About the Photo: A bad layout, that’s all it takes to ruin a poster, as shown in this photo. Close ups of shoes placed below the photos of a local celebrity makes one think, “does this actress really have short legs and huge feet?” Taken somewhere in Cubao, Quezon City.
Next to being followed around by stalkers, some of my strangest travel experiences are those when people call me ‘Joe’. For those unfamiliar with Filipino culture, people here often refer to Caucasians as ‘Joe’. Which is strange considering I’m neither tall nor fair skinned. And it has gotten worse by the time I’ve gotten a DSLR. Guess I look too much like a tourist to them. One kid even asked me for money after taking his photos. On the upside, I’m glad that he didn’t ask me for dollars.
How about you, what’s the strangest experience you’ve had while traveling?
I hate being good-looking.
Okay, many people wish they were, but believe me, there’s nothing there but trouble.
Why? Let me tell you why.
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Have you ever wondered where Santa Claus gets his elves? I wondered about the same thing too. That is, until I saw this sign…
Heheh. So much for my lousy humor. Have a merry Christmas everyone! :)
Here I am again with a new update on my Project 365 set. I’ll speed up the updates until I return to the normal schedule of updates. Anyhoo, here they are.
Gala Pinoy Redux is Cedric A. Solidon\'s travel and photography blog, with an occasional offbeat humor thrown in.
The blog originally started in late 2006 as Gala Pinoy, where the author shared his early travels to different parts of the country.
Travel Blog with a Little Humor Thrown In
Traveling sometimes can be stressful, especially when traveling to destinations for the first time. Thus, the author unloads some of the stress by sharing humorous travel insights and photos along the way.
