I lived on an island near Leyte once with no power..Loved every minute.. There was a local cinema that was basically a betamax and large TV run by a generator..5 Pesos per flick,so used to go there to catch up with modern life..
There was a mountain near by with natural 40 ft water slides leading to large mountain swimming pools.. People that lived up there used to barter banana`s and coconuts in exchange for rice at the mountain base..
I got a special birthday invite from perfect strangers one day..They had sent some men on a boat to pick up ice from the mainland to put in my Tanduay.. Problem was they had no ice box so the large 10kg block they started with arrived as about 1/2 a kilo..We had to polish off the bottle while we could..Talk about stress!!!
Some of the nicest people I ever met lived there and I truly hope that like me, none of them have yet discovered Facebook!!
