Philippines!
Tuesday, April 11th, 2006
I arrived in Manila Philippines last wednesday safe and sound! I’m now in Toril, which is about a 20 minute car ride outside of Davao City on the island of Mindinao. The weather here is very similar to Thailand, Hot and then Hotter!!
Thursday I finally met up with my friend Nelle! She is a very good tour guide and I’ve managed to rent a house and a motorbike for the month, thanks to her. The prices are unreal. The house is $150 for the month and the motorbike is $60 for the month.
This thursday we will be going to Mt. Apo to start the hike! So far we’ve been playing tennis ( Nelle is really good ), hanging at the beach and yesterday we went to the creek swimming.
The people here are very nice and Nelle comes from a very large family. It seems like most familys have at least 3-4 kids, so we spent at least two days touring all her relatives houses to drop in and say hello. They are all very welcoming and we have had some really fun times drinking beer and telling stories and laughing! One funny thing is that wherever I go throughout town, people are always yelling ” Hey Joe”, it takes some getting used to and it’s pretty funny, I guess they think everyones named Joe in the states. We tried to count the other day but lost track at 20!
I’ll keep ya posted on Mt. Apo and should have some really good pics. to come. Take care and I miss you all!!
Teal