Friday, February 29, 2008

The train is coming

The bus on rails clears it all: All vendors have to dismantle their stalls to give way to the ferrocarril.

Photo from Ibarra, Ecuador, February 1998.

P.S. Santiago: Any relatives?

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Thursday, February 28, 2008

Close encounters of the third kind

Photo from Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, February 1998.

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Wednesday, February 27, 2008

Remnants of operation desert storm

Picture of desert storm survivor, Tunis, January 2008.

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Tuesday, February 26, 2008

Tint art


When driving through a tunnel in Manila most drivers will have to put their foot onto the break since most cars are heavily tinted. Some as shown above make it through the tunnel.

Photo from Quezon City, Metro Manila, February 2008.

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Monday, February 25, 2008

She is not real, buddy!


Photo of a monster billboard from Makati, Metro Manila, February 2008.

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Sunday, February 24, 2008

Manila's street workers


Photo from Quezon City, Metro Manila, February 2008.


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Saturday, February 23, 2008

Beauty King

The pampered one.

Photo from Ortigas, Metro Manila, February 2008.

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Friday, February 22, 2008

Right at hand

Cash register right at his finger tips.

Photo from Quezon City, February 2008.

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Thursday, February 21, 2008

Cosmetic Car Care


Would you trust 'Cosmetic Car Care' to repair your car?

Photo from Makati, February, 2008.

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Wednesday, February 20, 2008

World class driving?


What a small world. World class driving in a city where chaos rules the road.

At least such driving schools exist in Manila. I always thought that most drivers just bought their licences.

Photo from Quezon City, Metro Manila, February 2008.

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Tuesday, February 19, 2008

Shark fins: between the sea and the soup

Want to protest?

Jakarta's
Shang Palace
(香宫) in the Shangri-La Hotel
might consider your complain...

Photo from Jakarta, February 2008.


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Monday, February 18, 2008

Sewing bicycle

How to cycle a sewing machine?

Photo from Jakarta, February 2008.

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Sunday, February 17, 2008

Shoe doctor


Left Manila and at NAIA my shoe broke. Went to 'shoe shine' and met the doctor. Since we had 6 suit cases and 5 pieces of hand luggage it felt so good to be able to walk again.

Photo from this morning at NAIA, Metro Manila.

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Saturday, February 16, 2008

Leaving the Philippines

After more than 5 1/2 years it's time to say good bye to the land of smiles.

7,108 islands (including ADB HQ) were not enough. Time to discover even more islands. This blog will be continued from Indonesia, the World's largest archipelagio with 17,508 islands (no tide counting).

Photo from Mandaluyong, February 2008.



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Friday, February 15, 2008

Sweet dreams


Photo from Makati, January 2008.

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Thursday, February 14, 2008

Walking through a barangay


It's often astonishing what you discover while walking through Manila's barangays.


Photo from Ouezon City, Metro Manila, February 2008.

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Wednesday, February 13, 2008

Prince Gaucho's pawty

Photo above: Prince Gaucho enjoying cake for his 2nd birthday.

Three cheers and a tiger.

Children's Joy Foundation from Cavite performing for Gaucho's PAWTY.

Photos from Talisay, Batangas, December 2007.

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Tuesday, February 12, 2008

Just relax

The biggest surprise would be that nothing happens on Manila's roads.

Photo from Mandaluyong, February 2008.

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Monday, February 11, 2008

The movers are coming

First the table, then the chairs and now the bed.

Photo from Batangas, February 2008.

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Sunday, February 10, 2008

Rest place for men

Photo from Ortigas, February 2008.

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Saturday, February 09, 2008

Always room for bicycles on highways in Manila


Photo from Makati, February 2008.

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Friday, February 08, 2008

Chinese New Year in Manila

Bum, bum, bum all over the city (not only literally).

... and happy birthday, John!

This morning's photo from Makati.

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Thursday, February 07, 2008

Wanna buy a sweat drink?

I wonder if Pocari sweat drink really sells well outside of Japan.

Photo from Makati, February 2008.

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Wednesday, February 06, 2008

Shortly after German unification


It wasn't even summer yet!

Photo from Erfurt, Thuringia, 1991 (don't remember the exact month).

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Tuesday, February 05, 2008

EDSA shrine beautification

The ideas of People Power need more than dedusting and regilding. Mere beautification won't do. Nearly 22 years after the toppling of Marcos, where is the power of the people?

Photo from EDSA shrine, Quezon City, February 2008.

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Monday, February 04, 2008

Farewell Pittsburgh broiled steaks

Best steaks in the Philippines, rightly aged, 4 inches thick and as you can see masterly flamed.

Thanks
Cinderella, Sweety, Mo, Babe K and Buba (pronounced Booba)!

Yesterday's photo from Green Meadows Village, Quezon City, February 2008.

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Sunday, February 03, 2008

Man assigned to household chores

He is not cleaning the window!

He is cleaning the door mat as pictured above.

Photo from Mandaluyong, February 2008.

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Saturday, February 02, 2008

Sock vendor having a rest


Photo from Pasay, Metro Manila, March 2007.

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Friday, February 01, 2008

Take it off!

Take 40% off! Cloth or brain?

Photo of monster billboards from Makati, January 2008.

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