Today we got to walk around in the community and went to visit Lionela’s home in a nearby community. A lot of these photos were taken as we walked through this beautiful country. I was fascinated by observing everyday life unfolding around us….
Everywhere we went we saw little kids laughing, smiling and loving life. One of the things that every kid around here plays is this game with their sandals. They put one of them upside down, throw the other one several feet away and then pick it up and try to hit the one and make it fly. So fun! but so hard! They laughed at me the first few times I tried it!
Some of the older kids and teens love arcade games. You find these in many spots throughout the different communities here. It costs $1 peso (1/3 of a US penny!!).
In the neighborhood near Lionela’s house there were kids everywhere. This is another little girl that smiled every time she saw me with the camera. so cute!
This dude had some cool looking hair. Very unlike most of the other boys I had seen here. He even kind of posed for me.
This evening we ended up at the mall to do some shopping before we headed back. To our surprise they were having a photo session and dancing for the annual Sinulog festival. Celebrating the Santo Senor Nino (the saint pictured here with one of the queens). There were some photographers in this section and I snuck in to the section to get some shots myself! 🙂
Great pictures. I believe it is “Santo Nino” (not Santo Senor Nino) although the chant is PIT Senor.
The doll she is holding is a replica of the actual Santo Nino image of Jesus (not a saint), which is housed in the church (except during Sinulog).
But I could be wrong. It’s 20 years since I lived in Cebu.