We made it!

this keyboard has a few keys that do not work so excuse the typos!

So after 19 hours of flying we made it to Tangub City Philippines! We almost didnt' make it onto our first flight to San fransico but thanfully we didn't start our trip off that way! That was a hard flight because the seats were right in front of the bathroom and didn't recline much....not that they do normally....but it would have been nice! :) We flew Delta to Ca. and then after a 6 hour layover boarded PAL Philippine Airlines for our 14 hour journey to Manila. The flight took off at 10:30pm and around 11:30 they came around with dinner. What? dinner at midnight? The kids were already asleep so we passed on theirs. i took mine just to see what it was. wow. Beef and rice....so tasty! fruit and roll and I can't remember what else. PAL sure does have the best airline food! breakfast was a choice of omelet or chicken adobo. i chose the omelet. it also came with rice, tater tots...i guess that is their version of hash browns...filipino sausage, fruit, and drink. the kids meals were eggs, sausage pancakes, cereal and a banana. So much food!

After picking at my dinner i tried to fall asleep. This was harder than i thought it would be. My body likes lying horizontal to sleep! We all kind of napped off and on. What made it bearable were the personal video screens we all had. We could watch movies, listen to the radio or play video games. i can't imagine what it would have been like without it!

We flew into the small airport of Ozamis. Coconut fields and grass huts lined the airstrip. When we got off the airplane, which was so small we didnt' get a snack, we walked down an iron staircase where they were handing out umbrellas. Nate was confused since it wasn't raining~! one odd thing were all the men in yellow t shirts very anxious to get in the airport. Richard said they were wanting to get your baggage for you. Their yellow shirts were their uniform. There were also street vendors in the parking lot selling fried bananas. i felt sorry for one guy because he just stood around us the whole time...following us whereever we went. no personal space issues here.

it wasn't as hot as I thought it would be. i mean it is hot but I expected my breath to be taken awayt! After getting off the airplane we went to a chicken BBQ place, It was yummy. Then we headed to Tangub City where Richard's family house is. There is defintely no middle class here. poor and the rich....well just from the size of their houses you can tell their income. i would say Richard's house is "rich" but they aren't flashy. Rich means sturdy:) There were so many grass and plywood huts right next to the large concrete houses like Richard's. It is beautiful country. lots and lots of green~

Well i better go. Where the computer is there is AC. It is pretty hot in the rest of the house but not so bad. i think one of my biggest worry was the heat....just didnt' want to sweat through my clothes right when i put them on! So far it hsn't been the case but we haven't done anything either! ha! We are going for a walk soon and i am sure i will be sweating:)

Hope to get pictures up soon....if we can figure it out!