7Dec2022 - crlazlo meanderings 2 is now 2.1 - I will continue to use it as a preview/workspace for my FB posts, but I will also start organizing the many photos from my retirement years, and also start a journal/memories thing. That's the plan anyway.

Saturday, November 16, 2024

Our walk Saturday morning took us to the Carbon Market (pronounced car-bone) down by the waterfront. It took over 30 minutes to get there. That's our average RT walk time, but what a treat! The colors, the people, the smells, the fruits and vegetables, everything...we got some fresh coconut, some small sweet potatoes, 3 guava, some papaya, and several other things. A full backpack and several bags later, we hopped on one of the Jeepneys going through the market and headed back up to our place. That was my first regular Jeepney ride since our return, and I only bumped my head once as I did my crouched duck walk in to sit down :) Carbon Market is old, but not as old as Cebu. It reminds me of Seattle's Pike Place Market. They're both over 100 years old. Cebu City is the oldest city in the Philippines. Magellan, the Spanish explorer, is credited with discovering the Philippines in March, 1521. That was one month before he was killed by Mactan Island warriors led by their chief Lapulapu. Mactan Island is the island next to Cebu , and it's where the airport and a bunch of resorts, etc are located.

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