Kawa-kawa or locally known as d' boulevard is Zamboanga's version of Manila's famous baywalk area- Roxas boulevard. Of course before Atienza's beautification of most major Manila streets and parks, Roxas boulevard was nothing but a cemented coastline littered with garbage, and packed with innocent children asking for coins, some girls selling sampaguita to passing vehicles or some stow-aways trying to make some benches their little shelter...The manila sunset is its only come-on both for local and foreign tourists...
Well, my topic today is not about the boulevard.. This just happened to be the only place in zamboanga where you can eat the famous balut (duck abortus) ,while enjoying the blissful sound and scent of the seafront while standing witness are the post-war dove white lamp posts...
About a month ago, two Canadian medical students braved this war-torn region to spend their vacation for observership... Of all places on earth...well i heard that the "in" thing lately is alternative tourism-going to far-flung areas ravaged by famine and terrorist-stricken... extra-challenge? amazing race? well in a way, this is the only region in the country where war and terorists are few islands away...while in the hospital where they are planning to observe is infested with malnourished children reminiscent of batang Negros in the early 80's...these things are practically unheard of in their beloved maple land...
Lo, and behold, every weird things available were offered to these poor young guys who's only wish is to enjoy themselves...sacrificing by eating the most malodorous but tasty durian, spaghetti from a famous fast food chain which tastes like ketchup for them, sweating over satti for breakfast...then gulping balut after an hour of severe resistance but finally giving in for posterity's sake... poor gregg vomited .. but ryan seems to enjoy the experience...well they have no choice...its an experience of a lifetime..
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