February 3rd Cebu City- Carbon Market

It is common to see roosters with their legs tied to rocks or other solid structures just far enough away from the other rooster so they don't fight. I can only assume these roosters are for cock fights. It is ROOSTERS MMA!!

Just aimlessly walking down the streets where I ended up finding the Carbon Market at the end of this street.

Here is the Carbon Market where they sell produce and meat.

As I wandered down a road full of vendors selling goods and produce etc... I came across the Carbon Market. I had read there are pick pockets around this area and people have been mugged at night in this area. Being 6'3 in height and 270lbs in weight being a blond hair and blue eyed white guy many people look at me with curiosity as they pass by but nothing out of the normal except when I entered the Carbon Market. Every person and vendor stopped what they were doing when I walked along the aisles looking at all the meat and produce they were preparing like they had never seen a white guy before. They would smile and get their friends or coworkers to take a look at the white guy coming through. I was clutching my digital camera in one hand and as I walked by a guy sitting down had his eyes fixed intensely (like he was possessed) on what I was holding in my hand and his eyes would not come off of it. I thought to myself "Buddy, those kinds of thoughts can get a little feller like yourself hurt really badly. Take your eyes off my camera!!".

As I walked through the Carbon Market I saw them butchering pigs and saw pig heads on the counter with paws and tails. I saw lots of guys making sausages.