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Originally posted 2017-07-21 21:52:57.
The ‘wet market’ or palenke in Pasig City is really huge and spectacular. You can buy anything there, believe me. it’s a fun place too, literally open 24/7/365. Keep your wallet in your pocket and you’ll have no problems.
Originally posted 2017-08-02 18:05:28.
This was my fifth visit to the Philippines and again, I arrived before Christmas, on the 8th of December. I had rented an apartment in Plaridel, Bulacan, which was to be my base for the next four months.
Plaridel is a market and manufacturing town about 30 miles north of Manila. In 2015 it had a population of 107,000. It has an airport.
I’ll let the pictures and captions speak for themselves in this photo diary of the trip. This section goes from my arrival up to New Year. I’ll do another section for the latter part.
Originally posted 2017-07-22 16:22:39.
A day trip to Arayat in Pampanga with Azumi and Chin. The full story is here.
The Philippines is steeped in folklore and mythology. The very air seems supernatural at times and even today, Filipinos firmly believe in the supernatural creatures which also populate their country. Best known of these are Aswangs and Engkantos.
Many of these beliefs certainly date from the pre-colonial period and before the establishment of Catholicism as the dominant religion. Prior to this, the Philippines was not a unitary polity, but was made up of many small kingdoms and tribal areas. These all seem to have believed in a somewhat similar form of Animism but were all brought together under one faith and one colonial rule, by the Spanish.
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Originally posted 2017-06-21 13:33:13.
A beautiful ladyboy walking through her village in Bulacan province, Philippines. Please feel free to download and share this video.
On our last visit to Subic we chanced across a baby ladyboy, a batong bakla, called Maria. This is the interview we did with her and my thoughts.
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Subic beach trip in July 2019 with Sam. Excellent stuff. Here’s the video.
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In June we took our motorcycle to Tarlac to visit Sam’s aunt. Here’s the video.
Due to the political shenanigans at YouTube, I am trying to duplicate all the videos hosted there here on this site as well as on others. It’s slow though, and there are over a hundred to do!
Originally posted 2018-09-11 10:07:52.
January 2017 and I visited Las Cases de Acuzar with a friend, Belgie. It’s an amazing place.
You can read more about the day HERE