Tobacco Photos in Philippines

Those are some honking large cigars. I would be interested in knowing the prices. I would like to know if any Americans smoke them ? Do they cell cigarette loose tobacco ? I roll my own now that smokes are about 10 bucks a pack in Manhattan $ 7 if you buy in a shady Bodega. They usually brought in from upstate Indian reservations or down south. 30 discount and if you roll your own down to about 3.50 4.00 a pack a 60 discount but I imagine it is super cheap in Philippines ?

He did you hear the Governor of New York is blaming his low ratings on Racism ? Guy doesn't even know what a white person looks like (He is Blind) but is dam sure they are ruining his life. (even though a white person selected him to be Lieutenant Governor). The Original Governor was nice enough to step down after getting caught visiting prostitutes many many times
No I think his low rating are because of New and high taxes and turning people INTO criminals

Effective August 1, 2009, New York City now taxes diapers are considered clothing. The 4.875 tax

taxes on a NYC resident comes out to be about 57-60 with federal,ss+medicaid,State,City taxe,City tax 4 1/2 on and on meals tax ,tolls, everything

So a nice $80,000 salary is now worth 37,500,,000 before you wear,buy or eat anything. don't forget parking tickets and crazy car insurance. Yup must be racism !

I smuggle my diapers in from New Jersey now......call me a racist/smuggler

you travel blog is really cool. Have you ever tried Hoboing in NYC ?

Charlie

hoz from has written 62 comments

That tobacco is probably grown in Ilocos, it's a favorite crop for up north. The lady looks like my Lola (Grandmother).

has written 71 comments

I would be interested to know if this lady sells tobacco for herself and family or someone else. She really looks very thin and perhaps not very healthy. Do the older people there draw social security and like medicare or are they on their own to survive. I am sure this is very interesting for a person who has never been to this type of market but I have to wonder what the people selling it think about their situation in life. Seems kinda sad to me.

Gadget from has written 831 comments

Mom, your question are the same as mine, simple to know why, I am your son. However, as you son, I also have great manners.

Here is a list of cultural manners, I wrote in September of 2001 in Belgium.

But let me say and you feel this, how would you feel if a rich man walked in to your factory from say Germany, took out a camera that cost more than a years wages and took many photos. Then the person starts to ask many questions in a foreign language.

Would you feel uncomfortable, how many question could the RICH German ask before you felt uncomfortable?

I have good manner, and soon after I start taking photos of people who do not speak the same language or have incredibly less money than me, they start to think....
"He is making fun of us."

I am not, but too many questions is an insult in any culture.

The person asking question is controlling the conversation, the coffee girls the next day were a lot easier, I could allow them to control the conversation. But if they do not speak my language, this lady spoke a language like Tagalog, but not Tagalog.

CULTURAL MANNERS
The newsletter:
http://www.hobotraveler.com/newsletterhobo048.php

The cultural manners cleaned up:
http://www.hobotraveler.com/newslettercuturalmanners.shtml

I have to make a friend of the lady before I get to invade her life, this takes time, something a tourist never has and I seldom have time to become friends.

Here is good story I wrote in Lome Togo, explaining how an old lay with extreme good self esteem taught me some words.
http://www.hobotraveler.com/2007/06/agpe-popcorn-learning-togo-ewe-language.html

Thanks Mom,
I guess we will both keep feeling and learning until we die. I will try, but do not expect much, hard to continue on the same path daily.

Is there anyone in the Philippines that can ship raw tobacco leaves to me in Colorado?

Harry

Sir/Madam,
My wife and self are leaving for a months holiday in the Philippines and are making plans for a permanent move to the Philippines in June 2010.
I am having serious difficulty in finding any useful information relating to what is where and what the food market is like and what dietry changes we may have to make.
Thats just for starters i have been with my wife once before to the Philippines but stayed for only two weeks and anything that I could learn of this place would be of great benefit.
Tom Bull

Sir/Madam,
My wife and self are leaving for a months holiday in the Philippines and are making plans for a permanent move to the Philippines in June 2010.
I am having serious difficulty in finding any useful information relating to what is where and what the food market is like and what dietry changes we may have to make.
Thats just for starters i have been with my wife once before to the Philippines but stayed for only two weeks and anything that I could learn of this place would be of great benefit.
Tom Bull

Dear Tom,

The best place to learn about living in the Philippines is the Yahoo group:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LivingInThePhilippines3/

There are American style super markets in the cities. The smaller towns usually have an "open air" style market. It is always best to know what you are buying in the open air markets and to get there early in the morning, they usually don't have refrigeration.

If you can bring back some of the raw uncured tobacco leaves from the open air market, I would be more than happy to pay for the cost of the tobacco, cost of the shipping, and for your trouble.

harry80020 at yahoo dot com