Cocks & Lions

So we've said goodbye to the Philippines in pinoy fashion...With a sunday morning cockfight and then using our hands to eat dinner!

Cockfighting is fun. Maybe it's not if you love chickens but we liked it. The neighbourhood where we were staying at in Cebu is Pardo and down the back alleys is a little pit designed for some chicken carnage! We placed a couple bets.. Lost 100 pesos but then won it back on the next fight. Its sometimes hard to keep track of which chicken you're betting on so here's a hot tip... Just keep your eye on the owner of the chicken that you're betting on. If he's jumping and looks like he's having the best day of his life then you're doing good... If he looks like his mother died then things probably didn't go your way.. The weekly fights were organised by ex-professional boxer Andy Tabanas who's a real character. He put us in the "VIP box" which is just a bunch of lawnchairs with a piece of old wood in front. They thought we were puntas (that we were going to put in some big bets) but really we had only a bit of cash. Got closer to the locals which was cool. Nice morning..

Now we are in the Lion city of Singapore and the scenery has changed a lot.. Its so clean here and feels completely safe. Squatters have been replaced with shopping malls. And the insanity that is filipino traffic has been substituted for wide organised roads. The food is great and the transportation around town is so easy.. Not that much to do except roam around. Uriah is loving the shopping. Anyway, we are here for a couple more days before heading up to Malaysia. see ya. -Uriah & Derek