Philippines - Day 7

Travel day.  45 minutes to 1 hour boat ride.  90 van ride.  55 minute flight.  Now for the fine details:

   - It rained most of the day. Luckily not bad enough to cause problems for the motorized outrigger we took back to the mainland.
   - El Nido airport, though cute in its own unique way, is not high tech.  Security consists of a few security people physically going through everyone's luggage.  There aren't any scanners.  Surprisingly, they don't check the passengers.
   - While the rain didn't affect the outrigger, it did cause problems at Manila airport.  Our plane was an hour late.
   - I do not recommend driving in Manila.  Definitely get a driver.

Philippines - Day 3

I had planned to do nothing today.  That happened to be a good idea.  It rained all morning.  There was a typhoon hitting the Philippines.  Luckily, not in the area I was in, but it was close enough to give us rain and thunderstorms.  No winds though.  It was all gone by the afternoon.

I did get out a bit.  I walked around some of the resort and took a few pictures.  In spite of the rain, I and many of the other guests also had breakfast in the restaurant.  I did wonder how that would work out considering the restaurant has just a roof and no walls.  But there was no wind so everyone was fine.  By dinner time, the sun had set and you couldn't tell it had rained.