Back From Paradise Island, A Trip To A Crocodile Farm, And A Ride In A Jeepney
After a boat ride back from Paradise Island Resort, we hit a mall in Davao City. Sort of upscale, the mall had these cool stuffed animal vehicles for the kids to ride...
Then it was on to Greenwich Pizza. Greenwich Pizza is a chain restaurant here and I think it's owned by the same people who run Jollibee....
And a bit later, we hit Davao Crocodile Park which has a lot more than just crocodiles!
I especially liked this monkey who seemed to be having second thoughts about this sign. I think he was hungry...
Then it was a ride in this tricycle-thing. The driver didn't want me to ride in the back as my weight would have caused an involuntary wheelie, I'm sure. So I had to ride with one cheek hanging out the side of the thing. I don't think these are meant for 3 people...
Then, we rode in the back of this jeepney. It was cramped. And somewhere in Davao City tonight there's a poor old lady telling her family about the fat ass American who stumbled on his way out of this thing and grabbed her arm. Forgive me, kind old lady, I thought it was a handrail!
Finally, some snacks while overlooking Davao City from Jack's Ridge...
Born in 1967, I spent most of my life in Maryland before I moved to Hong Kong in late 2011. Perpetually 50 pounds overweight, I'm a non-smoker and a social drinker. Thankful to the forces of The Universe for my life, I'm not very religious now despite having explored various faiths as a young man. I worked in 3 record stores in a college town from 1987 to 1990 and those jobs gave me a lot of joy as well as a musical education. A film fan, I'm partial to the cinema of Hong Kong, especially Shaw Brothers titles. An Anglophile, I also gravitate to British films and music. My youth was spent on Marvel comics; Universal and Hammer horror movies; the magical work of Ray Harryhausen; the classic American films of the 1930s, especially ones starring Jean Harlow; Hanna Barbera cartoons; the music from the glory days of American AM radio; lousy TV reruns; Mego toys; and Godzilla films...