When we found out that we were going to live in the Philippines for a couple of years we wanted family and friends to come visit us. And our first guest was my brother (that our children call Rah Rah) who arrived December 3 and stayed with us until January 10. He got a first hand experience to figuring out how to live in the Philippines with us since we were still very new to living here. He was with us while we were living in our serviced apartments and then helped us move into our condo. Rah Rah has traveled with us through Europe and also done his own traveling with friends through Europe, but this was his first time in Asia and in a developing country. I think he enjoyed his time in Asia and we all LOVED having him visit us.
Ayala Triangle where there was a music and light show for the month of December
We had a lot of fun taking photos at two different 3D art places
Attending Matt’s End of the Year work party at Hotel Manila
Day trip to People’s Palace…or Sponge Bob’s house since he lives in a pineapple
Day trip to Taal Volcano in Tagaytay
Entrance of the Chinese Garden at Rizal Park
Day visit to the American Cemetery in Manila
The Philippines love to celebrate Christmas…even at work with crazy head pieces
Robbie got to meet our cousins from the Philippines for the first time
We went to Cambodia together and Robbie carried Mason for most of the trip
Fish massage in Cambodia…it was nice after walking around all of the temples
We all got a foot massage and Robbie’s lady asked him to take off his pants so she could massage his calves…it was awkward, but gave us all a good life.
Enjoying the view of Siquijor from our resort (Firefly Cove)
Exploring a Tree House Lodge on Siquijor…it was the Ultimate Tree House
Last night with Robbie – Midget Boxing
Last dinner with Robbie was at the Hobbit House…since we did see the movie “The Hobbit”
Using Robbie’s iPod was Mason’s favorite pastime