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Philippines: Definitely the most underrated Southeast Asian country. I myself did not have a burning desire to go to the Philippines. But last January Lisa said "Let's go to the Philippines for Golden Week." I thought, sure...beach, sand, fun....let's book it! So for Golden Week this year (I guess you could say the Japanese Spring Break. There are three national holidays in one week so many people take the time to travel travel travel = expensive prices!) Lisa and I, with two late additions Misha and Ryan, headed out to the Philippines! What an incredible, beautiful, and wonderful country. I hope that my entries about our trip and the photos can do it justice. I seriously can't wait to return someday, and I hope it is in the near future.

The Hills are Alive with Chocolate....

Casey Lary
2006-10-06 16:58:20

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Philippines: Definitely the most underrated Southeast Asian country. I myself did not have a burning desire to go to the Philippines. But last January Lisa said "Let's go to the Philippines for Golden Week." I thought, sure...beach, sand, fun....let's book it! So for Golden Week this year (I guess you could say the Japanese Spring Break. There are three national holidays in one week so many people take the time to travel travel travel = expensive prices!) Lisa and I, with two late additions Misha and Ryan, headed out to the Philippines! What an incredible, beautiful, and wonderful country. I hope that my entries about our trip and the photos can do it justice. I seriously can't wait to return someday, and I hope it is in the near future.

Fukuoka: Never a Dull Moment!
So our adventure technically started on Saturday morning. Friday night Lisa and I stayed at Stirling's apartment, and woke up early to catch the train to get to the Fukuoka airport. Lisa and I go to get on the train, but some misled instinct in my head told me it was the wrong train. So I ran up to check the schedule, found
out it WAS the right train. I ran down the stairs, see Lisa yelling my name from the train car. As I run to step on the train, the doors close in my face. Lisa and I are looking at each other through the glass door, helpless, as the train pulls away, Lisa waving good bye to me. It was straight out of a movie. Now this was very entertaining for the Japanese people to watch. No big deal though, trains leave all the time for the airport! I jump on the next train, but I swear it was the slowest train and I could have run faster than this train. I had taken the train to Fukuoka before and it only took an hour. Apparently I must have been on the express train, because these trains were taking days. Time quickly sped by....and we were still not at the airport. T-minus two hours, still not there. Yeah you can bet I was starting to panic. ...