Baguio Palace Hotel

... had now made his way up the wharf and was calling out to me and asking me where had I disappeared to?. I was tempted to yell back and say "come and find me,".. but then thought better of it, as we still had a lot of traveling to do together, so I wasn't about to begin..tempting fate. Dave is a good brother, travel guide and companion but wouldn't have taken much to annoy him as he also had experienced a hard time, getting to this point of ...

... Une terre aride entrecoupe de riziere. Plus nous aprochions de la ville plus nous avons vue des montagnes et volcan et la mer au loin. Nous avons grimpe un bon bout et a un moment nous etions completement dans les nuages. Nous sommes arrive dans cette ville assez grande mais construite dans les montagnes, ce qui lui donne un caractere tres unique. Tout semble harmonieux. Les gens sont tres gentil ...

... aimi, nag-uwi ng kabuhayan showcase.. napakaraming jams..hanggang hita ung plastc bag na lalagyan ng pasalubong lang! si ate dhal, panic buying din.. 430 pm nasa terminal kami.kumain ng early dinner sa lotsa pizza..tapos 530pm on d way na..maulan na pagbiahe namin..may bagyo dw na padating.. napakaswerte namin..dahil weeks bago kami mag-BAGUIO,maulan.pero nung nandun na kami..maaraw naman.. mga 9pm nagstopover ulit sa TARLAC.un palang so far ang masarap na VEGGIE ...

... visited June Labo, (the world famous healer, as a psychic surgeon) he was a smiley and friendly man who allowed us to enter a lecture that only his students are permitted to attend, which was interesting. It was very gracious of him to spend some time with us, and we were hoping to spend a bit more time with him, but that will have to wait for another trip! We were all even considering taking a 10 day course with him, but timing and business were not ...

... Wedding'. The trip back to Manila was brutal. It took over 8 hours. We kept getting stuck behind truck after truck carrying loads of sugarcane stacked about 15 feet high. Needless to say, we got back to our places pretty late and were all very exhausted. It was a great trip though and I feel blessed by the Lord to have experienced it. I'll let my photos tell the rest of the story from here. Enjoy! Cya all next time. God bless

... fighting for their ancestral land. Both my parents keep saying how special it has been to be here and finally be able to truly picture me and know that I am happy. I think they got the clearest image of this on the farm and a deeper appreciation for the hard work my host family does day in and day out, to put food on the table and try to make a sustainable living. I have had a lot of fun taking my parents around to the various indigenous handicraft vendors and sharing ...

... an audience, speaks clearly and most importantly is extremely knowledgeable about the grant writing process and was able to help the participants gain these skills and feel confident as well. It was so much fun to facilitate with my sister and something we both hope to continue to do together in the future. Being that Heidi did the majority of the talking I would like to include some of what she wrote about this experience. In Heidi's words: " The day was an amazing ...

Heading north, I knew i was in for better experience than Manila. I was sitting at the Partas Terminal in Pasay City waiting to leave for Baguio. I seriously wasn't interested in sitting there for from 11am til 4pm for the bus, so I thought I would try my luck at the Victory Liner Terminal further down the road. Walking around in Manila with a backpack was really last thing I wanted to do as pickpockets and thieves are rife. Then ...

... be working with in Tublay, but if they are half has amazing as the caves in Sagada it will be amazing! Needless to say a wonderful weekend in the Mountains I will for sure be going back! Yesterday I spent the day in Ambogdolan, the Barangay I will be primarily working with. The Barangay council, Women's Organization and the DAR- Department of Agrarian Reform were sponsoring a tree planting and beautification project near the site of the caves. The entire day was ...

Our second day of hiking rice terraces was one of the best things I have ever experienced. We took a jeepney from People's lodge in Banaue to Baranguay where we hiked down into a deep valley where the tiny village was. The people were all dying to sell their wood carvings to us, which were all really nice. I buoght a set of wine glasses, and a few rice god necklaces. We hiked back up to the main road (this isn't just a little up and down, literally all the way ...