The tall white guy

Name: Michael Occupation: My husband, the tall white guy with the 4 filipinos

Someone said Michael would be our lighthouse of the group before we left for the Philippines. His height comes in handy when we have to look for each other in the store. Paul even said, I thought I saw you and Joyce like 4 times already when we were shopping in the giant Landmark Department store.

As far as Michael and his height, the plane can be a little unfriendly because the guy needs room, meaning I always get to sit in a row with him that has a lot of leg room. On the way to Detroit, we sat in an emergency exit aisle, score. From Detroit to Japan we sat in the very first row of our section meaning the giant movie screen was, bam, right in front of us. But, we had a lot of leg room. (speaking of the plane ride over on both legs...I could write another long post about that...funny stuff)

Now, getting into a small cab is not in his favor. The Toyota cabs here are pretty small. The taxi vans are ok. That reminds me...the traffic. That could be another post.

He has been a good sport and he might be getting his wish if we could find a flight out of here to Palawan. Nice.

Mabuhay!

We made it to the Philippines on time (meaning midnight today!)and we are definitely not hungry and are definitely tired. Delta will feed you until you do not want to see food anymore and our eyes are to the point of burning. But, because I acquired some 16 hours for PHP980.00. Score. Today we ventured out to Joyce and Mario's parents hometown of General Trias, Cavite which is 40 minutes outside of Manila. The driver came to pick us up from the Mall of Asia where we had lunch and did some walking around. When we got to Cavite it was a different world from Manila. From the city to the province we went.

We ate, played mahjohng, ate, got haircuts for the boys, visited their Lola (Uncle Pholee's mom), filmed the boys eating balut (google balut if you want to know), play bingo, and eat halo halo. This brings us to 1:15 am. We were pretty tired and slept a little on the way back from Cavite. The bumpy ride, traffic, and driving etiquette will keep you half awake. Great day, good times. Can't wait to share all the pics when we get back. Time to go to bed.