Manila business trip

Visiting a volcano








Taal, the volcano in a lake on an island in a lake.
In front of the volcano is a village on the water.





You want us to ride in one of those? Ok, here we go...



Villagers tried to get the guys to rent their horses to ride out to the volcano,
"It's a long way, very far, many paths, and it's very hot"... it wasn't far, and
there was only one path, but it was very hot.



Volcano vent






Some food

Balut, a boiled developing duck egg.










Modes of travel....

Jeepny



Raft




Horse & buggy





"Hey, Joe!"







Fire Station



Posing police officer



GK...a monk in sunglasses

Trip to Zakopane

Wes skied, I took pictures....



It was the beginning of the day,
and we were nearly the only ones around.





At the top of the mountain,
the cafes and shops were not open quite this early




Sign showing which way to Chicago, USA. This is funny because they say Chicago has a larger population of Polish people than Poland...whether this is true or not, I don't know.






Karczma (inn), nice Polish restaurant at the top of the lift








Kaplica (small chapel) in the forest






Front of the chapel





View from the lift





Wes skiing by me as I am on the lift going down






Wes might be in this picture, it's hard to find him





Pretty place!





Wes is there somewhere...






We finally bought him a ski helmet, I feel better now.





This lift has a strange entrance as you can see





A one-man chair lift, I had never seen this either.

Żywiec, Poland

We took a short trip to Żywiec with our friends. Wes drove in the snowy mountains, it was an adventure.




Christa, Brenda, Stephen & Wes








Waiting for the brewery tour





"time travel" at the brewery














Our "hotel"...it was more like a hostel, and poor Stephen didn't have a private bath room even though we had booked one, no telling what happened





On the castle grounds






We are ready for the ball!







Don't do it, I know where you sleep! :)






Grapevines covering an arbor leading to a fountain. Use your imagination. The snow was absolutely beautiful!









On a bench covered with snow