Today was spent in true philippine style! Japs was going to a “festival” in a small place called Sebaste and I thought it could be interesting to see what the whole thing was all about.
We left early in the morning. Tricycle to the the hardbour in Boracay. Boat to Caticlan and Jeep and bus to Sebaste. At a glance, the public transport in the Philippines seems to be quite unorganized. No time tabels are seen, at least not any visible. There are no bus stops. And no one seems to follow any traffic rules. But somehow you always get transported where you want and it´s amazing how smooth everything goes, it´s like someone already has planned your travel.
Another major difference when it comes public transportation is the absence of security. It´s for example totally ok to climb up on the roof of a jeep and sit there while it’s running through the countryside. Just make sure that you have something to hold on to when there is a sharp turn, a fast acceleration or a sudden stop =)
Anyway, we arrived safely to Sebaste where Japs apperantly have tons of cousins, nephews, brothers etc… One of his relatives is running a business there which I think is doing pretty good. He had arranged a great buffet with philippine dishes. Didn’t dare to try the gastric stew or anything from the bowl that was filled with pig snouts and other strange things. But the other dishes I tried was very tasty! Especially the whole grilled pig, I think it was the most delicious pig I ever tasted!
The festival itself was more or less just rows of stalls where the vendors where selling their stuff, but still nice to walk around and just enjoy the friendly atmosphere.
Also had time to walk up in the mountains to watch the beautiful scenery before we headed back to Boracay. Arrived back in Boracay in time for a nice afternoon kite session =)
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You seemed to have a very interesting day. I like those kind of adventures off the tourist track. But the traffic is something different. I remember a very fast busride in the dark up in the mountains in Guatemala on a serpentine road. Good for you to have this new philippine friend Japs. Is he working or just happens to stay at the same place as you? Is he a kiter aswell? Thank you for the photos
Hugs from mum _we had -20 degrees this morning, very still and clear
Posted on February 4th, 2012 at 8:47 am
Japs is working at the place where I stay. It´s only him and a woman that works there, but the Frency resort is small, I think it´s only 10 rooms. Japs is not kitesurfing, not many of the philippines are kiteboarding, it´s to expensive for them.
-20, that is indeed cold! I can’t say that I miss the cold in Sweden… =)
Posted on February 4th, 2012 at 12:53 pm
Du verkar ha det helt fantastiskt! Spännande att du har skaffat dig en philippinare till kompis – helt rätt! Ja, här är det iskallt. Jag håller mig mest inomhus. Men vi har fått vår nya, härliga soffa som jag kan spendera timmar i, så det går knappast någon nöd mig ;-). Imorgon kommer mamma och SE på besök.
Kram från din syster
Posted on February 5th, 2012 at 7:28 pm