From Puerto Pricessa on Palawan we flew to Cebu City where we stayed for one night before heading to the pier early the next morning to catch a ferry to the island of Bohol. At the ferry terminal, we were pretty suprised to hear cockadoodledoos as soon as we sat down - various passengers had cardboard boxes with holes in at their feet and were constantly fussing over their prize fighting cocks. The ferry turned out to be another fine example of "Filipino Time" (the philosophy in the Philippines, similar to the Spanish "manjana" but more extreme, ie meaning maybe sometime soon / later / never!), by the 9am departure time there was no sign of a boat, it hadn't arrived by 9.30, there were no explanatory announcements and no one seemed remotely bothered! People here
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