Just trying to get through this last week!

Sorry I haven't posted for so long. I just haven't had the desire to sit at the computer and write. I am in my last week here. I have 3 work days left. I leave here Friday morning at 11:15am. I will be back in SLC at 8PM Friday night. I am so excited to come home. I miss Melissa, my dog (Sydney), my cats (Sassy, Kato and Roxy), my bed, my family, my friends, real milk, American food and driving. I haven't drove in 6 weeks.

The day after I get back, I am playing in a softball tournament. I am excited for that. I didn't get to play fall ball at all since I have been in the Philippines since the fall season started.

While Melissa and Becky were here, we went to Boracay. Let me just say it was a journey. Besides the typhoon that was coming ashore, we got moved from Boracay island to Caticlan island in fear that we wouldn't be able to make our flight back to Cebu.

When we get to Caticlan island, we stay in this place called Torres Lodge. Let me just say, I think sleeping in my dogs house in my backyard would have been better. Besides the roaches and leaking roof, it was amazing! Not really. I wasn't really amused about this at the time. Therefore, I dont have any pictures to document the horrible place we stayed. I was so happy when we left there to go to the airport.

I have put more pictures up on my Flickr account. Check them out!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/beckbeau/sets/

I may not blog again for a while since I am coming home! But, until I blog again, ROCK ON!

Trip to Bohol

Hello from the Philippines! So Melissa and Becky Brown made it here and we have been so busy I haven't even had time to upload my pictures. I did get a few uploaded. Check them out here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/beckbeau/

As soon as they arrived at the airport last Saturday, we picked them up there and went straight to Cebu Port to catch a ferry to Bohol. After 25 hours of travel, I am sure the girls were more than excited to go straight from the airport to the ferry for a 2 hour boat ride. Once we got to Bohol, we checked into our hotel and chilled for a while. The beach there was amazing. The sand was so soft. The tide was way way way low so we didn't snorkel much. So we decided to just wade out into the water. Well about 3 minutes into that I hear Melissa, "owie owie owie". As she is trying to get back to the beach I go over to her. She has stepped on a sea urchin and has 2 thorn like items in her foot. So, we sit down and send Tonya and Becky B to get something to try and get it out. The lifeguard came over and put ammonia on them. This didn't pull them out of her foot but made them soft so they would just dissolve. To this day (5 days later) they are still in there but not hurting anymore.
On Sunday we hired a driver to take us on the Bohol tour. Our first stop was Chocolate Hills. When we get there, we decide to rent some ATVs with a guide.

We had an amazing time. Here are a few pictures of what we saw.

Kid just playing in the tree.

More kids! They loved to see us and waved and were yelling hello!
Ox working hard. The ox stunk so bad.

Chocolate Hills

So we had a great time in the Chocolate Hills. I really liked seeing the rice fields and the locals just hanging out and working and playing. Our buggy broke down but you couldn't have asked for a more beautiful place to break down. We were broke down for about 30 minutes. It was amazing!

After Chocolate Hills, we got back in the van and went on a river tour for lunch. The food was pretty good and the scenery was amazing as well. After this we went to see the worlds smallest primate. They are called Tasiers. They are so tiny. Check out my Flickr account for pictures.

We are going to Boracay this weekend. It should be more chilling on the beach and just hanging out. I am sure I will have tons of pictures from there as well.

So, until the next time I blog, ROCK ON!

Melissa should be on her way shortly

So Melissa and Becky Brown will be on their way in about 7 hours or so. I can't wait to see them. We are doing some travelling this weekend so I will post the pictures Tuesday or Wednesday. They get here Saturday morning Philippines time at 11:30AM. We then have to catch a ocean jet to Bohol. We have to leave the hotel by noon to get to the port in time. It will be rush rush for them. I will get everyone updated on the trip once we get back!

Until I blog again, ROCK ON!

Snorkeling

Sorry I haven't posted much lately. I have been busy working and snorkeling. The ocean here is amazing beautiful. If the video below is blurry, I apologize.

Check out my other videos on YouTube of snorkeling and wakeboarding and many other things. Simply click HERE!

I plan on going out and about this weekend to see more of the island. Now that my traveling buddy Tonya is here, I feel safer going out! Please watch for more videos and pictures.

Until I blog again, ROCK ON!!!