The more we traveled around, the more I marveled at the system of jeepneys and trikes used for transporting people and everything else around the country. Here are a few examples of the emphasis on decoration that seems to pervade the environment.
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| Look closely at the top to see the cattle horns above the tag "amore." |
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| a familiar logo on the side of a trike cab |
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| Decorations adorning another trike cab | |
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| Kids, playing on their own version of a tricycle cab. |
The houses also show this attention to ornamental detail, even with a limited budget and limited access to ornamental materials.
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| Fancy garage front design made of wood slats |
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| A traditional style of house, with capiz-pane windows (small translucent sheets plied from seashell) in the upper story windows. |
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| Fancy upper balconies |
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| Lovely vines and potted plants adorn this place. |
Advertising is another highly visible element of the Philippine landscape, from the signs for local home-front convenience stores called sari-sari stores along residential streets in city and small town alike, to the massive billboards lining the highways and mounted on the taller buildings in downtown Manila. I noticed many familiar logos, and some surprising and unique local business names and signs as well.
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| Along the highway approaching Manila |
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| Some of you may have seen these in California. |
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| "Pasalubong" suggests taking something along to share |
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| a modern McDonald's, where you can get a "McDo" |
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| The famous McDo - Fried chicken and spaghetti! Hmmmm... |
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| Apparently, McD's has been in Manila for some time now! |
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| A Chinese fast food restuarant's version of Halo-Halo, a sweet ice creamy dessert mixing all sorts of unlikely sweet things together. |
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And now for some true originals:
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| Dogpound Burgers! How likely would YOU be to eat there? |
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| If not the Dogpound, maybe at "d'famous, d'original" Aling Glo's! |
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