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48  AN EXILE OF THE MIND    THE FLYING PRIEST OF CAMIGUIN                        49




































 A recent storm caused heavy seas off the Philippine coast.


 Mindanao with its reputation for  next until we reached calmer water.
 kidnapping  tourists  was  too  close   It wasn’t to last. A recent storm
 for comfort. We headed  northeast  in the Pacific had whipped up a huge
 to Surigao Strait and into the Pacific  swell  off  the  Philippine  coast.  It
 Ocean. Evading one danger led  us  took courage and blind faith to look
 into another.   astern at mighty  crests  towering
 Blissfully unaware of the perils  mast high above us as we nose-dived
 ahead, we were about to sail through  into a deep trough.
 the notorious  Hinatuan Passage.   With the long trip ahead of us on
 Not recommended for sailing yachts,  this riotous ocean, we were tempted
 as we found out later.  Le Voyageur  to cast anchor in Mindanao despite
 was spun around in a commotion of  warnings of unrest. We took our
 swirling currents and combers. We  chances  pitching  and tossing  in
 shot through by spinning off the edge
 of one whirlpool and pirouetting to the   Calamian Islands, Philippines.
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