Hope they work... once again, check back in a few hours if they don't. [View Full Entry]

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Here you go! If there are no photos, check back in a few hours because the site often takes a while to load (at least that's what they say) :-) [View Full Entry]

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Well, we're arrived in Bangkok, leaving behind the Philippines. There is not really a whole lot to update about our experience there, as things didn't really progress a whole lot past our early description, so I suppose this will be a kind of "Reflections on our Philippine experience" entry. Bear with me if I get to preachy or overblown - I'm not exactly in the 'edit for readability' mode. Call it traveler's impatience. The volunteering was a mixed bag, though not a totally unexpected one. We were severely limited in what we could do by a number of factors, common [View Full Entry]

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Here you go! [View Full Entry]

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I am trying to upload some photos for you, so hopefully it works! [View Full Entry]

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Hello! Lucas and I are visiting Romblon town on Romblon island about a forty minute boat ride from San Agustin. There has been so much happening that I am not quite sure if I can get it all down, but I will give it a shot starting with last night. Scott, Lucas and I came over to this island in the afternoon yesterday and we met up at the local deli with the other volunteers and a New Yorker named Carlos. It seems where ever we go the alcohol flows; it's cheaper than water and their rum is the smoothest I [View Full Entry]

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Laine's been pestering me to contribute to this, but I just havn't been filled with inspiration, especially with Filipinos reading over my shoulder in the internet cafe; they seem to have a very different understanding of privacy on the internet, possibly because few of them have email or personal pages that wouldn't necissarily be open for every passer-by to scope out. Oh well, such is life when moving through another culture - another thing to take with a grain of salt, shrug, and smile. I have found this approach essential when dealing with Filipinos, who (I'm sure Laine has already menti [View Full Entry]

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We are here and safe but there isn't much to report yet because all we have been doing is eating and sleeping (or trying to when the roosters aren't yapping their heads off). We start training tomorrow and will no more about our program. Much love to all By the way, we both forgot to change our voicemails so if you know that someone is trying to reach us, please give them the heads up. [View Full Entry]

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Feb 16: leave LA Feb 18: arrive in Manila April 5: go to Thailand May 19: head to Beijing June 17: home! [View Full Entry]

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