Guest guest Posted May 28, 2009 Report Share Posted May 28, 2009 Hi all, this is , one of the HHN ambassadors. My profile page is http://.ning.com/profile/LotusJewel I am posting this piece of information here, since by tomorrow my Internet access will be more sparingly. Tomorrow I will be heading for the island of Mindoro, Philippines, in the South-China Sea. The purpose of this trip is to survey the life conditions of the island's indigenous tribes, generically called the Mangyans. I have prepared a project page for this undertaking at www.myspace.com/mangyansofmindoro where you can read and see what it's all about. Tomorrow my first place to visit is a town named Puerto Galera in the north of Mindoro. Puerto Galera is a well known tourist spot in the Philippines, and a good choice to start a journey into the more remote areas of the island, where the Mangyans live. My intention is to travel along the eastern coastline down to the south of Mindoro and pick up impressions and information as I go along up to the town of San at the southern end of Mindoro. In the South I will also hike over the mountain pass from the eastern to the western coast line. I was told that by now there is also a bus operating there on a rough road, but I am familiar with the hike and don't want to miss the chance to visit the Mangyan villages along the way. By coincidence the director of the Mangyan Heritage Center (MHC - www.mangyan.org), located in Calapan City, the provincial capital of Mindoro Oriental, will also be in Puerto Galera. She emailed me that she can introduce me to the tribal organisations representing seven of the eight tribes on Mindoro. The MHC is the only non-Mangyan institution that has the trust of the Mangyan tribes via their seven elders representing them. So this is a very good coincidence for my trip to meet her on the first day, and I am very glad about this development. At the end of my trip, reaching San , I will also meet people of the eighth tribe, called the Hanunoo Mangyans, where I have personal friends among them. If I can make it up to the northern part again along the west coast will depend on my remaining time and budget available, otherwise I'll head back via boat or airplane fron San to Manila. On the project page mentioned above I posted a blog that will serve as an online travel diary (http://blogs.myspace.com/mangyansofmndoro). As I get access to the Internet, I will try to update this blog with text and media, as the days pass, as much in realtime as it is possible. So this gives those intersted in my journey an opportunity to monitor its progress. Thank You and God bless Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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