After treatment for 4 months to hamburgers and fries in Australia.
Nico can join me to Cebu, it is to phillipinnes past few months and it did not seem to want to leave. Perth, the aircraft takes me to Singapore and then Manila.
Leger to backpack, we go for a ride in Asia. Customs, ticket, visas without emcombres. The Arrive at the airport, taxis to jump on me and offer me a race to 80 euros. That alone, it is unnecessary bus, you attack me, it makes me inflates in less than ten seconds because I know them by heart rut of touts. No, it's true, we al'habitute the end is indeed the most unpleasant side of poor countries in the process of development. Just landed
I push my little yell out fast against one of these guys. Case closed, let me smile. Find a bus but before an ATM. Little humdrum, 3 changes of transport demand management and 10 later I arrive at address indicates that nico me. It's nice, I have flashbacks of previous travel in these buses compresses like chickens with the people.
Manila by night in a tourist neighborhood.
Manila, it's expensive as in Australia for a crappy quality, it ugly, what the hell I am crazy. Neighborhood hotels, restaurants and a tourist or expat, nightfall, the neon, the whores, the hostesses at their brothels, bars, night club, KTV. A crazy traffic, children running after you to beg. Tonight technology switch sends me the girls were 8 years old with a boy in her arms.
But Manila is not Phillipinnes.
Misery foremost
No, no, I give nothing and I do not want even more. If I give something or you will tell me that's not enough, everyone will be running after me and there's a good chance that eventually the money on beer or cigarettes in the hands of a more strong. I am confident of doing more harm than good by giving a misery in all cases.I mean, give food to someone who is dying of hunger, of course. But why give. To ease his conscience. In a sense it saves the world, finally, we participate, we help each other so even a few minutes especially.
I am wrong to say to work up to run the economy but it is the only way. These beggars have enough examples in front of them among the poor street vendors of cigarettes, charts, DVDs, sunglasses, drinks, food. In 2009 a local bank for the poor, a local micro-credit system should be able to help them start a activitée at each corner of the neighborhood.
Blaming our leaders and their corrupt and ignorant. If McDonald's in the place I am in a rich country, Until they help one themselves, I'm outta here tomorrow by plane for Cebu in the south.
A taste of deja vu
I agree with Nico in the bottom with the idea, countryside, beaches, jungles, far from the factories tourists, exhausts, whores and beggars of 3 years.a week later. Finally 2 years earlier, in Brazil I met a Dutch couple, they spoke English, French, Italian, fluent Bonhomme was to look after the installation of a central electric. It surprised me a bit by saying that after one week he had the impression of having seen everything here.
Damn, I am seriously too lazy blaze but his discourses makes sense 2 years later, when we know the ride, when one speaks with too many tourists along its journey. The journey or the discovery aspect of the trip really lack SURPRISES (it is the major interest). It is too early to jump to conclusions but it seems to me important.
course, differentiating the journey cultural / social and the discovery of new landscapes.
Cebu, Bohol, Camingin, the Chocolate Hills and tarsiers.
So summary, I flew to Cebu, I met Nicolas, we spent two days down, we take a boat to Bohol, see the Tarsier, monkey 10 cm, it also sees the Chocolate Hills, all mountains bizarre created following the lowering of sea level Caminguin Then, a volcanic island although nice.trips are by boat with the locals is the popular means of transport of course. Even though most of them can not afford to take it. It rents out bikes for three days, good way to discover the island otherwise.
Soiree in a box and Karaoke Caminguin
What you say is enough. Nico with one out on Friday night discotheque. The day after a Canadian woman of 40 who would not set foot there asked me to tell. Why not?near a good walk in the day, we returned at night, we stop in a diner for a barbecue at 1 euro. It then goes to the city. The plan is simple, we stop and ask, it is 22h. Nico first stage stops in front of a karaoke, I went to ask where to go and a 20-year fetard cling to let me in, they are only 5 drunks and of course they handed me a glass in his face. I'm serious, not fluff, and nico waiting on the bike, no information here, they are no longer in a position to answer a question. Second
step is sticking there Nico, 5 minutes later he brought back a guy who wants to show us where is the disco. It's all well and good AC, a 3 on a motorcycle, is not bad, but it has 4 grams. It breaks quickly without the board. A few meters away, we want more has 2 pairs of lunch. Them they accompany us with their motorcycles. After paying a liter of rum and anything back to these two couples who apparently have very good positions on the island, it is time to leave.
To come to the disco. The premises have the dough here, of course it's not the same as in France. It is not a brothel but of course the contacts are easier. From the back of a nenette in bed, it is less easy. People come here with or without tourists.
In all these poor countries, white is synonymous with wealth, but it's not a place UnHoly is for locals. There is a big place out for booze was cheap at all and enjoy the atmosphere, this is the place hosts for the weekend.
disco, but rather a village hall, although rectangular, although empty, the entry costs 40 cents is enough for that many people are content to stay to party for free (for cheap) outward. A
inside ca dance, it's more OUTDOORS a place of appointment. For my part if I am coming to the dance floor, stay there long because I already calculates nothing at all, I am at this stage completely drunk, so blind and sourdingue. A 1
hc'est the fermenture. By dint of discussing everything and nothing like the old pochtrons, it becomes not even realize that everyone is gone in less than 5 minutes. It was a quiet finish our beers, as two con unable to make the 10 km back and nobody told us to leave. All the staff has already left without us.
ca what is also cool to the philipines, we sleep on the grass at the entrance of the box, unlike in France we say nothing, we do no harm.
One thing also is relaxing not to negotiate prices for everything and nothing all day long, it is not customary, it does not increase the price by ten just because you got a Gueulle rich. Their English is excellent as Malaysia, the language barrier is less important than elsewhere, the country is somewhat Americanized, less culture shock, we understand a little better general.Bon taxis are always shit, AC must be universal, when one of them tries to roll me, I wait more than 100 meters to decide. Stop, stop, though he denied it was unable to understand, I take the hand brake, flip it, it stops, I pay and I go into the next. I leave a good tip. the idiots, I tell them, they do not understand and I avenge myself by not closing the door of the car. Mouahahah
And the lady boys or transvestites in the Philippines and Southeast Asia
As in Malaysia, Cambodia or Thailand, rules, judgments are downright rude least in France, for example. Say a transvestite leaves home early in the morning without "I suppose" not too worry about the eyes of others. Market, downtown, transportation, they are better represented than here. Often found in more than 2. A wind of freedom, tolerance. A small specificities of Buddhism can be. There are something I want to heart. I focus has banned the word "normal" to my vocabulary. People in France often have a negative opinion on what does not look like them, they could not, those who did not, who do not or will not like them. In a sense, it is not will the good of others than to react that way. Assuming that this is not abnormal but different, it is more difficult to judge this evil. (Yeah a review)
One evening while returning from a bike ride has, and stop at the roadside. There are neon lights a little further to 50 meters towards the sea is a karaoke bar. From the homepage you can see it coming, it's a bar lady boys. Although a group of men is a table to sing, another group of 3 lady boy we want to install with them, you get a VIP front home overlooking the bar. These are the waitresses, servers. Talking about everything and nothing, there was a lot of fun time to whistle 2-3 beers each.
We got caught in photos, it has paid off and we were comforted in the idea that it takes all kinds to make a world, or at least they are doing nothing wrong. I was told
highly of Palawan Island in the west, calmer, more to the flock, less Americanized, but the amount of islands leaves some nice choices.