Lamar Inn
Travel Blogs from Cagayan de Oro
Life with the Locals
... of saying it that none of us could do, including myself. It was really interesting and puzzling/frustrating at the same time. We're just not used to making that sound I suppose. After a while I gave up and my gn was the same sound as my n.
Entertainment
Going back to the positive energy bit, there's also the singing. Everyone was always singing with or without the music, no matter how cheesy the song. I guess when you're at a construction site ...
The City of Golden Friendship
... of people just walking around barefoot, in tanks or shirtless. A lot of new faces all at once. I think some of them thought I was a regular to the Philippines because of my grand entrance in a van with a bunch of local people. Haha. The first thing I get asked is where are you from. "Texas? Where's your cowboy hat?" A girl greets me to give me a quick tour of the place and tell me about the way things work.
Quick description of the house: it's two stories. You ...
All Hands Work Week 4
This was a crazy week at the site because we had an event with the Mayor and then a Senator came and had a volunteer day. Still, got a lot done besides the prep for events. On Tuesday I only had a half day because I had to get my Visa extended. Worked out perfectly because our private Jeepney was going to a hardware store nearby. The site actually moved, but we found it and then Mozell bought us Coke Floats which really hit the spot. Came back to ...
HAN-AY Cagayan
... dancing too. I was really excited to see Kalabits since they are the only Filipino band I know! They wrote a song called Bangon Cagayan after the Typhoon for victims and survivors and now it is played by the garbage trucks as they go through the city. Afterwards a band called Burnin Bush Reggae played and we danced and danced and danced. It rained but it didn't stop us! Honestly had a ton of fun.
Sunday morning ...
A Proper Entry
... community living and lack of luxuries. I've been buying cheetos and koala's march to keep my sanity from the food! Last night a group went to the night market and had BBQ. There was sisig which is Pig's head. Tried it, didn't like it, move on. My sausage was good as well as some of the beef. Amusingly all the Filipinos got rice with their meal and none of the foreigners did. They asked us why and we were all like we are so tired of ...
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