Here is my first series of sketches for 2026, done on the way to the Camotes Islands and Moalboal in Cebu. We arrived at terminal three in plenty of time…finding that Cebu Pacific (the airline), waited until the last moment to announce the gat…so we had a coffee at the Airport Cafe and while we waited. As always the airport was heaving with people and very few places to sit…so people sit on the floor or any perch they can find.

From the airport in Mactan we took a taxi to Danao Port to catch a ferry to the Camotes Islands. Loads of people were patiently waiting outside the building that contains the ticket office…then when they opened the shutters there was a small stampede to the ticketing office, where queuing in order seemed to be optional only. Thank goodness that my wife took advantage of being senior and got to the front quickly.

On the ferry to the Camotes Islands I sketched people that have “ants in their pants”. They didn’t stay in one place and in the end the figure on the left was made up from two different people!

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