It's Fall, Y'all!

I had a lot of social plans for this weekend but because it was a draining week at work and I had the place to myself for the weekend, I punted all plans in favor of being a homebody. I needed to recharge my batteries, restore my balance and experiment so I...

Behind the Scenes in Ilag

The backyard of the Casera house in Ilag was the most interesting place. That is where the animals live, the fruit grows and most of the cooking and cleaning take place. The room that mom and I slept in was on the backside of the house so our room was often filled with wonderful aromas and smoke. It made it feel that much more like camping out to me.

Perlita cooking up something good, I'm sure!

Animal Bite Clinic

One of the first things that stood out to me when we were traveling around by van in PI is the number of Animal Bite Clinics in every province. I was pretty sure that I was going to get to visit one of those clinics because of the many cats and dogs that I befriended while in Laguna, Ilag, Caohagan, Bohol...

Filipino Food Porn

On my list of things to try while in PI were sisig, balut (if the opportune opportunity arose, and it did) and pancit (because I needed to be shown proper techniques). I ate many, many other Filipino foods. Pictures of some of the food I ate while in PI below in no particular order.

 

Breakfast in Ilag

Fried bananas, rice, eggplant and 3 types of longanisa...

Have You Tried the Balut?

On the way back to the resort, our driver pulled over to a roadside stand selling balut.