Friday, July 24, 2009

Boracay - beach & sand

It's only a 1 hour flight to Boracay, why does it take over 6 hours to get there?

To get to the airport = 1 hour
Check-in and boarding = 1 1/2 hours
Flight = 1 hour
Bus trip to boat = 20 minutes
Boat trip to 2nd bus = 30 min
Bus trip = 2 hours
Then reverse it on the way home...adding 2 hours for the delayed flight.

Still a fun trip...

Rice fields along the road


Our boat to the bus that will take us to our hotel



These 2 guys asked us, "Would you like us to carry you to
the ramp going to the boat?" I guess to keep our feet from getting wet.
We opted to walk.


Ania walking up the ramp to the boat






Beach bar in Boracay


GK & Ania






Kite surfer


Friday evening sunset


Wes & Evie


Snorkeling trip Saturday

Getting out of the boat parking lot... :)













GK


Evie


Wes


Coconut seller came by while we were snorkeling






Back on the beach near our hotel...

Wes watching the storm come in Saturday night



Storm on it's way


Some people swimming in the rain


GK & Ania


Wes & Evie

Thursday, July 02, 2009

In Manila

Manila...on the far right I have marked the area we live,
the two towers in the small picture are near our hotel

Wes' office and our hotel are marked below...


Sunset from our hotel window



Fort Bonifacio, Manila American Cemetery & Memorial WWII




We took a tour to Hidden Valley resort one day


Old tree root seen from bridge


Trail to the falls















They had 5 mineral pools you could swim in






Flora & fauna in the jungle there...








Monkeys did roam here years ago, but they are only in the North now


Bouquet of bird of paradise and other tropical flowers