Fiesta!
Today we went to a town fiesta. Yes, they call it a fiesta; the Spanish were here for around 400 years. The excuse is that each town has a patron saint; the result is a damn good time. It was sorta like a big block party mixed with a 'food crawl', if you will (that would be tournée des bars with food instead of booze). We went to a friend's girlfriend's family's home (that's how the Philippines are) and stuffed our faces with food, which means meat, meat, rice, meat, rice, rice, meat, rice and meat down here (and coconuts, but not today). Whew, well-cooked Filipino fare is delicious! The fiesta also featured plenty of beer and rum. A mickey (flask) of rum costs, get this, P30, which is CND$0.63, USD$0.57, €0.45. No lie. A mickey! Beer runs around CND$1.05, USD$0.94, €0.75. Uh, for a litre and a half (a forty-ounce). Why drink water?
