I never bought any coke (Coca Cola) in Holland, except when I needed to clean the toilet. It's working very well for that! But here the most common drink is rum-coke. OK, I try to join the way of life here. And because it is warm, you want to drink a lot and then rum-coke is not to bad. (depending on the mixture)
So for example, when we were at the beach in Gamut, the mixture was 50-50 because of the cold weather. It's amazing that you do not feel the cold after 2 glasses anymore. This should be on the medicine list. ( well, to be honest, I have a lot of trouble with my throat because of the fine dust and then rum works also perfectly well).
Where was I? Oh, yes, in Coron. On the island. Where everything what they do not grow themselves, has to be brought by boat from Manila. That's thus everything except fish! I didn't see a single farmer here. And something like 'logistics' hasn't reached the Philippines yet. The same as in India. Where for years, at the festival-days (for example Holi and Diwali), all atm's are empty because everyone needs money, but they still not understand at the banks that they need to fill up the atm's more frequently. So here in Coron, after december, where everybody drinks a lot of rum-coke, the coke has (nearly) run out now for already more than a week. (and nobody at Coca-Cola - stupid firm - is anticipating on that). In the tourist part of town there is NO single shop which has a bottle of coke anymore. Stubborn as I am, I then keep walking into the rural parts of the town, and I managed to find some 'forgotten' shops there with still some bottles of Pepsi. But in a few days we will be forced to go mix it with Miranda. (called 'ranja' in Dutch) But that's ranja with bubbles. Life is hard and then you die, a friend (Erik) of me used to say. ;-)
So for example, when we were at the beach in Gamut, the mixture was 50-50 because of the cold weather. It's amazing that you do not feel the cold after 2 glasses anymore. This should be on the medicine list. ( well, to be honest, I have a lot of trouble with my throat because of the fine dust and then rum works also perfectly well).
Where was I? Oh, yes, in Coron. On the island. Where everything what they do not grow themselves, has to be brought by boat from Manila. That's thus everything except fish! I didn't see a single farmer here. And something like 'logistics' hasn't reached the Philippines yet. The same as in India. Where for years, at the festival-days (for example Holi and Diwali), all atm's are empty because everyone needs money, but they still not understand at the banks that they need to fill up the atm's more frequently. So here in Coron, after december, where everybody drinks a lot of rum-coke, the coke has (nearly) run out now for already more than a week. (and nobody at Coca-Cola - stupid firm - is anticipating on that). In the tourist part of town there is NO single shop which has a bottle of coke anymore. Stubborn as I am, I then keep walking into the rural parts of the town, and I managed to find some 'forgotten' shops there with still some bottles of Pepsi. But in a few days we will be forced to go mix it with Miranda. (called 'ranja' in Dutch) But that's ranja with bubbles. Life is hard and then you die, a friend (Erik) of me used to say. ;-)
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