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Taal Volcano
... prices to do a day trip to the Taal Volcano, 60 KMs away. The cheapest were taxis and we booked one guy for the next day. Of course, after reading Lonely Planet a little closer it seems that the price for getting a boat to the volcano will bring our total price close to that of the organized tour. But still slightly cheaper!
The trip was good and the volcano was pretty neat. We took a boat to the island and horse backed up to the ...
ASCO Teambuilding Weekend
... long metal shish kebab skewers my father bought in Turkey so we’d have something to roast them on. In the states, we would have just gone into the woods and found some sticks but when I mentioned this in the planning stages I got the look that says "Jane, you’re not in Kansas anymore". Apparantly finding sticks wasn’t going to be that simple. When I brought out the marshmallows and skewers it looked like nobody had a lot of experience ...
Taal Volcano
... to the base of the mountain and to the resort.
It was a very simple place with a large lakeside patio and a small wooden dock. Upon arriving we paid for the boat, our horses, the entrance fee, and our guide. One thing I HATE about traveling in the Philippines is the local standard of ripping of the "white guy". These towns only exist due to the tourist trade, and they plan to squeeze every last centavo from your wallet.
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Medical Experience!!!!
... family and she gets all of the opportunities that she needs to be successful. I see how parents feel now, seeing their kids grow up so fast; I felt like it was a huge monument of the growing process when she lost her umbilical cord today, now it's a cute little outie.
Today was our first medical mission (stationed at IFL) and to say the least, it was a very multicultural group and teeth pulling was as common as picking coconuts here. Almost every kid ...
Volcano adventures
... needed to shout at them to leave us alone finally. That is how their business works, and that is even worse when they use little children to try to talk tourists into their stuff.
Actually, the walk up to the ridge of the volcano only took us about half and hour. The steep way up was covered in really hot sand from the mid-day sun, and the bone dry sand would mix with the sweat on the legs into some dark and dirty mass. Our hiking equipment was ...