life in these islands

People laugh when they hear my town's name Carles (when pronounced, it sounds literally mean no car) The farthest town in the northeastern tip of Panay Island, it has under its jurisdiction, 26 islands and islets with long stretch of white sand shores and cool crystal clear water.

Unique in many ways, one can't  imagine how life in these islands must be where majority of its residents depends on fishing as their main source of living. Living in extremes, small time fishermen live in shanties while the well off big fishing boat operators in concrete fully furnished houses.

"There's no place like home". A typical house in fishing villages of Carles.

Most of the islands don't have electricity and limited potable water source. For the economically well off households in these rural areas depends on generator sets for their electrification.

Despite of these material inadequacy, they have their own conventional ways of doing things, reasoned attitudes and actions, tastes, leisure activities, cultural interests, moral standards, and economic levels. It is difficult to classify simply because it is remarkably assorted, one of a kind in its own right.