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Saturday, November 6, 2010

Philippines 2010 Day 5

Monday 25 October 2010 -- Election Day in the Philippines/Kawasan Falls
Here are the links in this series that will keep you on track...
Airports
Philippines 2010
Philippines 2010 Day 2
Philippines 2010 Day 3
Philippines 2010 Day 4
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Today we went on an outing to the south part of Cebu Province.  We visited a tourist area and natural wonder spot known as Kawasan Falls.

Young street vendor
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Reading a newspaper on the back of a motorcycle
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We stopped by the Cebu Bus Terminal to drop Ma off, so she can go vote at her home on Bantayan Island
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One of the Jeepneys at the terminal
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Jeepney with Street Venders, Cebu City
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Elections are held at the public schools, and are a big event with last minute campaigning.  The news media later on that evening talked up the violence, but we didn't see any of that, for the most part, it seemed like a peaceful process
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One of the many shanty towns, this one was on the south side of Cebu City
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Family of four, plus goods from the store
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Jollibee is a filipino owned fast food chain.  It is their version of McDonalds, and is very popular.  I was starting to feel under the weather, so fast food was not the best choice.  Let's just say that Jollibee was not so jolly to me.
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As you travel around, you notice subtle differences in the designs of the popular forms of transportation
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As we zipped through the countryside of southern Cebu Province, I snapped pictures of the parade of busses passing by, as each bus seemed to be a colorful parade in their own right.
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Travel compainions, Mina and Sandro Paradela
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Every once in a while, you happen upon an older style of architecture that reminds you of the magnificence of the Filipino style
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Usually, however, the streets look like this
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People are everywhere and they need to get around
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When you pass from one side of Cebu province to the other, you will come upon the rural mountain roads, and their switchbacks
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Even in the country, any form of transport is usually overused and overloaded
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More voting
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After the noise and chaos of the roads, we visit beautiful, serene, and relatively quiet crystal clear Kawasan falls.
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Hydro-electric plant at Kawasan Falls
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