Sunset at Aninuan Beach Resort

On the taxi drive to our accommodation in Manila, the driver stopped to ask a pedestrian for directions. That person literally stood in the middle of the road and stopped traffic so that our taxi could turn around. We could tell that the Philippines was going to be a friendly place!

We were trying to learn from our first few months of travelling and slow things down a bit. There are over 7000 islands in the Philippines, so we chose to ...

... his friends are there and after alot of beers, his friend pulls out his guitar, so the next hour is spent him attempting to play it, failing pretty bad, but noone cares!! I also met a Swiss guy called Rudy who wanted to tell me in great drunken detail how different and better the place was 20 years ago when he first visited.

After 'about' alot of beers mission complete, walked / stumbled up the million stairs to our room, and, knockout!!!
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Well that is the shrimp and squid cook-off story, tomorrow we will try cooking his dog, he has been fating up. I say grill, he wants to try a soup out. Just kidding.

Thanks for staying awake.

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... where the clinic was held and played with the kids. It was a wonderful experience. There is going to be another medical mission trip to this community in a few weeks, and we cannot wait to go back!! Here is a great article (found by Joe) about Gawid Kalinga and the community of Baseco: /4503048.stm

On Sunday, Laura and I went to Ocean Park, which is an aquarium right by our apartment. It was neat...

... accommodation and a much nicer beach. I was blown away by how clear the water is, like diving into a swimming pool. With the saving in mind we decided to just relax for the next four or five days and not do too much. We looked into diving and couldn’t believe how cheap it was, A$20 for a reef dive just off the beach. Unfortunately in the end we put it off for too long and missed out on getting to do it. The food at white beach was actually ...