Filipino McDonald's

The McDonald's of Tacloban overlooks the bay area (glass windows behind the building). On clear days, you can even see the San Juanico Bridge, but you've to strain real hard. In the 80s, McDo (as we call them here) served only the regular American menu of burgers, attracting only the upper middle class. But they found out that they were losing a lot of customers to Jollibee (local fastfood rival) which served rice, spaghetti, and fried chicken. They soon changed their menu to adapt to the Filipino taste.

Combo meals.

(Remembering 9/11 by posting something American.)

An old house turned commercial

This is in downtown Tacloban. They painted that house red recently. On the second floor is a salon and spa, they say it's good. I am a regular in another so I can't say if that's true.

Another unrestored old mansion

Spanish time mansion, old hardwood, windows are made with capiz shells, and I'm sure, a house with lots of history. In Thailand, houses like these are restored and shown to tourists, for a fee. Here, they're either restored into hotels or business centers, or torn down and the hardwood sold to be made into expensive furniture since cutting down old trees are prohibited.

VISCA's Alumni House

VISCA Campus

Empty bar at Agalon Resort

Lily pads

Red bromeliads

Inside the Sohoton Caves

"Sohot" is a Visayan word for "crawl through". So, Sohoton cave means "a cave where you crawl through a rock."

At Busay (waterfalls)

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Small pineapple: anti-theme day