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 in any Third World humanitarian work, but still somewhat frustrating when you're grappling with them head-on. We planted some seedlings, reworked the nursery and did maintenance on the facilities, but in the end I must
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