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Originally Posted by Sundae Girl
Wow! Fantastic pics.
As you brought up the topic of drink - what's the beer like there? As in what size bottles/ glasses is it served in & what strength? I've been amazed at how much a common drink like beer varies country to country.
I know you had the one that made you sick - have you acclimatised, or is there something else on the table?
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Good question SG.
The beer that I drink most often is San Miguel. It's not a great beer (not German) but it's common and cheap. It would be compared to a Budwieser here, the most popular but not the favorite. The bottles are small and I've been too drunk/distracted to compare volumes, sorry.
The SM is not very strong but after about ......a few, life is good.
I've had some Red Horse beers a few days ago and I like them much better. More bang for the buck, if you know what I mean.
The RH is more like dark beer that I'm used to. Powerful.
The brandy is also ok but a very good deal here. I had some "15 year old" brandy yesterday that I bought at the drug store (!!). The cost was about a buck and a half for a flask which in comparison is about 8 bucks back home.
The beers from the first day that made me sick were not from the beer. I've had
two or three (
) here after that and all is fine with no praying over the throne.
The water dispensed as "mineral water" from the coin op is also fine.
The video card to both home computers went out today but we took a ride on the rail and got some good photos even though they cannot yet be posted.
We're going into Makati city tomorrow to buy another video card and should have some more photos soon. They are piling up in the time the computer is down.