370 - early taxi to airport, plane to manilla, more expensive taxi, got to
Peninsula, said hello to family, talked over tea, went to nearby mall (very western
style), got food at court, back to hotel, rest, went out to dinner with Jerry and
his family

371 - Rented car with edwin, drove to church, then fort, then around thecity,
coconutpalace, went to the mall to get some food, then to chinatown, got stuck in
traffic for a while on the way back to the hotel, relaxed, good food at the hotel

372 - went to cultural museum, interesting gold exhibit, sam left to have lujnch
with his friend, got indian food, went to art museum, exhibit on paper art, back to
hotel, relaxed, thunder storm

373 - got up early for plane to Boracay, small mix up for which terminal and plane
we were on, made it, boat to Shangri-La Hotel Resort, settled in, beautiful hotel
and great staff, very nice beach, relaxed, had dinner at the seafood restaurant

374 - had breakfast, relaxed on the beach, spent a lot of time doing very little,
maybe mixing this day with the next

375 - went into town, walked along tourist drag (with mom and dad), little lost, dad
couldn't deal with the pollution so he went back early, walked around the market
with mom, bought swimsuit, scissors, bargained for her hat, she got her nails done,
went back, relaxed, cut my own hair

376 - walked falong beach, picked up multi-colored shells, explored abandoned
lookout area, arranged shells, slept on beachside, read book, worked on laptop, fire
show with bbq on beach

377 - breakfast, golf cart to boat to plane to taxi to small plane to jeepney to
small boat, el nido resort, arrived to music, planned trip over next 3 days, relaxed
in rooms, dinner

378 - Lagoon tour and snorkling, octopus, kayaking, small cave, beautiful water, then to small island for lunch and swimming/relaxing, more snorkling, back to resort, no sunset cruise, reading and sleep, annoying singer guest

379 - other resort for breakfast and feeding Jacks, boat to south islands, cave exploring, then snake sand bar, bit of hiking, skipping fish, giant clam shell, back, monitor lizard, beautiful sunset, reading, traditional concert and dance

380 - hiking, strenuous, heard monkeys, jellyfish in water, many mosquitos, kayak back around island, beautiful formations, saw monkeys and colorful birds, came back, finished Pattern Recognition, made coconut hats, not much else

381 - boat from resort, small plane, sat right behind pilots, bit of rough ride, manilla, Edwin picked us up, took us back to the Peninsula, dealing with concierge to figure out Indonesian visa, business center too, sorted things out, repacked

382 - said goodbye to family after breakfast, edwin took me to airport, plane to singapore, spent 6 hours in the terminal, wasted singapore money, but got tea on the plane, plane to indonesia, confusion about plane ticket back but terminal agents reluctantly let me on plane, when got to immigration there were absolutely no problems, guy even suggested food to try, hotel, atm for money, cup of noodles at the circle k