Monday, 13 May 2019 – Electionday.
Filipinos obviously take their right to vote very seriously. The resort I live in, was like dead. No employee was be seen, during Monday – Electionday. I talked to a Filipino. He said, on Electionday he would go to his home province to vote his politician, and to pic up his money. A 1000 peso he is expecting to get for his vote.
The sale of alcohol and drinking in public is strictly forbidden the day before Election (Sunday) and during the Election. I was with my friend for dinner on Sunday. He asked for a Sun Miguel and the waiter refused. My friend complained and even asked for the friendly Japanese owner of the resto. This regulations, he claimed, wouldn’t hold true for tourists, only for Filipinos! The Japanese owner however friendly insisted that no exceptions can be made!
The main road – empty, no traffic. If you are used to the usual hustle and bustle, you ask yourself, what’s wrong?
And even the tide seemed to be absent today. It was one of the rare days in the year when there is only one, elongated tide during the day. There was almost no movement in the air as well.
And the ocean? – Flat as a mirror!
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