Batangas-bound passengers at Calapan Port.

Mangyan selling their wares

A Mangyan mother selling her wares in Bait, Mansalay, Oriental Mindoro, Philippines. Photo taken during a recent trip in Mansalay.

Tabon bird eggs

Eggs of the rare and endangered Tabon birds in Sibale Island.
The habitat where they hatch their eggs is poorly protected from poachers.

Maestre de Campo Island

Maestre de Campo Island is located 17 nautical miles east of Pinamalayan town in Oriental Mindoro. It is locally known as Sibale or Concepcion Island. The people there speak a dialect which is a mixture of Cebuano, Hiligaynon and Tagalog with Visayan accent.