Cold Tropical Morning

Jan.20, 2005: Cebu Philippines
Olympus E-1: 1/160s f/4.0 at 54.0mm iso200

A local street child wearing a fleece top tries to stay warm in the early morning - a solitary image of need.

That morning it was just about 70 degrees F. with a nice breeze (temps got to 85 F. by 9:30am later), but this little boy was cold (70-75F. IS "cold" to locals in this part of the world), which tells me he probably stayed out all night, or most of the night with the other street kids, where they look after each other & try to keep themselves safe.

This one of the kids we bought some baluut for, discribed in the late night photo of the little girl with the soft orange background elsewhere on this Gallery.

He stays close to where Lisa & LetLet's Family live, and I've noticed he's very aggressive with the travelers who come to the local store there ("...give me Pesos please...") and also sometimes gangs up & teases Lisa & LetLet's friends when they're around me.

If Rachael is watching Lisa & LetLet's friends, she won't hesitate to go right up to him & his male friends there to disipline him loudly - she's very protective of the children there in the neighborhood (her picture is posted below this month)

Regards,
PJAMES