I still can't fathom what this beachcomber was looking for. He/She was patiently turning over rocks on the bank of the Li River near Guilin in China.
Mindoro is a contraction of the Spanish 'Mina de Oro' or goldmine, not that there's ever been a big discovery here but panners do find gold in small quantities.
Most people I know tend to think of beach living as something glamorous - a get away from it all, carefree type of life. And I guess it can be if you have a wad of cash and no responsibilities.
I've no idea how I wound up at the Encenada Beach Resort in 1990. I mean, I know how I got there. I took a flight to Manila, then a bus to Batangas City and a ferry to Balatero Port on Mindoro, then a Jeepney to the resort.
I took this photo of what I believe to be a Grumman Goose in 1990 in Puerta Galera in the Philippines.
Three school girls heading home somewhere near Kota Kinabalu. From the shadows it's clearly close to sunset as these thee girls pick their way along the shoreline at the base of the cliff.