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[Ask Henry] – What’s The ‘Down’ Side of Paradise?

April 20, 2013 Reekay ASK HENRY

Question: “Hey Henry, I enjoy reading your articles and the experiences you are having there. Now you may or may not remember me but I’ve said

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[Diary] – April, 2013; Irons in the Fire, Blackouts, Clumsy-Cat

April 16, 2013 Reekay ONLINE DIARY - Random Thoughts

Month of APRIL – 2013  This is one page per month devoted to the more personal experiences related to my life in the Philippines.  Daily life

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[Video] – The Jungle Trail (in the daytime)

April 15, 2013 Reekay My Story, Overseas Culture, Videos

A friend of mine (Adolfo Saldana) asked if I could show what the trail looked like during the daytime which I took in my last

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The Jungle: Stuff to Know When Living in the Province

April 4, 2013 Reekay My Story, Overseas Culture

As some of you may already know, they really don’t refer to the rural areas of the Philippines here as ‘the jungle’.. even though that’s

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[Video] – A NightWalk Through the Jungle – Philippines

March 31, 2013 Reekay My Story, Out & About Town, Videos

It’s been three weeks since I made the move here to the island of Bohol.  The home I live in is not located in town,

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Where is ‘Home’ For the ExPat?

March 22, 2013 Reekay Out & About Town, Overseas Culture, Preparing To Travel

I was recently reading an article talking about the ‘dark side’ of being an expat.  In that article it focused on the sentiments primarily of

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[Photos] Switching Islands – Bohol Bound, Part 2

March 19, 2013 Reekay My Story, Photos, Preparing To Travel

(Part 2 of ‘Bohol Bound’, Part 1) Believe it or not, it was a much simpler process getting myself and my stuff to the Philippines

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[Diary] – March, 2013; My Last Night on Mactan..

March 6, 2013 Reekay ONLINE DIARY - Random Thoughts

Month of MARCH – 2013  This is one page per month devoted to the more personal experiences related to my life in the Philippines.  Daily life

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Get Here!.. Then Take Your Time

February 24, 2013 Reekay Out & About Town, Overseas Culture, Preparing To Travel

The way I see it there are two main reasons the Philippines is such a fantastic place to retire early to;  (1)  The Leisurely Lifestyle

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Even Paradise Requires Flexibility – Bohol Bound, Part 1

February 21, 2013 Reekay My Story, Overseas Culture, Preparing To Travel

Time has been flying!  It’s been about two weeks since I’ve had either the time or energy to even update the site other than some new

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[Photos] A Bohol Birthday (Mine)

February 20, 2013 Reekay Out & About Town, Overseas Culture, Photos

As I mentioned a while ago, my 50th birthday came up in February.  I really hadn’t put any thought into what I was going to

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Relationships In The Philippines: Part 1

January 30, 2013 Reekay Legal Things To Know, Overseas Culture, Preparing To Travel

Part 1:  MARRIAGE IN THE PHILIPPINES Over the last year I’ve spent much time speaking with men online regarding relationships here with Filipina women.  Since

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[Diary] – January, 2013; New Year’s, The Bad Deal and Karaoke

January 23, 2013 Reekay ONLINE DIARY - Random Thoughts

Month of JANUARY – 2013  This is one page per month devoted to the more personal experiences related to my life in the Philippines.  Daily life

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Hard Lessons Learned My First 6 Months in the Philippines

January 15, 2013 Reekay My Story, Out & About Town, Overseas Culture

Wow.  It’s January, 2013 and already it’s been a full six months now that I’ve been here in the Philippines.  I feel like I’ve only

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[Photos] Beautiful Island of Bohol – Philippines

January 4, 2013 Reekay Out & About Town, Photos, Preparing To Travel

Believe it or not.. despite this being the largest gallery here (so far), it is only a small portion of what Bohol has to offer.

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Bohol, Typhoon & Babies

[Diary] — Philippine Christmas, Bound for Bohol, Typhoon & Babies — Dec. 2012

December 31, 2012 Reekay ONLINE DIARY - Random Thoughts

Month of DECEMBER – 2012 Every so often I feel like sharing some short item I have on my mind but it’s not enough to

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Prelude to the Jungle

December 26, 2012 Reekay My Story, Out & About Town

Currently it is the holiday season and my plans led me here, to the island of Bohol where I plan to relocate to in a

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Relaxing at Breakneck Speed

December 22, 2012 Reekay My Story, Out & About Town, Overseas Culture

The year is winding down this December yet there is so much going on!!  It’s been a non-stop ride here.  After a 2-day trip to

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Time For A Cool Change

December 17, 2012 Reekay My Story, Out & About Town

“If there’s one thing in my life that’s missing.. It’s the time that I spend alone.. sailing on the cool and bright clear waters. Lots

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[Photos] Me.. Out & About In the Philippines

December 10, 2012 Reekay Out & About Town, Photos

This is a random collection of images I photographed as I wander about from place to place.  Some are of me, others are just whenever

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[Ask Henry] – How Did You Decide to Relocate?

November 29, 2012 Reekay ASK HENRY

Question:  “(sry Henry, my friends call me channel 10 news coz I ask a lot of questions  lol) B4 u met your Filipina GF in

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Conversation in the Philippines: Tips ‘n Taboos

November 28, 2012 Reekay Overseas Culture

Generally speaking, most women use about three times the number of words in a day than most men.  Me, I can go an entire day

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[Diary] – The Funk, Dating, Working, Writing – Nov. 2012

November 25, 2012 Reekay ONLINE DIARY - Random Thoughts

Month of NOVEMBER – 2012 Every so often I feel like sharing some short item I have on my mind but it’s not enough to

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[Photos] – All Souls/Saints Day in the Philippines

November 21, 2012 Reekay Out & About Town, Overseas Culture, Photos

In a previous photo gallery I shared with you how I usually celebrate Halloween these days, at a costume party in a club.  That was

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Charting My Course

November 16, 2012 Reekay My Story, Overseas Culture

I knew it would happen (again) eventually.. I am physically just wiped out.  It’s Friday night here and my body can’t take any more of

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What Do You REALLY Want?

October 28, 2012 Reekay Legal Things To Know, My Story, Overseas Culture, Preparing To Travel

What I’m about to share with you comes not only from personal experience but just plain common sense that can be applied to any aspect

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[Photos] “Halloween in the Philippines”

October 27, 2012 Reekay Out & About Town, Photos

Since this is still my first year out of the U.S. it is also my first in a series of holidays spent away from my

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[Video] – Simple Pleasures.. the Siesta

October 11, 2012 Reekay Overseas Culture, Videos

I’ll be the first to say that life in the Philippines is not for everybody.  Some people thrive the most when they are in a

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[Diary] – Massage, Fever & Pretty Girls – Sept. 2012

September 15, 2012 Reekay ONLINE DIARY - Random Thoughts

Month of SEPTEMBER – 2012 Every so often I feel like sharing some short item I have on my mind but it’s not enough to

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Siesta, Dinner and ‘Not My Cat’..

September 4, 2012 Reekay My Story, Out & About Town, Overseas Culture

It’s early Tuesday morning, around 1:45am and I should be in bed by now.  Usually I’m awake until 2-3am but I have to be at

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