
Young Philippine Eagle on Leyte. You can see him here in the free nature (this picture is not taken in a zoo !) He is one of the largest and most spectacular birds of prey in the world. Unfortunately, it is also one of the most endangered; it is estimated that only 100 birds remain in pristine forests on Mindanao and a few other islands. It feeds on mammals such as flying lemurs, squirrels, and as its name suggests, monkeys. |
Philippine Eagle, LEYTE
San Isidro, Leyte. The only vehicle we´ve found for a trip around San Isidro are those bikes. Believe me, it´s an awful ride through those dusty and rocky roads(?), up and down the hills, with three to six people on one bike !!!! The bikes are the taxis in this corner of Leyte. The drivers want to show you how good they can ride their bike, with high speed traveling along the roads.
H A B A L - H A B A L |

“Petrol Station” San Isidro/Leythe

San Isidro rank. Get your HABAL-HABAL Taxi |
San Isidro, LEYTE
Day in day out, slowly uncomplicatedly, but constantly, the Carabao helps the farmers with the work. The animal came probably already in early history on the Philippines, its descendants distributed itself everywhere. Who travels the country, detects immediately, how largely and how important is the role of the Carabao in the agriculture. One asks oneself when the day comes that the Carabao is making way to the stinking loud tractor. Even if one protects prosperity to the Philippine farmers , so much one hopes that mechanization of agriculture progresses only slowly. (Robert Hoebel) |

Tagaus Tagein, langsam unkompliziert, aber stetig, hilft der Carabao den Bauern bei der Arbeit. Das Tier kam wahrscheinlich schon in der Frühgeschichte auf die Philippinen, seine Nachkommen haben sich
überall hin verteilt. Wer das Land bereist, erkennt sofort, wie groß und wie wichtig die Rolle des Carabao in der Landwirtschaft ist. |
Carabao
Farmer on Leyte.
That´s not a Carabao, that is an ordinary Cow.
Malapascua Island

Visayan Sea, Cebu, Philippines,