Ram Felix Rengel, Jr.

Souvenir Shops and Pasalubongs

Filipinos are known for their pasalubongs—gifts that are normally brought by a traveler to friends and relatives back home. When I was still employed at AccountMate, and I was tasked to be at its worldwide headquarters to re-do the corporate website, before leaving the Philippines, some colleagues of mine now residing in America would ask me to bring pasalubongs. And when I come back from my stint in Novato, California, friends and relatives would request that I bring something for them from the USA.

Pasalubongs are common. Ask any Filipino anywhere in the world and they would instantly share an anecdote or two about pasalubongs and Pinoy’s penchant about them. But this phenomenon is not only abundant in the lives of Filipinos. I think everybody, whenever traveling, loves to buy something from the place being visited. It gives each and everyone of us a memory about the fun and uniqueness about a certain place.

Souvenir shops in the Philippines come in every form and shape. The most modern ones are to be found in the most luxurious places in this archipelago, especially in Manila. But there are also those that resembles like shanties in the middle of nowhere selling stuffs, trinklets and what-have-yous to whomever like to buy one.

Below are some exciting photographs that I have taken on souvenir shops in and around the Philippines. I hope you like it.

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