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Thankful this Thanksgiving
... in my shoulders. "You have a lot of tension, ma'am," she told me, in no uncertain terms. That makes 3 out of 3 masseuses in the past year who made the same assessment. Le sigh.
Anyway... we're back at The Manor now, paid 155pesos (US$3.77) for 24-hours WiFi, hopefully get some work/blogging done, and then we'll probably have dinner at the hotel tonight.
Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! (And if you don't ...
On Climbing Mountains...
... de sal...bread rolls. I find it ironic that thousands of Filipino families are sending their young away from home to this polluted town to become educated in hopes of bettering their lives...and in fact...endangering their health by doing so.
The other thing that stood out to Dave and I about this town is that it is the first town we've been to in the Philippines where the drivers do not seem to respect pedestrians. In fact, there are ...
Merry Christmas!
... beaten gongs starts about 10pm, and goes thru until 6am the next morning.. yes.. all night.
We were invited to share this time with a family that included 9 children and their families... plus all the locals in the valley. It was very relaxed, with all the focus on relationships, not things or alcohol... and despite the minimum of food, the generosity was overwhelming. There was a pig brought in during the evening and tied up, to add to the atmosphere, presumably ...
Silver Linings: Bagio detour
... say. Then, I asked a random Western guy on a motorcycle at the cafe, who said it was way too far for him, as he was an old man. Well, this didn't get us anywhere did it?!
After our bottle of wine was finished, our plates of pasta were scraped clean and a bar of dark chocolate consumed, we still hadn't come up with a decision or a least a logical one. Just then, Rey, our waiter, pointed out the man who was sitting next to us. He said ...