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Post for the month of November 2009

Our Philippine house project: filling our lot

[ 7 Comments ] Posted on 11.28.09 under Our House Project, Philippine Retirement, Tigbauan, Iloilo

Our Philippine house building project in Tigbauan, Iloilo. Today we had 150 cubic meters of fill delivered to our lot.  This particular fill is in the area where we’ll have our garden so we were looking for top soil-like material as opposed to gravelly or stony fill.  We managed to find a fine sandy soil [...]

Temple of Goddess Mother, Iloilo City, Philippines

[ No Comments ] Posted on 11.22.09 under Chinese Heritage

This Taoist temple on Rizal Street in Iloilo City appears to honor Yaochi Jinmu, the Queen Mother of the West.

Our Philippine House Project: Architects and Builders

[ 5 Comments ] Posted on 11.09.09 under Our House Project

All about choosing an architect and builder for you Philippine house — our experiences and recommendations.

We build a “bahay kubo” bamboo guest house

[ 12 Comments ] Posted on 11.06.09 under Our House Project

We build a “bahay kubo” bamboo guest house in Tigbauan, Iloilo Philippines

Goggle Earth and Philippine Real Estate

[ 4 Comments ] Posted on 11.05.09 under Iloilo Real Estate, Our House Project

Goggle Earth can be valuable free tool in evaluating possible real estate purchases.  After we bought our lot in Tigbauan, Iloilo and, we got a new computer, we had to see how the property looked on the fascinating, invaluable and addictive Google Earth program.  Google Earth is a free program which provides stunning aerial vistas [...]