Tropical paradise also includes rainy season. No rain means no fruits, no rice, no harvest of any kind. In the Philippines part of the year is almost only sunny - the remaining part is sometimes mostly rain, storm and dark clouds, depending on where in the Philippine islands you are during rainy season.
A few photo impressions from Philippines. A season when nature grows faster and more beautiful to be ready for next coming sunny season. Clouds for weeks day and night may become depressing - unless you are in peace with yourself and know how to keep yourself happy and busy doing something loving and useful with the resources you got.
Every country, every region in the world has developed an individual style of sail boat making. The Philippine sailboat type is the fastest of all sail boats I ever have seen among native sailboat constructions.
