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Étiquette : Travelblog

The Ati-atihan Festival in Port Barton

14 septembre 2018 by Lars Kophal

  The Ati-Atihan Festival, held annually in January in honor of the Santo Niño (Infant Jesus), originated in the island of Panay, Philippines. The name Ati-Atihan means “to be like Atis” or “to make believe Atis”, the local name for the Aeta aborigines who first settled in several parts of the archipelago. It was originally …

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Knocked down, but getting up again

18 janvier 2022 by Lars Kophal

FINALLY I am able to leave the nightmare that Kapares had become behind me. It was a good lesson, though a pretty expensive one, and I learned a lot. First of all, I learned that you really, REALLY should be careful who you associate yourself with. My former associate’s real passions (and I’m sure he …

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5 more things I have learned about the Philippines so far

18 janvier 2022 by Lars Kophal

1. Filipino techno is awful The Philippines have their own brand of techno music, it’s called budots and (sorry Filipinos, don’t mind the opinion of a sad old Westerner) it’s just terrible. Basically a kind of happy hardcore, budots (a slang bisayan term for a jobless person, someone with way too much free time in …

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The long and widening road

18 janvier 2022 by Lars Kophal

One week ago, Kapares Bar & Restaurant was blessed by Port Barton’s priest, then officially open with a big party. There was lechon (full roasted piglet), lots of rum-coke, live music, fire dancer, the whole package. It was a great opening party. The barangay officials were all invited… and yet we have no business license, …

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8 things I have learned about the Philippines so far

18 janvier 2022 by Lars Kophal

1. A group selfie is called a groufie. 2. The Commander of the Philippine Naval Forces West is called Rommel Jude (and he is not the only one) 3. Judging by TV programs, Filipinos love 3 things: basketball, cockfighting, and singing children contests. But Filipinos LOVE basketball most of all. 4. Filipinos are amazing musicians …

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Living in Palawan – the + and – (part 1/10)

18 janvier 2022 by Lars Kophal

THE + (in no particular order) The cost of living This is obviously an essential plus for the Philippines. A beer costs 1 CHF/EUR, a meal between 3 and 7 max (for a big fish fresh out of the sea, for instance). You can eat out twice a day for 300 CHF/EUR per month. Rent …

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Greetings desde Asia Latina

18 janvier 2022 by Lars Kophal

I haven’t made much progress on the brewery front, so I figured this post would be about the weird case of the Philippines and the Filipinos. One of the peculiarities of the Philippines is how comparatively familiar much of it first appears. Of course this is South-East Asia and everything is extremely different from Europe …

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