We are off on our next adventure- this time we are following our kids to the Philippines. They will be working with Pastoral Training of Asia out of Dumaguete (PTA). Our youngest, Shayla along with her husband Don, and their children Jacob (14), Benjamin (13 as of Valentines Day!), Sarah Grace (almost 11- on the 22nd!) and Daniel, 9. The kids took off on the day before us- February 6th- we woke to the news that there was a 6.9 earthquake in the Philippines- then when the details came out it was in Dumaguete! It ended up being about 45 miles north- shook and swayed at PTA, but no damage. There was quite a bit of damage up north.
We left the following day from Bozeman at 7 am and flew into Seattle. (Fun airport) Our next flight was to South Korea on Asiana Airlines- I would recommend it to everyone- there was really good food- filet! Small and definitely not the Mint, but a welcome surprise. Each seat had its own tv built in to the seat in front- it even had controls! There were 20 new movies! I told Steve I was staying up all night to watch them! The flight did seem like it lasted forever- I believe it was over 12 hours. It was so amazing to watch the path of our flight- it went over the Queen Charlotte Islands and Alaska, then over Russia! Wild! Anyway, they kept feeding us and I kept eating it all! Stopped at South Korea (cleanest most beautiful airport I have ever seen) then on to Manila.
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| So. Korea Airport |
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| Marriott Manila |
Spent the night at The Marriott at the Airport- normally I would have Pricelined a 4 star hotel for a cheap rate, but after looking at some of the reviews on what they considered 4 star, we decided to play it safe and pick something familiar. They even upgraded us because they ran out of standard rooms- I didn't even have to beg!
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| flying to Dumaguete!!! |
The next day we flew to Dumaguete and were met by Shay, Donny and the kids as well as Jim and Shonda (they founded and run PTA for the last 25 years) Noel and JenJen (wonderful husband and wife team that keep PTA running smoothly). Great small airport.
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| Jim and Shonda |
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| Jetlag!!! |
Had an unbelievable dinner at a fun restaurant overlooking the water- fresh fish, mango shakes, tons of fresh veggies and rice dishes, pizzas for the kids- all for about $6 each! Sorry I am so wordy- I'll try to keep it shorter next time! (yeah, right!)
