Monday, 19 October 2015

20th October - last days in the Philippines

Tuesday 20th October 2015

Our last few days in the Philippines were busy but we had time to wander around, being amused and confused.


Once again I was amazed by the products for sale in the beauty aisles of all shops.  The main ingredient is – bleach!

On a notice board in Davao, which is a very big city, there was a cheery photo of a carefree-looking woman.  I idly wandered up to read what she was advertising only to find she is WANTED for various heinous crimes!


Our last excursion to town began, as usual, with a ride to the ferry terminal in Dondon’s little van.  Usually there are two or three people, sometimes a squashy crowd of six or so.  On this occasion…there were fifteen of us large European types, some of whom had large gas canisters to refill, or bulky shopping trolleys.  We squeezy-squished in and off we went.  A young bloke following us on a motorbike was mightily amused; everyone in the Philippines travels like this – six on a motorbike, twelve crammed into a motortricyle, countless numbers stuffed into jeepneys.  So he was very pleased to see us doing the same.





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