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?

Close encounters of the third kind

Photo from Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, February 1998.

Remnants of operation desert storm

Picture of desert storm survivor, Tunis, January 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.

She is not real, buddy!

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

Manila's street workers

Photo from Quezon City, Metro Manila, February 2008.

Beauty King

The pampered one.

Photo from Ortigas, Metro Manila, February 2008.

Right at hand

Cash register right at his finger tips.

Photo from Quezon City, February 2008.

Cosmetic Car Care

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

Photo from Makati, February, 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.

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.

Sewing bicycle

How to cycle a sewing machine?

Photo from Jakarta, February 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.

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.

Sweet dreams

Photo from Makati, January 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.

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.

Just relax

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

Photo from Mandaluyong, February 2008.

The movers are coming

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

Photo from Batangas, February 2008.

Rest place for men

Photo from Ortigas, February 2008.

Always room for bicycles on highways in Manila

Photo from Makati, February 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.

Wanna buy a sweat drink?

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

Photo from Makati, February 2008.

Shortly after German unification

It wasn't even summer yet!

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

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.

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.

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.

Sock vendor having a rest

Photo from Pasay, Metro Manila, March 2007.

Take it off!

Take 40% off! Cloth or brain?

Photo of monster billboards from Makati, January 2008.