2013-05-24

The miracle of Cagsawa.

I've had a sore foot for a couple of years, making walking a pain, I thought it may be a plantar wart but now think it was a splinter. Olivia Grabbed something the size of a machete and managed somehow to fairly painlessly remove the problem leaving only the hole in centre of pic.
Things like this are why Jimmy wants a tag team partner again.
Wrinkly toes from a pool session.

P10 for entry to Cagsawa ruins.

or about $0.25, cheap enough but maybe not a bargain.
I now think the no-smoking is only for visitors with many of the workers surrounded by a constant cloud of tobacco smoke.

Jesus of Cagsawa.

I asked Olivia if Jesus was born here, she didn't deny it so I think I've found the real birthplace of Jesus. There's certainly enough poverty as evidence.

2013-05-22

Highway

The turnoff to the Cagsawa ruins on the right.
I wish we had their prices.

Kapok.

Kapok was used a lot in my youth for mattress and pillow stuffing, but not now.
I suppose it's why the terms "pillow biter" and "mattress muncher" are used these days rather than "kapok cruncher"

Mayon


Karaoke.

I never thought I'd ever do this, but the whole Cagsawa ruins area must wish I hadn't, finding a suitable song was too hard for a bloke with the vocal range of Ringo Starr coupled with the deepness of Johnny Cash.
Olivia on the other hand has a talent for it, though having an intermittent wiring fault in the microphone was a real downer, an easy fix but only if you have tools.
Karaoke is actually a Philippine invention.