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January 28th 2013
Published: February 8th 2013
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Just some pics i thought were interesting - apologies if there's some repeats in here


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coffee1coffee1
coffee1

Coffee plantation less than 1km from our house
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coffee3

and i took coffee there from here . . . . . .
Baby PineappleBaby Pineapple
Baby Pineapple

Not really a surprise if you stop and think about it - but the pineapples we eat are actually what comes from the flowering portion of a member of the bromeliad family
sweet assweet as
sweet as

All the nighbours here grow them and as i've stated earlier - the sub sized ones were free for the taking
our stashour stash
our stash

must say they didn't last long - I preferred these to deep fried pork and rice for brekkie
Before . . .  baboyBefore . . .  baboy
Before . . . baboy

One of our New years Eve Pigs - we got two of them for a little under $250
The road to viganThe road to vigan
The road to vigan

Each of those blue signs belongs to a n individual business and they're all selling the same thing - mobile phone 'Loads'. For a cou8ntry that's as poor as this there is an amazing proliferation of mobile/cell phones - EVRYONE seems to have one
Concrete PourConcrete Pour
Concrete Pour

Concrete pour at a construction site
PinatuboPinatubo
Pinatubo

Clouds rolling in over and into the crater at Pinatubo
phoney Taalphoney Taal
phoney Taal

probably the best shot I got of the phoney part of Taal
rear viewrear view
rear view

Taken on my climb up the REAL Taal
WW2WW2
WW2

There's quite a few of these WW2 jeeps from Subic bay still runnning around. They appear to be in reasonable nick too
FunZoneFunZone
FunZone

. . . no comment . . . .
Shopping???Shopping???
Shopping???

Entrance to a shopping mall in Dasmarinas - the next county/province/whatever from us
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can't rememebr why I included this one - probably somehting to do with the sign
Nature 101Nature 101
Nature 101

Just loved the colours and waxy texture
Jimmy McDJimmy McD
Jimmy McD

This one's for you mate
Construction 101Construction 101
Construction 101

hmmm run out of materials??? cash??? or just waiting to finish?
ninja Shoppersninja Shoppers
ninja Shoppers

Saw this dude wandering around MoA with a samurai swaord in hand and another in a scabbard on his back.


8th February 2013

Your Vac Photos
Great photos..like them. Raul (still in Vegas)

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