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Defending Our Oceans

August 25, 2006, 7am, Noel, Gary and I flew to Legazpi City, Albay for the Greenpeace Defending Our Oceans Solidarity Concert. Here are a couple of photos. Sayang medyo cloudy, di masyado kita ang Mayon. The photo on the right was taken at the Legazpi Airport. Thank you to Beng, Francis and the rest of the Greenpeace volunteers for taking good care of us and for making sure Noel gets his "pesco-vegetarian," (not "alco-vegetarian") fare.

The Aquinas University Gym where the concert was held is located not far from Mayon. While waiting for the show to start, Noel came into the dressing room excitedly informing us that there was a good view of the volcano from the parking area. I checked it out (Gary wasn’t at all interested in the spectacle) and was amazed to see a faint orange trail of lava flowing down the side of the volcano. I also saw (and heard, can you believe it??) giant orange rocks falling and landing approximately midway down the Mayon slope. I was in total awe of what I was witnessing but I also felt so vulnerable and insignificant standing so close to an erupting volcano. Medyo trite pero ganun pala talaga yun. Hehe..

The concert was held in protest of the continued operation of Lafayette Philippines’ Polymetallic mining facility in Rapu-Rapu Island, Albay. Coastal communities in the Rapu-Rapu area complain of water contamination (cadmium and other metallic pollutants) and Lafayette’s apparent blitheness in addressing their concerns.

This big streamer was the same one used by Greenpeace Volunteers when they snuck into the DENR Building along Visayas Avenue.

They came in undetected and was able to gain access to the roof area from where they hung this streamer.

This picture is entitled: Gary as Super Langgam. Hehe..

Those who are interested in becoming Ocean Defenders, log on to http://www.greenpeace.org.ph