The town center. At the crossroads with the street leading to Allen to the left a farmer has laid out his rice to dry. Infront of the festival place, opposite of the business house of the Chan family (right) a motorbike rider is waiting for customers.
Above the passway to the church, where many motorbike riders have left their motorbikes.
Town hall and police station with Philippine flag and Rizal monument. The posters at the fence point to a raging fight for power in which the loser of the last elections tried to push the incumbent mayor out of office, after a court decision had declared the election results invalid. Shortly after out departure, this fight would demand a fatal victim.
Public transport in the center of town (left) and on the bridge over the river. The vehicle to the left shows that the old form of the jeepney is on the way out, while no prototype model of the new jeepney has surfaced. In a typically Philippine way, everybody is doing what he wants.
Pictures from the surrounding area of the bridge showing that "built near the water" has a special meaning in the Philippines - Building near the water in the Philippines means being poor.
And the blacksmith loudly hammering early in the morning already, producing ironware of best quality the old way. Above a worker is sharpening a bolo, and to the left a bolo is prepared in the fire for work, while an assistant takes care that the fire doesn't go out.
Pictures of children, which can't be avoided in places like Lavezares and which are interested in everything the Joe is doing. However, in the picture below the game being played is more interesting.
And some more pictures from the fringes of Lavezares. Everything really idyllic, partially genious, like (above) the community centre constructed over a drainage. In the evening, when sun is going down, people are coming together in the streets for chissmiss, as gossipping is called in the Philippines, as this was the case in European villages in summer 100 years ago.
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