“If you can smell the garbage, you are entering Payatas,” said Tita Silver, the mother of my host family. Our jeepney crackled through the streets amidst the hustle and bustle of vendors and commuters. The stank of garbage was in the air and the streets and shops were not what you would call clean. I [...]
Archive | July, 2009
Building Houses with Hope
Gawad Kalinga, known as GK, strives to create a Philippines and world with no more slums, no more violence, and no more poverty. With dignity and honesty, GK and volunteers build homes, aiming to create sustainable villages, and forming safe communities as well as transforming danger and poverty into nation building and lifting each [...]
Feasting on Fetus: 5 Steps to Eating Balut
Over a week had passed since my arrival in Manila, the Philippines, and I had eaten countless plates of Bicol Express, pork and chicken adobo, and deep fried “1 day old chickens.” There was however one notoriously weird, some call nasty, but nevertheless popular Filipino foods that I had not indulged in, and I needed [...]
KFC Can’t Compete With This Fried Chicken
My first day walking around Manila, the Philippines and I happen to stumble upon a food item that I simply could not possibly pass by. I took one look at the pile of “1 day old” chickens and decided I had to partake of them. I ordered as the chef quickly threw one of the [...]
How to Be A Millionaire for US $35.32
Step 1: Flight from Manila to Busuanga Board a Zest Air flight from the congested city of Manila, Luzon to Busuanga, Palawan in the Philippines for PHP 488 (Philippine Pesos). Note: Cebu Pacific Airlines also offers affordable flights and some might say they are a bit safer. Total- PHP 488 (US $10.13) Step 2: Rent [...]
The New Meaning of Eating Off A Stick
One of Melaka (Malacca), Malaysia’s favorite late night food groups is “Satay Celup.” A restaurant offering satay celup skewers up a large and random assortment of edible bite size things, creating a new definition of what it means to eat off a stick. There are really only two restaurants to eat satay celup at as [...]
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Hey! My name is Mark. After graduating from university, I decided to travel the world!
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