16A: Robinsons Mall in Dumaguete
has been open for 1 year.
16B: The Boulevard next to the water in Dumaguete is beautiful.
16C: The lawn in front of the Governor's
office is used by many.
18A: Personal Videoke machines that hook to the family TV are super popular.
19A: Fiestas (festivals) are big in the Philippines.
19B: This was a parade to celebrate a local barangay (neighborhood).
19C: The Filipino people are excellent performers; singers, musicians, dancers, etc.
21A: School uniforms are big in the Philippines.
21B: Not only are they required
to wear school uniforms, they have a different one for every day of the week!
22A: They have some pretty nice and big churches here; mostly Roman Catholic.
22B: The churches also seem to have the nicest basketball courts too.
22C: The churches aren't all big, here is an outdoor barangay church.
23A: These are the six beautiful daughters of Felisa & Amador Omalsa.
23B: This is the front of the Omalsa home, our host family, with Amador and Lola out front.
23C: This is the front porch, newly tiled, of the Omalsa home.
23D: This is the remodeled kitchen that Lola cooks for us in.
23E: This is the remodeled bathroom in our host family's home.
23F: Nice tiles, roomy bathroom, very big shower.
23G: This was our room in the Omalsa home.
23H: The whole house was tiled with this tile.
25A: Eating locally is a very healthy habit of the Filipino.
26A: A sign in front of someone's
home used for shade.
26B: A bridge built out of simple material to someone's home.
26C: You can't imagine what Filipino people can haul on their vehicles.
26D: A local traveler's belongings.
26E: This tricycle is used to haul stuff.
26F: Many people use this mode of transportation.
26G: This has been Lola & Amador's only transportation for the last 25 years.
26H: This coconut sack is used
as a swing for a baby.
26I: We watched this man single handedly put up this home in about two weeks.
27A: Alana in the Peace Corps Philippines Office.
27B: Oh, I guess I was there also.
27C: Aren't we the patriotic couple?
That church is an LDS (Mormon) church, it looks a lot like one of the ones my parents and I used to go to. I know they have churches all over the world, but it's so cool to see a picture of one!
ReplyDeleteThese pictures are amazing, and so are you two. <3