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Waiting Station in KL

Leave a comment Posted by Lana on September 16, 2013

Commuters' waiting station with purple columns

Malaysia, Public Transportation commuter, Kuala Lumpur, waiting station

Youtiao

Leave a comment Posted by Lana on September 16, 2013

Quite a number of variations in Asia on how this is called or eaten. I've noted that the ethnic Chinese in Singapore would eat this for breakfast as an accompaniment to hot soy milk.

Roadside frying in Penang

Food, Malaysia cruller, fried dough, Penang, youtiao

Banana Leaf Rice

Leave a comment Posted by Lana on September 15, 2013

Because of the presence of South Indian migrants in Malaysia, hence the presence of banana leaf rice in their cuisine.

Rice and vegetable sides

Curry gravy as condiment for the banana leaf rice. This one made from crab

A trio of different curry gravies (ikan, ketam, ayam) for a saucy rice that is eaten with hand.

Food, Malaysia banana leaf rice, Penang, South Indian

Rolling Stores by the Beach

Leave a comment Posted by Lana on September 15, 2013

Refreshments by the beach

Water sports rolling store by the beach

Malaysia Langkawi, rolling store

Carabao Horn as Implement

2 Comments Posted by Lana on September 15, 2013

Separating the coconut meat from its shell using a tool fashioned from carabao’s horn

The implement

Apparatus, Metro Manila carabao horn, coconut, implement

Jeepney Route Boards

Leave a comment Posted by Lana on September 14, 2013

Route boards in the windshield of the jeepney. After passing through an area, the corresponding route board will be removed from the windshield

A closer look

Metro Manila, Signs jeepney, route

Food Fish in Palawan

Leave a comment Posted by Lana on September 13, 2013

Selections of different types of food fish noted in the wet market of Puerto Princesa City.

Yellow fin tuna

Eel

Isda sa bato

Assorted food fish in different sizes and colors

Alibangbang. Cook it by grilling said the fishmonger.

Palawan, Seafood alibangbang, butterfly fish, eel, food fish, isda sa bato, parrot fish, Puerto Princesa, tuna

Animal Feeds by the Kilo

Leave a comment Posted by Lana on September 13, 2013

Poultry feed

Assortment of feeds for livestock, gamefowl, and pets

For gamefowl and pets

For swine

For chickens

Market, Palawan chicken, dog, feed, gamefowl, hog, livestock, micro-retailing, palengke, pet food, poultry, Puerto Princesa

Balot Vendors

Leave a comment Posted by Lana on September 12, 2013

Selling balot in Puerto Princesa's boulevard. I like the basket as balot receptacle

Balot vendors usually have chicharon as side merchandise presumably since they're peddling in the streets at night so there's market for cheap beer accompaniment and chicharon has negligible mass to bring along

Food, Palawan balot, chicharon, Puerto Princesa, pulutan, vendor

Bukid

Leave a comment Posted by Lana on September 12, 2013

One can see fields like this in the highway between El Nido and Roxas City

Palawan's bucolic scenery

Palawan bucolic, bukid, countryside, field, rural

Hand-drawn Map

Leave a comment Posted by Lana on September 12, 2013

Lovely typography in the Bacuit Bay map

Palawan, Typography Bacuit Bay, El Nido, hand-drawn, map

El Nido Poblacion

Leave a comment Posted by Lana on September 11, 2013

Tourism is the trade in this town center. Here are some photographs of the poblacion including its beach.

Narrow town street

Early morning clouds

Sundown in El Nido beach

Beach of the poblacion

El Nido poblacion beach where the island hopping starts and ends

More boats and that’s the pier on the leftmost side and the Coast Guard building

Public market as seen from the bus terminal side

I’d rather ride a bus than a van between El Nido and Puerto Princesa. It may take longer but each stop to pick or drop local passengers is something worth noting. Bus ride gives more stories and views than the point-to-point characterless vans