Fontana Leisure Parks & Casino San Fernando Pampanga

I was looking forward to Mt Pinatubo and the lake was truly stunning but there was no real trek to get there and that ...

Arrived at manila to find my mate Karl waiting for me , jumpt into a taxi and headed to a city called Angeles. We got there in about a hour to find my bloody cards did not work, the fraud squad had shut them all down "****ers" so i had to phone england to ...

... asked me to get in, which I did (mistake #2). The next thing I knew I was taken quite a few kilometers out of town and started getting worried that I was getting myself into trouble. We stopped at his house, I don't remember why, but my guard was let down as I was introduced to his wife and saw lots of young children running around. I went in with him (mistake #3) and soon I was brought into his house and offered a beer, which I accepted ...

In the afternoon I went to Angles City because that's where my flight back to Bangkok was from. Clark Airfield, the former US airbase, has some budget airlines flying to and from it. It is actually cheaper to fly with Cebu Pacific from Clark than from Manila. This time I took the Philippine Rabbit bus company because it didn't make ...

... my hat I sat down on the table. Fortunate or Unfortunarte, this Aussie was 1/2 between me and the nice hostess lady. As I tried to walk by him, he grabbed me by both shoulders like he wasn't going to let me go, hahahaha, saying something that I don't need my hat. Freaking crazy....I quickly knocked his arms aside, gave him a big ass shove into the table, knocking over a few drinks...1 miss swing by him and ...

... die eben erst in der Nuss von der Palme geholt wurde, ein absoluter Traum! Nachdem wir auch hier die Insel ausführlich erkundet hatten, ging es weiter auf eine Sandbank, bei der man hätte Kilometerweit in knöchel-kniehohem Wasser "treten" können. Aufgrund der starken Sonneneinstrahlung und unserer noch allzu ungebräunten Haut haben wir uns in Tücher gehüllt für eine kleine Runde entschieden. Und Muscheln waren hier zu finden - einfach unglaublich! Nach 4 Tagen hatten ...

... I was amazed to see how many families were at the prison with small children, and how friendly all of the prisoners were to us. The real shock was when we got started with the program, and how the crowd got involved in each item. This audience was by far the most lively and excited audience that we have had throughout our entire time on team. They even knew and sang along energetically to the song "One way." Puppets were also a huge hit here ...

... was putting on in the Filipino language of Tagalog. Speaking of Tagalog, we are currently in language school for this entire week, and are taking it from a family of Tagalog teachers in a city called Baliwag. Most SEND missionaries that come to live in the Philippines learn Tagalog from this family. We spend 2 hours in class during the mornings ...

... t alone the next morning when I woke up.<br><br> With a sore head and a sad goodbye to my first friend. I had organised with some help from the Aussie owner to organise a van for me to Manila. This would be my first real taste of the philippines after restricting myself to Hotels for the first 48 hours to get used to the climate. My next blog will tell the trip to Manila and my time there. <br>

... The traffic was terrible-it took more than three hours to get back. That was okay, though...we talked extensively about travel, politics, the world, our faith. His father was a farmer and a pastor and he tried to encourage him to visit the holy land after he had made a trip in the early 90s. Between his previous trip to Israel and mine to Egypt and Turkey, we had a lot to discuss. It's interesting how it turned out. I didn't ...