Earlier this year a crew of daring men and women composed of the Mt. Everest team and Kaya ng Pinoy Inc. set sail around the seas of the Philippine archipelago using the replica of the ancient Butuan boat known as balanghai.
Late this morning the balanghai boat, Diwata the lahi (muse of the race), finally arrived in Butuan after sailing from its starting point in Manila. Butuan is the place where this ancient boats where excavated in the seventies, carbon dated 1630.
For more thorough reading you can follow these links:
Voyage of the Balanghai
Amazing Butuan
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7 comments:
That's a specatcular boat! They were lucky to have such nice weather!
A very colorful photograph and an exciting adventure story! Kudos to the sailors!
Oh how fantastic that you got to see it, Ly! Inggit ako!
Leif-- Thank you. They, we, were lucky the day was sunny. It was raining heavily a day prior to their arrival.
jacob- thank you jacob! the sailors have a lot of stories to tell i'm sure. they had a lot of harrowing im sure.
hilda--i also had my picture taken on the boat and with the crew hilda he he he
Spectacular and colorful image of a great boat.
wow, i didn't know butuan has such beautiful boats too, i know only on the vintas..
A very colorful photograph
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