March 26th 2015 Cagayan De Oro- Day 1 Walking around & movie

Golden Friendship Park in downtown Cagayan De Oro.

Golden Friendship Park in downtown Cagayan De Oro.

Golden Friendship Park in downtown Cagayan De Oro.

Looking north down the Cagayan River.

Another mall.

Walking back to the hotel after the movie where I hear a white cream advertisement while I walk along the sidewalk.

After getting back from SM Mall I headed out to "Golden Friendly Park" which is like the downtown area and I was running across the streets to the next part of the park and a guy came up from behind me saying "Hello my friend!". Anytime I hear those words I normally keep moving because I think they want to sell me something and this guy came up and thought I was an American and I told him I am Canadian (I guess we are all the same to them) and he was very polite but I was having a hard time understanding a few words of his english as he was trying to explain something to me but basically I found out he was the traffic control guy telling me I am not allowed to cross the road like I have been doing and that I must always use the crosswalks that are fading quite a bit I might add. So I continued and began walking down the street until I came to the mall where my bus had dropped me off the night before and went into one of them just looking around. 

It was 3:50pm and I felt like killing a couple hours so as I was walking through a mall I saw a movie theater and one of the movies "Insurgents" was about to play at 4pm so I popped in to watch it but the movie sucked with no name actors and I left halfway through and started walking back to the hotel. As I walked along the sidewalks I could hear advertisements being played and heard one say "Stand out from the crowd with WHITE SKIN!! using our new & improved white creamer blah blah blah". I had to laugh but they take it very seriously over here and the women wear umbrellas all the time to shield their skin from the sun. I see the men while they work out in the sun wrap their faces with cloth and I have seen many where ninja masks and every part of their skin is covered. I mean, what would the neighbors say if they saw your skin getting darker? You don't want that to happen over here! 

I must admit, there are some smoken hot chicks in this town. I might stay a few extra days haha.