Jennifer'S Kababayan Hotel Legaspi

... Mayon Volcano and the Cagsawa ruins. There were several locals there who offered to take excellent and wacky pictures for tourists in exchange for a small tip. After that, our drivers took us to the Legazpi Satelite Terminal where we boarded a van going to Donsol for 65pesos/head. Compare that to 1500pesos for a private shuttle.

... marcher dans la ville jusqu'a nous arrivions sur le bord (pied) du volcan. Eole etait encore de notre bord puisqu'il a pousse les nuages. Nous avons enfin pu le voir dans sa totalite. Merveille de la nature. Un triangle dont le sommet atteint 2,400 metre. Il fait toujours ses signaux d'indien. Vous savez que c'est le plus actif des volcans aux Philippines. Nous n'etions pas "chaud" a l'idee de le grimper. Nous sommes ...

Salut tout le monde, Nous allons bien. Nous avons quitte Coron en avion hier matin pour manille. 1h15 de vol reduit a 35 min. Le Dieu Eole (vent) etait assit a bord. A Manille nous avons visite dans la journee le palais Coconut. Tres jolie endroit. Mme Marcos avait commendee ce palais pour la visite du pape. Celui-ci a refuse de se rendre, trop chic pour lui a-t-il declarer. EN effet c'est tres beau mais on a trouver cela genial car elle a fait faire le ...

... to C*gs*w* Ruins in the town of D*r*g*. Then, to Our L*dy of the G*te P*rish Church of D*r*g*. 7th stop. Alb*y P*rk *nd Wildlife. Entr*nce fee of Php20.00 but we got in for free. 8th stop. Ligñon Hill, which is open to vehicles only *fter 6pm due to joggers. From there, we h*d * brief tour downtown. 9th stop. P*cific M*ll where we bid goodbye to our tour guide *nd drive *nd h*d dinner *t Biggs Diner courtesy of Emily. We b*ck to the hotel *round 8pm to rest.

So can I just say one more time that I LOVE LOVE LOVE Diffun? We're back at home base for the night, just in time to miss the excitement of the current typhoon. We're not getting hit too bad here in Pangasinan, but we're supposed to be headed to Manila tomorrow afternoon-- parts of which are currently underwater. We'll see how that goes. Leaving Diffun this morning was one of the most difficult things I've ever had to do. In the short 6 days that we ...

... of the counterfeit dvds on sale. The paperbacks in the second-hand bookstore may have been shipped from there by the kilo. So too perhaps the (design of) goods in other stores I didn't visit. Perhaps it's all Chinese-made, like there too. The video game machines in the arcade may have been shipped from there, after arcades went out of style in North America. Perhaps the only incongruous store is one called "FLICKERS" that sold juiices and smoothies, but ...

... s death he and his family decided to donate their land (45 hectares) in her name and have an eco-tourism, organic demo farm and educational venue in her honor. I arrived to Barangay Pula in Asipulo right before sunset on Friday evening. The jeepney ride into the remote Barangay was beautiful. Asipulo is the youngest Municipality in Ifugao Province and perhaps due to its remote location it has kept the majority of its indigenous forest cover. While Barangay Pula itself is ...

... happy to see a cleaner and more environmentally sound community in Ambongdolan! Kudos to them all!! Last week I had the opportunity to visit another Municipality of Benguet. Kabayan is located about four hours northeast of Tublay and is known as the root of Ibaloi culture. It also is the home of Mount Pulag the second tallest mountain in the Philippines and is one of two cultures (Egypt and here) in the world that formerly practiced mummification of their dead. While ...

... during this holiday season. On December 28th about ten other PCV's and I attended the US Ambassadors Annual Christmas Party at her beautiful residence in Baguio City. There were some rather big names at the event including the President of the Philippines, Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. While I tend to not agree with her politics it was a big deal to get to meet here and in my classic smoozing style I even took a photo with her! The next day about seven of us headed to my ...

... While I am very happy to be placed in the mountains it was nice to be by the ocean or to be exact the South China Sea. It is hard to believe it is nearly Christmas, it really does not feel like it. Perhaps that is because I am not at home and I am preparing to spend my first Christmas away from my family. As I suspected I am missing home and each of you a lot around this time, but I am very blessed to have a family to spend it with here. My plan is to ...