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Bolinao Sunset

Leave a comment Posted by Lana on August 5, 2013

Sundown colors of Western Pangasinan.

Setting sun

Twilight

Pangasinan, Sunrise Sunset Bolinao, sundown, twilight

Bagoong Padas

Leave a comment Posted by Lana on August 4, 2013

Fermented fish version of Pangasinan is the bagoong padas.

Ready to eat

Filipinos have affinity for fermented stuff as bagoong of different kinds are eaten countrywide

Food, Pangasinan, Seafood bagoong, Bolinao, fermentation, fermented fish, ginamos

Bamboo Cake

Leave a comment Posted by Lana on August 3, 2013

Also known as binungey.
Inside this bamboo packaging with banana leaf cover is a sticky rice cake that tastes like puto maya.

Binungey vendor

Food, Local Stuff, Packaging, Pangasinan binungey, Bolinao, kakanin, sticky rice cake

Alugbati

Leave a comment Posted by Lana on August 2, 2013

Alugbati is a wonderful green leafy vegetable that tastes good and very easy to grow.

Growing alugbati in a micro garden

Alugbati soup with fresh shrimps, eggplant, string beans and squash

Alugbati salad with dried dilis, tomatoes and onions

Food, Produce alugbati, malabar spinach, vegetable

Yakult

Leave a comment Posted by Lana on July 31, 2013

Philippine version of Yakult in 80ml bottle.

Probiotic drink in its signature bottle

5 in a pack

Off the store shelves instead of the Yakult lady system

Yakult lady

Beverage, Food, Packaging probiotic drink, Yakult

Turo-turo

Leave a comment Posted by Lana on July 29, 2013

Assortment of cooked meat or vegetables in pots or pans for sale. Just point and buy.

Fried delights

Cookware, Food carinderia, turo-turo

Cargo Bike: Seafood for Sale

Leave a comment Posted by Lana on July 28, 2013

Pedicab peddler selling fish, crabs, shrimps and prawns

Transport cargo bike, human-powered vehicle, peddler, pedicab

Fishing Boats

Leave a comment Posted by Lana on July 26, 2013

The handsome fishing boats in Kota Kinabalu.

Local Stuff, Malaysia fishing boat, Kota Kinabalu

Banca

Leave a comment Posted by Lana on July 25, 2013

Some of the many photographs I have of the Philippine outrigger canoe also known as banca.

Sometimes it is easier to go to another part of town via sea than land

Banca in Abra de Ilog

Banca in Calauit

Chest containers being dried on this fishing banca in Masbate City

Masbate, Occidental Mindoro, Palawan, Public Transportation banca, outrigger canoe, Philippine boat

Rice Cake Cupcake

Leave a comment Posted by Lana on July 24, 2013

Also known as bibingka.
There are quite a number of variations of bibingka all over the country and this is just one of those.

Banana leaf as cupcake liner instead of the usual paper in normal cupcakes

Mini bibingka in Jaro

Bukidnon, Food, Iloilo ambulant vendor, bibingka, cupcake, Jaro, kakanin, Malaybalay, rice cake

Paper Bus Tickets

Leave a comment Posted by Lana on July 23, 2013

These are paper bus tickets used by city buses in Metro Manila and are issued manually by bus conductors by handing out the tickets to each passenger inside the bus in their seat or standing position. Imagine a bus conductor negotiating his way inside a full-packed standing bus just to hand the tickets.

Tickets glued in a cardboard as I’m keeping it.

Local Stuff, Metro Manila, Public Transportation bus, local transportation, paper ticket

Sayap Ayam

Leave a comment Posted by Lana on July 22, 2013

Grilled chicken wings as street food in Kota Kinabalu.

Sayap ayam in night market

Food, Malaysia chicken wings, sayap ayam, street food

Rambutan Colors

2 Comments Posted by Lana on July 21, 2013

Each color represents a variety and the best one says the vendor is the RR, the green-red combination.

Food, Laguna, Produce rambutan, rongrein, San Pablo

Roadside Edibles

Leave a comment Posted by Lana on July 21, 2013

Snail, escargot, mudfish, catfish and frog are the various edibles for sale says the sign. Also a dog.

Food, Laguna, Signs Bay, dalag, hito, kuhol, palaka, roadside stall, shih tzu, suso

Balay Ukit

Leave a comment Posted by Lana on July 18, 2013

Masbate, Structure bahay na bato, balay ukit

Salted Dried Fish

1 Comment Posted by Lana on July 17, 2013

I would prefer salted dried fish over salty processed canned goods to go with rice for breakfast.

Tuyo stalls in the saudan (market place)

Bisugo

Market, Masbate, Seafood dried fish, salted fish, saudan, tuyo

Batwan

Leave a comment Posted by Lana on July 17, 2013

This fruit from a tree is used as souring ingredient by crushing it like how you crush a garlic then add it in fish paksiw, tinolang isda, kansi etc
Batwan is common in Panay and Negros and I recently found out that this is also common in Masbate.

Masbate, Produce batwan, ingredient

Pawa Mangrove Ecosystem

Leave a comment Posted by Lana on July 16, 2013

Pawa is the name of the Barangay in Masbate City where this mangrove park is located. DENR takes care of the planting and preservation of these mangroves.