Cebu City and surrounding areas: Siomai and Friends Fries

Photos of Cebu area, Philippines, 2015 & 2017-Random gallery         Here’s How To Guarantee You Get The Cheapest Flight Available, EVERY Time… Click Here!       “It is a rare thing when a memoir allows you to not only be a spectator to someone’s life but actually feel as if you…

Cebu City: Siomai and Friends Fries [chp 6]

impressions of an American in the Philippines My wife and I took an Inter-City van from Toledo to Cebu City. We walked to a waterside terminal. Several vans were parked, with locals sitting inside, waiting for departure. A woman stepped in my path, trying to sell me bottled water and sugar water. I bought two waters…

Unlimited Kids: Siomai and Friends Fries [chp 4]

Impressions of an American visiting the Philippines… At my host family’s house, I found out that the surrounding neighborhood was dotted with relatives. When I visited the house, up to twenty children under fourteen years of age would come running. That’s my cousin, they told me, those are our other cousins… and they are our sister in…

The Paperboy: Siomai & Friends Fries [chp. 3]

Impressions of an American visiting the Philippines… I knew I was a long way from home before I ever reached the Philippines. The last stop inbound, before arriving in Cebu’s airport, was in Japan. The bidets were in the men’s room and they caused me a double take. I had seen those before in a…