Some things never change

During the holidays the traffic has been a lot less hectic with fewer trucks and vehicles out and about. Which has been very nice, even though there is less traffic we still see accidents daily. But the motorcyclist have not changed. They still drive all over the road and cut in and out of the vehicles. It is a if they did not value their life. The one thing that astonishes me every time I see it is how they ride with their children on their motorbikes. I have seen mothers holding newborn infants cradled in their arms on the back of a motorbike. It just seems so unwise.This is a sampling of what I saw within just a few minutes out on the road. I didn't catch any with the children standing on the seat between the parents. It is not unusual to see three to four children on a bike with their parents. They drive with their feet down in traffic so they can change direction as they stop and go and work their way around the traffic. Dad calls the motorbikes mosquitoes because they are everywhere and can be very annoying. We had a biker try to pass us on the right as we were pulling into our gate. He followed us right into the gate and then realized what he had done and that he was off the road and so he quickly cut in front of us to change his direction. It was crazy. It was like his brain was turned off.

I actually had two pictures of this family. One they were off to the side and here they are cutting in front of us.

There is actually two children on the red bike. A little boy is in an orange shirt with a stocking hat on.

One thing that has not changed is we still like to try new Filipino foods. We went to get our hair cut and had some lunch. I tried a goat stew on some rice. It tasted pretty good and was actually quite tender. We drive by a goat farm when we go to PT where they sell goat meat and goat milk.

Then we stopped and had a Mango Ice Cream. 

I still want to try some of the other tropical ice creams they have here.