The weather has been cool, dark, and windy which is just perfect for me! manila got stomped in the storm and everyone (including the President) keeps calling it a typhoon although it never once reached those wind speeds to rise from a tropical storm classification. But rain? Oh yea, it dumped the most ever recorded in Manila since they started recording. All I could think of was…. finally …… all those disgusting trash-rivers are getting flushed out. I can only imagine the insane amounts of toxic waste that got sent into the ocean.
But here, its been OK with cool days and a nominal breeze. The waters calmed down so diving is back on. I’m trying to get away from rum & coke and San Miguel beer (both lite and pils) just tastes like shit to me so I’m drinking a lot of pina~colada’s . After coming back, I found my contacts don’t ‘work’ anymore so I’ll need to get a new contact prescription although the glasses still work just fine. Until then, no diving for me.
Theres a Filipino group here on vacation for the past few days and it seems to be three married couples and a few kids. They tend to buy food/drink at Budget Mart then plop down on the beach in front of a resort for the whole afternoon, obviously on a small budget. Yesterday afternoon, I shit you not, their kids came begging money from me. How fucking low-class can you get?! Your kids begging for money while on vacation!
Been eating a lot at Blue Mango, Cocolocos, and Sundown but at $6-8 bux a meal (1st world prices), its kinda just been average food. Possibly the supplies. Even Carne Bora sent me some tough meat. It might sound interesting but trust me, mayonnaise and chopped garlic does not make a good shrimp tempura sauce although it’s better than nothing. Yesterday was perfect weather for me but a fast bug hit me shortly before sundown and I had to retire for the day.
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