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Travel Blogs from Tagaytay
An island in a lake in an island in a lake ....
... horses are very small compared to what we are used to in the west, they are more like ponies than horses, but quite strong - it did carry me up the hill! (I probably weighed almost as much as it did and I am not kidding). The trail took us about 35 minutes with two ladies leading the horses on foot all the way. More work than I think I could do on a daily basis. I inquired from my escort how many times a day she climbed to the t ...
Tagaytay...An Excellent Hill Station
... rice. The driver had the same as well.
After lunch, we headed to a place called Palace in The Sky Park. This is originally a house built by Imelda Marcos, the previous first lady of the Philippines for the arrival of President Ronald Reagan. It is built at the highest peak of the Tagaytay ...
Tagaytay, Philippines.
... were striking and it really took me back to my childhood. The Americans pulled out of the Philippines in 1992, well they were asked to leave actually. The Philippines had been an American colony since 1898 and before that they were a Spanish colony for hundreds of years. In fact the Philippines were actually named after the Spanish king of the time, King Philip. The Philippines is also the only Christian country in Asia. But enough ...
Perspective from Ate LaLa
... be hard to leave them in a few weeks. I will have to be torn away, and my heart will be broken. I, along with the rest of the team, have become very attached to the kids. None of us want to leave them, but in doing so we hope that what we have shown them they will remember forever.
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Saddle Sores
... had some suggestions to offer (such as get engaged in the Philippines, but married in the US because of the way immigration handles fiance visas as opposed to spousal immigration visas). Good to know.
We returned to the hotel about midnight and just got a little rest before getting up at 3 am so we could leave by 3:30. Actual departure was closer to 4:00 am, it took an inexplicably long time for the desk clerk to complete the check-out ...