Monday, May 17, 2010

Day 132 Monday March 22 Manila, Philippines

Not much to report here.  On Sunday, Tony drove us from Punto Fuego, past the Tagaytay volcano (actually a volcano within a volcano - so cool), and back to Manila.  We tried to get massages once back in the city, but there were no available therapists, so we just headed back to their condo for a quiet evening.

Monday was all about prepping to head back to the US on Tuesday morning.  We washed our clothes, packed our bags, bought some last minute gifts, and of course went to get one last massage.  Man we're going to miss being able to get such inexpensive and quality massages on a regular basis, because we know how expensive they are in the US, along with just about every other thing one needs or wants to buy.  Yet this is the exact type of thinking we spend all day stopping ourselves from concentrating on because we knew that if we dwelled on it too much, we really would be depressed when we got home.  Instead, we focused on all of the positive aspects of what going home would offer, including family, friends, comfortable surroundings, and especially for me, Mexican food.

We spent our last night of the trip taking Tony and Annie to a nice Italian dinner inside the Fort Bonifacio Global City.  We were so lucky that Diana organized for us to stay with her parents while we were in the Philippines, because not only did they provide top-notch accomodations, they were such amazing people to spend time with.  They are such amazing people that we will cherish having gotten to know and gotten to share their lives in this amazing country with.  The last few days really were the perfect way to end our trip.  Thank you, thank you, thank you Tony and Annie for everything!
Dinner with Tony and Annie

The last picture of our trip




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