Because they are working on the airport landing strip, flights are tough to come by, so we took a ferry from Ormoc to Cebu, after a bus ride from Tacloban to Ormoc. We had dinner at an Irish Pub with some other NGO workers and Josh Friday night and I tried to play pool. Epic fail.
Next morning boarded flight to Manila then Davao. We arrived in time for lunch and their friend Johannes was waiting to pick us up at the airport. He worked with Ana and Josh in East Timor and he and his wife now run a bed and breakfast in Davao. Super sweet couple and funny. Ana also did Peace Corps with the Head of Office and his wife of the Davao Office, so it was a fun reunion for them. They have 2 super sweet kids. Later that night we went out to a restaurant on the water, in the top floor cabana, with waves lapping the shore and funky DJ, sipping real margaritas. It was pretty spectacular, and then it got even better when the fire show started . . . The twirlers guzzled gas though and then would spit and light it on fire-- not safe lol.
The next day we took a 10 minute boat ride to another island for the "Paradise Resort"- day of beach, Philippines style--meaning loads of food to order, more entertainment shows, and some roped in swimming area. It was a fun day, and the kids were adorable!
Safer? :) Cuter!
Can't stop this girl from dancing!
Monday before our flight out we went to "Eden" garden, another Asia style attraction lol. Not just a park-rather they have hilarious over the top photo-ops sprinkled throughout the "nature" setting :) But it was a good time! Butterfly gardens, light hike & birds.
It was very tough to get her to leave this chair :)
Talk about a bird cage!
Butterfly gardens
That's the ocean blending into the blue sky :) Seems like Hawaii!
And then it was back to Tacloban :)
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