- pictures of the Philippines

A few days ago we were in Marikina with a Brittish-Filipino couple. While going around we wanted to drink something and take a little rest. We went to Pan de Amerikana, a restaurant, bread shop and cafe in Marikina, barangay Conception Dos. The place is founded in 1950 as a bake shop where you can buy several kinds of fresh baked bread and...
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Also in Manila seedling bank I have found a rare Dutch Canon. I know from my histoty classes when I was young and still at school that the Dutch were a nation with lots of ships sailing around the world to trade. Especially in this part of Asia. They also fought several wars against...
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We visited the Manila Seedling bank a few days ago. The Manila Seedling bank is a kind of shopping center along EDSA in Quezon City, where one can buy plants, flowers, and many colorfull orchids.  I will write a story about it later. Aside from plants and flowers some stores also offer ornaments for the garden...
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Some time ago I was standing on a street corner in Marikina City and take pictures of passing jeepneys for my blog about this typical public transport.Check that post here. On a certain moment I was turning around and saw a little girl holding and watching (her fathers) bicycle. Without her noticing me, I took...
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The whole world is talking about global warming. It might be true that the global temperatures are going higher every year. Yet there are a few things I do not understand in this subject: USA and Europe are having the strongest and longest lasting winter in 30 years. The Philippines summer started already several weeks ago, normaly...
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We went taking pictures from Manila’s skyline from the hills in Antipolo and surroundings. Antipolo is about 25 kms east of Manila. Hills go up untill 400 meters.
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In Binangonan, Rizal, close to Antipolo and Cainta in the hills, we came across this beautifull house. Actually we were looking for a nice spot to take pictures overviewing Manila. The house is build along a dusty non-paved road. It is a large house with a magnificent view over Manila and Laguna lake.
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Yesterday we were driving around with some friends to look for possible places to buy or rent a house. We came across a subdivision named: Village East Executive homes in Angono, Rizal. It’s there where I took this picture. The view of the house and the text on the large water tank behind it...
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While walking in the surroundings of Pioduran, Albay, I have taken some shots from the beautiful scenery. Pioduran is situated on the westcoast of the province Albay. Pioduran is situated in a valley with lots of rice fields and coconut and banana plantations on the slopes of the surrounding hills. Check the picture show,...
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Walking in Pioduran, you can see that there’s a lot of work to do for the government, national but also local. The town is a 4th class community. Behind one of the local hospitals I noticed this sign: It is a warning that bio-hazardous waste is dumped there. I was wondering what kind of waste is...
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