DUNKED IN MANILA

Bill Fink's story of a year of work, basketball, romance, and other disasters in the Philippines

Tuesday, November 13, 2007

backboard montage

Someone needs to come up with a coffee table book based solely on backboards as seen in the Philippines. They're a pretty good summary of the country, scenery, and people, because after all, life is basketball, right?
Fancy net with beads braided into it, palm tree above, as seen on the resort island of Miniloc, Palawan

Fish drying on tarps on the basketball court, near Taytay. Often the basketball court is the only flat, clean place in town.



"Air Safari" backboard, behind barbed wire outside of airport in Manila. Hopefully the anti-aircraft explosions illustrated on the board aren't foreshadowing your flight.




and one from outside a shanty area in a harbor, put together with sticks and twigs, and still sturdy enough to host games


more to come....