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  • Playing tourist in my hometown – Moalboal,Cebu, Philippines

    How time flies when you are having too much fun in the Philippines.  I’m back after a one-month visit to my home sweet home in Moalboal, Cebu, where I survived daily temps of 90 degrees with 96% humidity.  Whew!  It felt like being in a sauna 24/7.  So where the heck is my hometown of…

  • Frolicking in the Sand and Gazing at the Sun – Alamogordo, NM

    Frolicking in the Sand and Gazing at the Sun – Alamogordo, NM

    Other than missiles, rockets, and Holloman Air Force Base, Alamogordo, NM is also known for its gigantic sea of sparkling white gypsum.  The ever-changing dunes of brilliant and white gypsum sand engulf 275 sq miles of the White Sands National Monument. Gypsum dunes form here under a unique set of circumstances.  Rain and snow in…