▁gift . ▁ ▁Typ ical ▁pas al ub ong ▁ ▁Vari ous ▁regions ▁in ▁the ▁Philippines ▁have ▁their ▁own ▁special ties ▁in ▁food , ▁hand ic raft s , ▁and ▁the ▁like . ▁These ▁are ▁promoted ▁to ▁local ▁tour ists ▁via ▁the ▁pas al ub ong ▁custom . ▁It ▁is ▁not ▁unusual ▁for ▁bus ▁stops ▁to ▁have ▁st alls ▁nearby ▁which ▁sell ▁the ▁special ty ▁pas al ub ong ▁of ▁the ▁respective ▁regions ▁they ▁are ▁located ▁in . ▁ ▁They ▁don ' t ▁always ▁have ▁to ▁be ▁region ally ▁significant , ▁however . ▁Pas al ub ong ▁can ▁range ▁from ▁ordinary ▁swe ets ▁( like ▁ch oc ol ates ), ▁regional ▁del ica cies , ▁to ▁imported ▁con fection ery ▁goods . ▁They ▁can ▁also ▁be ▁other ▁items ▁like ▁cl othing , ▁access ories , ▁novel ty ▁items , ▁orn aments , ▁hand ic raft ▁items , ▁art work , ▁and ▁to ys , ▁among ▁others . ▁They ▁can ▁even ▁be ▁ordinary ▁things ▁that ▁may ▁be ▁hard ▁to ▁ac quire ▁in ▁a ▁given ▁region . ▁ ▁Pas al ub ong ▁can ▁be ▁as ▁m und ane ▁as ▁fast - fo od ▁take - outs , ▁to ys , ▁sn acks ▁or ▁fruit ▁given ▁to ▁children ▁below ▁ 1 0 ▁years ▁of ▁age ▁by ▁a ▁parent ▁coming ▁home ▁from ▁work . ▁It ▁can ▁also ▁be ▁as ▁ex otic ▁as ▁a ▁bal ik bay an ▁box ▁filled ▁with ▁g ifts ▁from ▁a ▁foreign ▁country ; ▁it ▁is ▁an ▁adaptation ▁of ▁the ▁idea ▁of ▁the ▁pas