.

By the looks the kids gave us, I think they were right. We gave them gummy bears and cookies.

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This kid looks like he just saw a ghost, or an American.
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Clean, fresh water coming from underground.

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Wow, I got a lot of mosquito bites on my feet.
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Peter our guide is an amazing dude.
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At the top of the little waterfalls was a bigger waterfall, where all the kids were getting their hair cut and taking a bath with their clothes on.
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We found a tree that had some very nice tinder. Doldol tree. A firesteel and the thumb serrations on this knife worked like a charm.
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Reza and Peter

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Sugarcane
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Reza caught this gecko one of the nights.
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Jungle style feast caught by hand, and with this little harpoon gun.

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Cutting up a pig that was slaughtered a few nights prior.

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Check out their kitchen knife.
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A good cook fire
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Then Reza jumped off this bridge, the end!
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Last supper with Joey
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Hope you enjoyed our journey!

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Re: Jungle Trekking II- Mindanao, Philippines

Postby coldharvest » Fri May 04, 2012 6:02 am

fuckin' sweet
what a superb collection of photos, cheers for posting and well done for coming back alive
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Re: Jungle Trekking II- Mindanao, Philippines

Postby JITW » Fri May 04, 2012 5:08 pm

Great Piks - was this a tour?


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Re: Jungle Trekking II- Mindanao, Philippines

Postby Mikethehack » Fri May 04, 2012 7:58 pm

To hell with Abu Sayyaf.
I want to see some MILF pix.
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Re: Jungle Trekking II- Mindanao, Philippines

Postby HockeyGuy » Sat May 05, 2012 5:24 am

Good stuff. Some great photos...looks like you had a good time.
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Re: Jungle Trekking II- Mindanao, Philippines

Postby bear the dog » Wed May 09, 2012 3:53 am

coldharvest wrote:fuckin' sweet
what a superb collection of photos, cheers for posting and well done for coming back alive

I wish I knew how to multi-post quotes, but I don’t. If anyone has any ideas, let me know.

Thanks man, I appreciate it.

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Re: Jungle Trekking II- Mindanao, Philippines

Postby bear the dog » Wed May 09, 2012 3:57 am

JITW wrote:Great Piks - was this a tour?


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This sucks, I can’t multi-quote.

Thank you sir!
It was not an organized tour. I know a lot of people there and I’ve been going there since 2009 to hike, do some photography, and write a few stories. I asked Reza if he wanted to come along for an adventure to remember. Reza is the guy who did the two kick ass DPx video reviews on the HEST 2.0 folder and HEST family.

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Re: Jungle Trekking II- Mindanao, Philippines

Postby bear the dog » Wed May 09, 2012 3:58 am

Mikethehack wrote:To hell with Abu Sayyaf.
I want to see some MILF pix.


Easily done, what nationality you want?

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Re: Jungle Trekking II- Mindanao, Philippines

Postby Big Duke 6 » Thu May 10, 2012 9:34 am

Amazing trip.
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Re: Jungle Trekking II- Mindanao, Philippines

Postby vagabond » Thu May 17, 2012 2:31 am

bear the dog wrote:
coldharvest wrote:fuckin' sweet
what a superb collection of photos, cheers for posting and well done for coming back alive

I wish I knew how to multi-post quotes, but I don’t. If anyone has any ideas, let me know.

Thanks man, I appreciate it.

-RB


You mean


like

this?
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Re: Jungle Trekking II- Mindanao, Philippines

Postby Kurt » Fri May 18, 2012 4:41 am

I gotta ask how the dude caught the gecko. That is a lizard I have tried to catch (without harming) many times and never succeeded.
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Re: Jungle Trekking II- Mindanao, Philippines

Postby Woodsman » Fri May 18, 2012 8:18 pm

Bear the dog = The real point of this forum...

Bear the dog: Thanks for sharing your photos and stories!
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