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Moalboal, Philippines – January 2014

 Rain  Rain  Rain

 

 

 

We are very fortunate, with all the traveling we do, we have never had a vacation that was completely rained out… until the Philippines.

January is not supposed to be their rainy season.  There was an unusual low-pressure storm over most of the islands.  Further south there was bad flooding.  This could have been an awesome vacation – our resort was lovely.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

On the first day we had a little break in the weather mid-morning so we tried to snorkel.  I never got in the water as it was far too rough.  D was out for about 30 minutes but could not see anything.

 

 

 

 

 

 

He did find a beautiful blue starfish, but that was in knee-deep water.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 We created a cool Birthday greeting for our niece…

 

 

 

 

got in a lot of relaxation and reading…

 

 

 

 

and took one brief ride on a local taxi… too wet!

 

 

 

 

We enjoyed a local speciality, halo-halo which is a hodgepodge of strange ingredients including shaved ice and ice cream.

 

 

 

 

Maybe next time!