Boracay

For our anniversary (and our last weekend in the Philippines), we took a short flight to Boracay. This beach is amazingly beautiful.

At the airport.

At Caticlan airport.

Wow, Obama Grill.

It's a little hot :).

Daniel in the front seat of a helicopter.

The view if you look down.

Lots of windows in that heli. It was nice to see all around you, but frightening too.

Transport to the hotel.

The streets of Boracay.

Little walk from the road to the hotel. Beach in the distance.

Our hotel room with floor to ceiling windows.

What a view! The beach is right outside the window!

Barbeque dinner the first night. Choose your own meat.

Fresh fruit drinks.

Grilled Lapu Lapu.

Lots of bones.

We did a good job cleaning our plates.

Early morning walks on the beach.

Probably the best tasting mango I've ever had.

Other witnesses were staying at the same hotel and noticed Daniel's Jeremiah book on the table.

Our boat ride back to the airport.

And some funny water photos. Yes, salt water burns the eyes.

To prove we were there.

Our last Sunday meeting.

Took a few photos of the friends at the Makati English congregation. It was so much fun getting to know them!

Ramil, Daniel & Mark

Rick & Daniel

Mark doing the meeting for service.

The stairway to the auditorium.

Information board.

Puerto Galera

We decided to get away for a weekend, so we headed to Batangas right after we got off work Saturday morning. At the boat terminal, we caught a ferry to Puerto Galera.

Ferry Terminal in all its craziness.

On the Ferry to the island. No one vommited, was a successful trip.

Once we disembarked, we took a tricycle to the resort. They fit two people and perhaps a small bag or two. Let's just say we were probably a bit larger than their normal passengers. But we made it work.

Stephanie and Jay's tricycle.

Daniel and I in the tricycle.

We got to visit a waterfall a short drive away from the beach.

It's so green here.

Stephanie was the only one brave enough to climb to the waterfall. Here she's trying out here slippery rock climbing skills.

We also had time to play a bit, and get some great sunset photos.

What else would you do with an underwater camera? These are Daniel's toes.

Rain off in the distance.

Stephanie's dinner.

Daniel's dinner. It bites back?

Our cottages.

View from our porch.

Breakfast the last morning - al fresco.

Daniel battling a coconut he picked. (He won)

Notice the pocket knife, no machete.

Yes, I did win! Kinda worked too, 

but, the clump of fiber makes it a bit tricky to drink out of the hole .

On the ferry back to Batangas.