[Around the Web] Bogart the Explorer (from Davao City)

Not exploitable. But the food on the left seems yummy....

Travel guides these days are boring. Yes, you can buy a brochure or map of the place that you want to go from a bookstore and such, but pictures are static; they only capture that certain 'moment' that may not be applicable to that particular place anymore. Sure, you can watch Discovery Channel's TLC or National Geographic shows (yes, Don't Tell My Mother is hilarious, but that's another story), but an hour or two could be boring. Not to mention it may not feature things that you like.

Well, thanks to the wonderful world of the internet, especially Youtube, a group of people managed to make a webcast of places and people to see, the Philippines in particular. Yes, I'm talking about Bogart the Explorer from Davao City.

So what, or who, is Bogart? He's a self-made explorer whose Australian accent and get-up wholly reminds me of Steve Irwin, the famous Croc Hunter...., only chubbier. Not to mention how he's able to roam around the streets with just a safari jacket on and no undershirt. His stories are a parody of the denizens and places of the Philippines: he treats them as wildlife (hence, the obvious get up and title).

There some video clips that I found hilarious from Bogart: one in particular is when he featured the Philippine Epaloid, aka the notorious photobomber the he says 'ruined his childhood photo memories and the rest of his photographic life', and his quest to rid of it.

Another is when he was discussing the Philippine Iskwater (squatter). This is the only time we hear Bogart speak in his native dialect during a certain confrontation.

But enough of that. If you want to know more of Bogart (or just get some laughs out of the webcast), head to their Youtube channel, or follow them.

Bogart the Explorer from Davao City's Twitter page here, Facebook here, and their Youtube link.

And to finish it off, I'll say Bogart's famous line:

"Amazing! Let's go!"