Philippine Travel Notes

After my Digos City Tour , I hopped on a bus to Davao City. This is a short trip of about an hour, so I am guessing, it's probably only 50 kilometers or so. But the views are worth remembering for us travelers. Lucky day! This air-conditioned bus I hopped-on-to was new, and noticeably quite clean than others. Let's not talk about the TV monitors since that's common among Philippine buses, right? Not even the curtain at right edge of the photo which is the 2nd door (the 1st one is up front) - also common, right? But look at those two backpacks below the TV monitor at right. If you are not familiar, they are resting atop the ceiling of the bus toilet . Yes, that is not (yet) common in Visayas and Mindanao, even if some buses from Metro Manila to Ilocos already had them years ago (i.e., Maria De Leon to Laoag in 2008)! I actually asked silently "why this kind of bus on a mere 50km trip"? But I realized, this bus could have originated from the far west, like T...

This was part of my Digos City Tour, while exiting the capitol area going back to the city center ... Next, I saw a restaurant that intrigued me. My Pinoy Traveler brain wouldn't rest until I see it up-close! In fact, better to enter and experience it, right? So, I invited my driver that we have lunch here. We did! What intrigued me about this restaurant? Look at the red signage w/ yellow background that's posted on the fence. It says " a non-pork restaurant ". Note: I'm a 'pork-lover', but that 'specialization" intrigued me, so all the more that I got curious. Kaya, sinubukan! As we entered, driver said "halal ito sir, Muslim ka ba"? I said no I'm not, in fact my favorite meat is pork, but I just wanted to try this restaurant's food! It's a Pinoy restaurant, turo-turo style, although they have an 'a la carte' menu. Wala lang pork. Lami oi! The name is Ramyan Kambingan-Bulaluan, A Non-Pork Restaurant . But they h...