The last day I Blogged I was preparing for my lengthy trip back to Canada via Manila, Bangkok, Qatar, London, Philadelphia and finally Toronto. I woke up with an awful fever and my body feeling like a pretzel that has been left out to stale then subsequently eaten by a group of rats. Perfect, on a travel day. Somehow I got myself in cabs, ferrys and planes and made it to Manila. Picked up by Lily's friend Alvin he suggested a quick pre-dinner snack (at this point Im used to constant consumption by the Philippinos). With no appetite I thought id just sit, however the restaurant owner proudly demanded I try some of his BBQ. Skewers of pork, chicken intestines, pig intestines, brain, chicken heads and cubed chunks of blood were presented in front of me.
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