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Contact Sheets

Last night I developed my films from the Yangil trip - two rolls of Orwo n74+ shot at box speed. My brother and I use a makeshift film scanner (consisting of a flatbed scanner, a piece of acrylic, and an iPad for backlighting) to make contact sheets. 

I’ve started to save these contact sheets, as a way to study my documenting style, and as a way to sort through my negatives in order to keep professional scanning costs down. Also, they look neat as hell. I’m happy with how a lot of these shots turned out. 

This is the last Yangil Tribe post I’m making for now. If you want to meet them for yourself (and I do recommend that you do so), sign up for a visit at http://madtravel.org/joiner-tours/tribes-treks-zambales/ 

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Guides 

We had multiple guides escorting us through the trek, one of which was the tribe’s chief, Chief Gabriel (The man on the left, in the third picture) . We asked some of the carabao drivers what their carabaos’ names were, and they said that the carabaos had no names. 

Life Stories - Yangil Tribe 2/5

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Daily Commute 

From the closest bayan, the Yangil tribe is a two hour trek by foot. While it is easier to travel by carabao, not everybody has this advantage. Due to the recent floods, the riverbanks are hard terrain to trek through - but the Yangil tribe perseveres. 

Life Stories - Yangil Tribe 1/5

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Yangil Village, San Felipe, Zambales.

Joined FlipTrip (now known as Tripkada) for the 2nd time around and it is not the usual travel/vacay trip. We wanted to know more about the place. 

As we arrived Circle Hostel from a 4 hour ride, we changed our outfits right away. “Get ready to get wet guys!”- Raf. On the way to  Aeta Village, he shared a bit of history of how the eruption of Mt. Pinatubo affected San Felipe and how he is currently helping the community rebuild. 

The children greeted us with smiles and positive energy as we reached the village’s school. With us are a couple of college students joined us for their school project. They donated seeds, reached out with the kids, and gave Raf a gift for being an inspiration (hoping that others will do the same). 

The community served great food, taught archery, shared some knowledge on herbal medicine, performed a few songs, and taught us some traditional dances. Luckily we were able to plant plenty of seeds before the rain poured. As the rain continued, we had to walk back because it was getting pretty late. Tired and soaking wet but heck it was all worth it.