I better write my stories before I come home. Heres a bit more from my trip in December. Travelling with some of the other volunteers we went to a place north of Manila, Subic Bay for a wedding and a bit of sight seeing. The trip lead to the coolest of my experiences here, so far; swimming in Mt Pinatubo crater. Here are some of the pictures of the hike, lake, and the 4x4 transort up. We sat in the very open jeep and by the time we got back we were completely coated in the white powdery dust. They call the rock ash lahar. It's great for making cement. Many of the little huts in near by villages were cement instead of the usual traditional materials of bamboo and grass roofs. The volcanoe erupted in 1991. While in the lake, although it is dormant, I couldn't help but think wow "front row seats" if she goes now!! As you can see in some of the pictures, the water was green like Lake Louis (I think I mentioned the swim in anouther blog).
As you can see we travelled by some typical rural events, pigs in a side cart, rice on the road, and a cementary at the road side. Rick got some very good pictures.
In the 4x4 part of the trip we stopped to pick up some hitch hikers? There was no question that we had room for them. The big guns they carried were good insurance for them that we would have room. (I asked Rick to see if they would let him take a picture as they hung on the back of the jeep, gun hanging at their side, flip flops on their feet but When the guy said no, we took no to mean no!).
My rock collection continues to grow to a state that even I have to admit that it's unrealistic for me to bring them all home, but I continue to collect!!
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