Jim Sibbick first visited the Philippines in September 1994 and immediately fell in love with the culture and the people. He lives in Cebu City for part of the year and Australia for part of the year. While traveling to various areas of the Philippines, he shoots videos to bring a bit of the Philippines to those who have never visited or seen this wonderful country. He has more than 100 short videos of the Philippines currently hosted on two websites and available for you to download for free. Follow this site as he discusses his thoughts on the Philippines, new videos available for download and how some of the videos came into being.
Camiguin Island trip report
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Last year, a friend of mine visited Camiguin Island and made it sound so good, I thought I would like to go there myself.
In May, I got my opportunity. 
Nipa hut, by the sea on Camiguin Island
Additional videos (updated 12th April 2006)
Hello Everyone
Someone wanted to know about the ride on the OceanJet from Cebu City to Tagbilaran so I told them about my OceanJet video. (more…)
Transfer of videos (update)
Hello Everyone
Transfer of videos and update of links on the website are now complete.
Their are 4 pages of videos and a new video index. To access the videos, start with the index page: http://www.bigjimsphilippinesexperience.com/video-index.htm
There are no descriptions or helpful vid caps but if there is a problem in the future, all 128 videos can be accessed from the links below:
http://www.philippines-experience.com/videos
http://www.bigjimsphilippinesexperience.com/videos/
http://www.philippines-experience.com/junk
Enjoy the videos 
New Cebu day tour video
CebuTours used my Cebu day tour video to promote their Cebu City tour. The video used by CebuTours was focused on highlights and was low quality.
Waterfront Hotel, the white building that looks like a castle, as seen from the Top
(A vid cap from my Cebu Day Tour video)
Since the demise of the CebuTours business, I have re-edited the video. It now has a better image quality and is more detailed. (more…)
A missionary’s view
My brother in law’s brother, Wayne Gadsden, spent 2002 in the Philippines doing missionary work.
He filmed some of his activities in the Philippines and had a few interesting stories to tell too.
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Palompon To Maasin - a road trip
For many years, I have wanted to travel down to Southern Leyte and in September 2005, my ex father in law offered to take me.
On our way to Maasin (a vid cap from my Palompon to Maasin video)
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Travel by Superferry (A trip report about travelling on Superries 12 and 17)
Ever since I heard that the Superferry 12 had a swimming pool, several years ago, I have wanted to travel on it. I think I imagined it to be some sort of cruise ship.
In August 2005, I completed my long awaited trip on the Superferry 12 travelling from Cebu City to Manila and I think my expectations were greater than what was delivered but it was still a good ship to ride on. (more…)
Topics filmed
New to the Philippines and want to see what it’s all about?
Beside the tour videos, I have videos of the following topics, plus more, uploaded to Big Jim’s Philippines Experience.com and available for you to download for free:
Building a catamaran in Carmen
- Boat building
- Disability video (or in this case, no disability. made to show (more…)
Localities filmed
Are you wanting to tour around the Philippines and are seeking some ideas of where to go?
I have videos of the following locations, plus more, uploaded to Big Jim’s Philippines Experience.com and available for you to download for free:
View of Roxas Boulevard and marina from the Aloha Hotel
Around Iligan Bay in Mindanao - trip report
I recently undertook a trip to Northern Mindanao, in the area surrounding Iligan Bay.
Iligan Bay
Several of us travelled overnight from Cebu City to Ozamiz City on (more…)