grilled porcupine fish 
lunch!
our chartered motor banca waiting 
getting to know the locals :)
Cristo Jagna - our very first respondent in the island of Cataban
sea cucumber being dried 
ready for shipment
boiling the sea cucumber before drying
every household in the island owns a motor banca
I am the owner of this banca hehe
sail banca allows the fisherman to travel great distances to where the big fishes are
on our way back to Cataban island - a motor banca carrying two bancas
Peter, Talibon's CRM officer was delighted of our visit and insisted we come back once their mangrove park is finished
marvelling at the 3D map made by the locals from a funding given by the USAID 
Rene Paden invited us for a simple yet delicious dinner at his home
50 years ago he helped plant this mangroves
approaching our cottage in Handumon island 
Nong Rene skillfully maneuvering our banca towards the shore
taking our lunch at Alumar islands breakwater which also serves as their port
making our way through the world famous kilometer long Paden Highway
interviewing Alumar islands fisherfolk
banana wrapped pickled anchovies, a popular local delicacy
My favorite Photo - pang National Geographic
we only had this petromax lamp to illuminate our cottage at night 
fishermen coming in from an all night fishing while the researchers pulls out to the sea and to the islands in search of respondents
with the waterboys - Handumon island supplies most of the water needs of the other islands
we had this for lunch! delicious!
a homemade flipper or fin, used by "panuga" fishermen
with Rene Paden, Handumon islands marine sanctuary fish warden and nephew of the famous Dionisio Paden, known all over Bohol as the king of mangroves
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