Philippines Epilogue

The March trip to the Philippines is over. I used a T-Mobile MDA phone to post the messages. I was surprised at the coverage I had especially in places like Jolo and Parang.

If you have any questions, comments or ideas please email me. The technology keeps improving and it will be interesting to see where it takes us as far as mobile blogging.

I'll be traveling soon again so until next time...

Jager

36 hours later Atlanta

Well 36 hours later I am just about home. The last time I was out of an airport I was 5 degrees above the equator protected by armed soldiers worried about snipers. I Now I'm back behind the red white and blue curtain...

the journey home - Seoul

this is the 747 taking me to Seoul.
my travel today was
12:50 jolo to zambo
2:59 zambo to manila
now
12:30 am manila to seoul
seoul to atlanta

KFC - Manila

ahhh..finally a bit of western food at philippine
prices. $1.25 or 65 pesos for the #1 meal. chicken and rice

flight out of zambo

Here's my ticket back to Manila.
Zambo

Basilan Island

Michael and I catch a ride out of Jolo. Couldn't send pic messages out of Jolo. In the distance you can see Basilan Island where the Burnams were held in 2001. The AFP has cleaned the island up and it is much more peaceful.

Chopper to Jolo.

I catch a ride from Zamboanga to Jolo via helicopter. We are flying over the Sulu Sea.

Zambo!

Michael helps me lug all my crap round. We just landed in Zamboanga.

Fely is the best

Fely wheels and deals for me in Antipolo.

Flight to Zamboanga

My transportation from Manila to Zamboanga.

Operation Souvenir

One last stop at souvenir stand before heading to airport.

Heading Out

Packed and heading south to Zamboanga.

Church of Tanay

The Church of Tanay

Laguna Lake

Laguna lake in Tanay

chicken Fingers

Philippine chicken finger dinner at Jollibee . Tanay RP

Life in Manila V

The mall in Manila is crowded. It's mostly fabric 'non-manly' type stores.

Life in Manila IV

Every street in downtown is a market.

Life in Manila III

The streets in Manila bustle with activity. Police are armed with M-16s.

Life in Manila II

Chinese Bhuddist in Seng Guan temple in Chinatown.

Life in Manila

Children play a game on a sidewalk.

Sitio Pantay

The makeshift distribution hut for Sitio Pantay.

Art at Admiral

This is art created by the children at Admiral village in Philippines.

Dumpsite

The village called the dumpsite is located at Antipolo city dump. This is where we are working today.

Home for the next week

We finally arrived at our hotel. I transfer all medical needs to one bag for tomorrow. It's 3:45am. We are preparing to head to Binayuyo at 6am.

Arrive in Manila

We arrive in Manila at 11:30pm local time after 22 hours of traveling.

Philippines trip begins

Our journey begins here...
Atl airport. Korean Air Flight 36

Packing it up

My pack for the Philippines. Two of my bags contain donations for villagers in our mission work.