Wow! Amanda - these pics remind me of our months together. When we were putting quotes in the D6 intranet. It was such a wild time. Like Africa. You always told me that. I love the Kori. Remember that I called you Kori all of the time. PS - dont tell Mary Beth. She gets so jealous. Ton petite cheri - Lonnie. PS - I am getting much fatter than years before.
Fabulous Your trip so far looks like something you would see in the movies. I really like the white Rhino family it was really neat. Have a great time!
Love,
Mom
Wow!!! The photos are fabulous! What an experience it must have been to see all those animals in one afternoon and early evening. Wow!!! Your speculation that not seeing a shark was a good omen for the trip to the bush was spot on! Well done!
Wow Amanda - so cool. I love the shark day photos. Remember when we worked together and I stole stuff from the office and wore a backless blouse. Those were the days. Gotta run, Lonnie and I are having our 8 year anniversary dinner date tonight. He's so hot. Love, Mary Beth.
Ok... We are officially jealous!! Keep your rock-star lives to yourselves...btw, Pat's house looks amazing...did we metion that we are jealous, envious, green-eyed, etc. etc.
some corrections Nice blog! some corrections though...
- it's Mines' View Park- the parl overlooks a former (i hope) mining site
- Summer Capital not capitol
- there are a couple of pine tree species that are native to the philippines. These trees are found in the highlands.
The park you with the man-made lake is Burnham Park, named after an American who made the masterplan for Baguio and Manila during the American occupation of the Philippines. I think he was also involved in planning for Chicago in the U.S.
trip from lax I just like to give a few info on why it is some flights fly directly and some refuel. Flights from North America during the months of Nov to Feb. most likely will stop over for refuelling. The headwind in the Pacific area is too much at this time that even a Boeing 747 fuelled to capacity will not be able to make a direct flight. Only an airbus 340-600 will be able to make a ultra long haul flight like this. So it's not "they decided" but more on the weather pattern and the wind velocity.FYI
Hey Marc, glad you liked my story! If you're a PAL Customer Service Agent, do you think you could arrange to give me the Sky Miles that my bag traveled to make up for my trouble?!? Of course Delta says it is PAL's issue...
Signed Up Your ever-loving father is no longer one of the few who has not signed up for this travel blog! Enjoyed your first post this time. Looking forward to future posts from Manilla and wherever! Papa
Lonnie
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Wow!
Amanda - these pics remind me of our months together. When we were putting quotes in the D6 intranet. It was such a wild time. Like Africa. You always told me that. I love the Kori. Remember that I called you Kori all of the time. PS - dont tell Mary Beth. She gets so jealous. Ton petite cheri - Lonnie. PS - I am getting much fatter than years before.