Back to Bigo

Again, sorry for my roundabout concept of time. These are pictures from last week's trip to Quezon province. After the beach, I took the Americans to see the family farm. Tito Eddie was really excited to show them his new projects with the land. Although it rained too much in the morning to go exploring around the farm, we still hung out at the kubo, sipped on coconut juice and snacked on kamote. They were delighted to be away from the smog of the fair city.


Tito Eddie's malapapaya project


Tito Eddie explaining his project to nicole & eric. He focused on the organic farming that he is trying to implement.


close up of the babies


3 day old baby calf


fresh from the coconut


treated the Americans to Palaisdaan. we had fried fish, coconut milk shrimp and greens & pinakbet. For dessert there was buko pandan, leche flan and halo halo yum!


dimples by the fountain

In the mountains

So, a last-minute bus ride landed me in the mountain province with two very blonde americans, a worldly aussie and a canadian volunteer. I think this is the first time that I've felt like a tourist in the Philippines. We had quite the adventure yesterday even trying to get here. A 10pm bus ride in a practical freezer car going up slippery roads with no guard rails. Not to mention the fact that we had to stop the bus and walk over the giant landslide that was blocking our path. After our jeep driver stiffed us on 70p, we went to Sagada and saw the stacked coffins in the burial caves. Pretty neat. I didn't get a chance to go to inside the cave, but the town was still pretty neat. Aside from being cold, damp and miserable it was overall a pleasant trip with interesting company. I think one of the highlights of the trip was the Saturday night at the Log Cabin. We had a buffet carefully prepared by a french chef. tasty tasty, along with a candlelight dinner and fireplace. Mmmm yea.

Sorry I don't have the pictures immediately, I'll have to update once I get to Manila. Right now I'm at the internet cafe in Bontoc, a small provincial town, just waiting for my 4pm bus back to the city. The others have decided to do a little more trekking around for the next couple days. As for me, it's back to the sweltering heat and endless busy ness.