Driving to Baguio during a monsoon. So thankful we have a driver.

We either had rain or fog during the drive. It took us about 5 hours to get there with a lunch stop along the way.

1st stop: Botanical Garden

There was a drizzle while exploring the Botanical Garden, but we all had a good time.

2nd stop: The Good Shepherd Convent where we bought homemade goodies

3rd stop: Mind’s View Park

Souvenir item for sale…minus the laptop

Mason was excited to get a wooden snake for his treat and to get a photo with this “cool dog”

It was still raining pretty good while we were at Mine’s View Park. The local way to get rid of the water that collects on the tarps without getting water in all the shops.

4th stop: Bell Church with some history of China on site as well

Leaving the Bell church Matt was asked if he wouldn’t mind taking a photo with some Filipinas

5th stop: Tam-Awan Village

The clouds would come and go on our drive to Banaue…but it was still a beautiful drive

We stopped to stretch our legs and check out Ambuklao Dam on our way to Banaue

Banaue Rice Terraces

Local Igorot ladies that wait for tourist to come take a photo. Matt gave this lady more than the usual tip!

On the way home from Banaue we pulled off the side of the road and purchased some wood furniture at a rock bottom price!

The kids each painted 3 art pieces at the hotel on a rainy day.

Our Manila church friends that were in Baguio the same time as us.

Random lion head we saw on our drive back to Manila

Bridal Veil Falls was a good place for pictures and to get out and stretch our legs while heading home.

The resort had a nice pool, access to the beach, play ground, fish spa and volleyball court.

Mason loved having his “Big Boy Friends” around, and I think they also liked having him around as well.

Kalani loved having friends around to swim with.

We had some fun playing sand volleyball.

When it wasn’t overcast too much, we enjoyed a beautiful sunset.

Fullerton Hotel is were we stayed. It has an interesting past and has been around since 1928.

Day 1: Crossed the boarder into Malaysia to go to LegoLand

Day 2: S.E.A. Aquarium in Sentosa

Day 2: Universal Studios which was near the aquarium on Sentosa Island. This was the first time that Matt has been with us at an amusement park!

Day 2: When we finally left Sentosa Island we took these cable cars to get back to the mainland.

Day 2: View of Sentosa Island at night as seen from our cable car.

Day 3: Mason enjoying the science center.

Day 3: Walking around Arab Street

Day 3: At Little India doing some shopping!

Day 3: We went up to Marina Bay Sands Hotel to check out their infinity pool.

Day 3: The shoppes at Marina Bay Sands…very high end stores.

And this is Marina Bay Sands Hotel with the shops in front of it.

Day 3: Dinner at some hawker stalls.

Day 3: The kids ended the day by swimming in the pool.

Day 4: Met up with cousins that are living in Singapore and spent the day at the zoo.

Day 4: Singapore zoo has a fun water park where the kids spent over an hour.

Day 4: We walked over to the Night Safari after the zoo and spent the evening with the animals.

One of the taxi drivers was from the island of Siquijor…the same island that my grandfather is from. And he is a cousin of our cousin…small world!

We love the Shangri-La. Very kid friendly and relaxing.

We enjoyed the ocean and beach.

We attended the cultural night show and buffet dinner. Although the power went out of a few minutes, it was still enjoyable.

We rented a jeepney for the day to tour Cebu. The kids liked climbing on the back when we were stopped.

Normally we looked like this inside the jeepney. 2 of Nate’s friends from his mission served as our tour guide for the day.

Matt has a bad back and bad knees. So he opted to stretch out by standing on the back of the jeepney for most of the evening.

We went to TOPS in Cebu. It is on top of a mountain and much cooler. The kids had fun running around and playing tag until it started to rain.

View of Cebu as seen from TOPS.

We had a tour of the ProFoods factory where they package all of the dried mangos and coconuts. These are some of the items that they produce.

We saw the LDS Cebu Temple and it is BEAUTIFUL!

Welcome Elder Farley Family and Friends! It was a big social gathering in honor of Nate returning to his mission.

As guest of Honor, we sat at our own table and had utensils, glass plates and our own separate food from everyone else.

The majority of the group that attended the dinner. We picked up about 20 of them in our rented jeepney so they didn’t have to pay to come.

And then it was time to leave Cebu and the next day the Farley family left Manila to return to the states.

Since we took 5 kids on 4 different airplanes we had to be creative on how to entertain them. One time we did brake down and just handed everyone an electronic devise while we waited for our plane to arrive.

Old Roman Catholic Church, Baclayon, Bohol. Its first structure was built in 1595, but the current building is from 1724.

1565 blood compact between Spanish explorer Miguel López de Legazpi and Datu Sikatuna, the chieftain of Bohol. A blood compact was intended to seal a friendship, pact, or treaty, or to validate an agreement.

Python Sanctuary…this snake is still alive but doesn’t move because of obesity.

We paid $2.50 to have this “ladyboy” do a comical rendition of Mariah Carey…Mason wasn’t impressed.

“Hanging Bridge” made of some steel wire, but mostly bamboo.

We paid this guy $2.50 to husk a coconut with his teeth…He did it under 10 seconds.

Trying to get tickets for lunch and the guys got rushed by strangers who wanted their photo taken with blonde hair, blue eye, good looking foreigners.

Lunch buffet while floating down the Loboc River. We had our own private musician for our boat.

Dancers we saw while on the Loboc River.

Chocolate Hills of Bohol…what the island is known for

You can see Tarsiers (smallest primate) at Bohol.

At the last stop of our tour we saw more tarsiers just before closing time and the worker put one on our hands.

Last stop on our tour was a super fun kids play area.

Walking around Nate’s old mission area trying to find food and to see if Nate recognizes anything from nearly 15 years ago.

We stayed at a pretty run down place, but it was near the ferry port. We all loaded up into 2 trikes and headed to the ferry terminal to go to Cebu.

While waiting to board the ferry boat there was a family of musicians to entertain us. The youngest daughter was a really good singer.

Ready to get inside a poorly air conditioned ferry boat for the next 30-60 minutes to go to Cebu.