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It's been a long while since I've overposted images and stuff here so maybe it's time to post a few here now.

This is Santo Tomas. It's a adjoining town of Baguio City.

Google Earth shows the elevation at 7200 ft above sea level.

It's surely more difficult to walk up these mountain roads. But the view is truly beautiful from the top here.

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This car was parked on Naguillian road the other day.

It's a '73 Ford Capri. My best friend had one in high school and they can be very fast.

This Capri also stands out because the majority of the cars here are the same type and model. The same Toyotas, Nissans, Hondas...

While it's not in great shape this condition would be perfect to do a restore. Everything is still there. It might need some attention but you wouldn't have to bring it in to have it installed.

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This is a picture of a truck with a lift, big tires and rims.

It's not terribly interesting to many people but it means something very specific to me. That there are enough people here in the Philippines that can spend money on these types of trucks that have very limited practical use. It's a fun truck. Or a show off truck.

That's an indicator to me. The tires and rims are expensive and the resale is not great.

This is a sign that there is disposable income that's being spent on things that people here want, not need. Instead of cash going into the bank people are spending money here at Jeff's.

IMO there's far too much cash being saved for the sake of saving.

This is one example of people doing things they like to do with their money. This has not been a trend here in the Philippines.

[Griff]

Solid insight.

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I took my nephew to the pedal car park the other day and here are a few pics from outing.

Residential properties are so crowded that Burnham park is very popular not only with the kids but everyone else as well.

Burnham Park is something on the line of Central Park in New York. You can see the details in the link below.

Burnham Park - Details and History

We should have taken a photo of all the different vendors renting various pedal cars. There are a lot of them.

They cost about $3 an hour to rent and the oval track is about 300 feet long.

For many kids, this is the first and only place that they can learn to ride a bike and then practice.

4 person cars, 2 person cars, 1 person cars and bicycles with training wheels are rented and ridden
here.

The gearing on all vehicles is pretty low so you can't get going too fast without pedaling faster than
is comfortable.

Lucas and I both rode for about 45 minutes.

It was fun for both of us. I got my exercise in for the day.

Temps here in Baguio have been 60-70f during the day. Nice temp for
fat guys riding pedal cars at high altitude.

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I've been here in Baguio since Dec8-18. Just waiting for a phone
call for the next contract back in the US. Could be today, could be 3
months from now.

The economy here in the Philippines is slower. People a bit less friendly but not hostile.

There are so many cars sold here now that traffic is too much for me
to deal with. I walk or take taxis now. Sold my car outright. Driving here is so frustrating.

Baguio City gov't did make a change that is helpful. They've made it a requirement that when
you register a car, you must prove that you have a space to park it that is not in the street.

It doesn't sound like that would be terribly effective here but it's working
pretty well so far.

All my friends here are perfectly comfortable with just hanging out at home doing...don't know what.

My Korean pal came out for a coffee and some stories for a few hours, but that's about it.

We have Netflix in the Philippines now. Maybe that's what everyone is doing now. Watching reruns of Star Trek and Friends.