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#005 - bamboo wall
series: bamboo architecture in the philippines

another style of using bamboo as exterior walling material. whole, straight, selected poles are erected side by side and nailed to studs at the backside.

#004 - poste
series: bamboo architecture in the philippines

a very durable specie of bamboo pole is usually use as post (poste), since this specie is not easily attack by wood boring insects. in the cebuano dialect, this specie of bamboo is called "bahi".
however, you seldom get a straight pole from this specie, so in construction they are usually erected independent from the walls. they stand isolated but structurally functional.

#003 - interior: bahay kubo
series: bamboo architecture in the philippines

the traditional filipino house, the bahay kubo or the nipa hut. basically a one room structure, elevated from the ground, constructed mainly of bamboo with nipa (palm) leaves as the roofing shingles.
its a comfortable (hayahay) structure to stay-in specially during summer, since wind easily breezes in through the walls, floor and window-door openings.

varied sun-dried low-salt squid
a pilipino drinker's favorite "pulutan"

at a fish market, estancia, iloilo

sun-dried low-salt fish
a pilipino's richman/poorman old time favorite food.

at a fish market, estancia, iloilo

estancia is a major fish port in panay and the visayas (along the rich visayan sea) . it supply most of the seafood requirement in iloilo and nearby islands, and ship a large supply to manila as well.