Island Images: a simple life

By PJAMES on October 18, 2007 2:40 PM | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)

Jan.23, 2007: Bantayan Island, Philippines 9:52am

Olympus E-1, Olympus Zuiko 14-54mm f/2.8-3.5 Digital: 1/2000s f/5.4 at 54.0mm iso100

A local man passes me on his bicycle for his smiling portrait.
...the lattice carrier on the back of the bike if fabricated to carry chickens.

I love & respect the simple life there; it teaches humility.

LittleFish & I were on our way to check on a very poor child who approached me earlier in the month; she was walking an hour into town with bare feet because she was not able to buy any sandals (yes, I bought some for her) and she was also blind in one eye from a childhood accident, and during January I was bringing LittleFish & her Father with me to determine what her Family needed in terms of food, clothing, etc.

It turned out to be a very sad story with this child, despite all of the food, meals & clothing we got her - and I'll be posting images & telling the story in other posts this month.

Thanks for reading today,
PJAMES