Ah, the meatstall... in the afternoon! We quickly realized the importance of buying your meats early in the morning, especially in the open air in the tropics...
This is the entrance to the Iriga City market (across the street). Inside it spills open into tent after tent of random items and food. Everyone clamors for your attention, especially if you're a foreigner.
Here Chloe was fishing out her every peso for a coin purse for her friend Laeli. She carefully checked each stall until we found the perfect item for the right price ;) All of the stall owners loved showing her their wares!
Obviously, there's no shortage of food -- we shouldn't be going hungry here! I'll be doing most of my shopping in the open air market, as we will eat a lot of fruits and veggies, and buying beans in Manilla since they aren't readily available down south. Also, I'll probably buy peanuts (like the ones in front of Chloe) and making my own peanut butter. Since it's Emma's favorite food and our staple here at NTBI, it would be pretty difficult to quit cold turkey :), plus I'd like to avoid the meat stall as much as possible!
I don't have a copy of my pictures from the actual grocery store trip -- they're still on the Hagen's computer -- but this gives you an indication of some of the strange products you might find on a Philippine shelf.