Hello Again! After the breathtaking, but chilly, experience in the rice terraces of Northern Luzon, we headed south of Manila to South Luzon (Bicol) to spend some time back on the beach in the sun for our last week in the Philippines. Well, the beach was there, but sun was elusive and the rain was enthusiastic! It's supposed to be the end of the rainy season here, but the presence of “La Nina” has flooded the region. (Isn't La Nina only supposed to happen once in a while, not in alternating years with El Nino? Could someone check with Al Gore on that one?) While the rains dampened our “holiday” it's nowhere near as bad as what it is doing to the local population. We traveled from Daet, to Naga, to Lagaspi, to Donsol, and back
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