Lyn and I woke up early as usual and decide to go to
McDonalds for breakfast since we had seen that they had wifi and were trying to
upload pictures off f our phones. We were hoping that it would be faster as
well. After ordering some food we were giving the password and told which
corner to sit in to pick up the signal. It was a very weak signal and we could
not upload anything. After breakfast we walked around town a little bit and
then headed back to the house. The plan was to leave after lunch and go visit
some relatives. After a refreshing cold shower and lunch we headed out. We
stopped by Lyn’s Mom’s house and hung out there awhile and then decided to go
visit some relatives that lived further into the mountains. One of these
relatives was named Sally and I had talked to her during the funeral services.
She spoke great English and I found out that she was in education as well. She
is actually a Principal of an Elementary public school. We were going to visit
her and Lyn’s Aunt and Uncle. After a long drive on the trike we arrived at
their house and all poured into a 4 wheel drive van to go up the mountain to
visit Lyn’s Aunt and Uncle that do farming up there. Once we got there they
were already out picking fruit and invited us to pick as much as we wanted to.
The fruit they were picking was called rambutan. It looks kind of funky
but once you peel off the outside skin you are rewarded with a very sweet fruit
inside. We also picked a fruit called lansones and one called santol. They were
all delicious or masarap as we say in Tagalog! After that we went back down to
the main house and had great fellowship over a pepsi and a few snacks. After
talking awhile it was time to go back to Lyn’s Mom’s house to watch a video of
the funeral. When we got there they had already started the video and had were
eating freshly boiled peanuts. As we watched it fresh corn from Lyn’s Mom’s
farm was cooked and brought out in large bowls for everyone to enjoy. This was
a big hit and several more bowls were brought out to meet demand. A little bit
later some boiled kamoteng-kahoy (Yucca) was brought out with bowls of brown
sugar to dip it in. It seems in the Philippines that brown sugar makes good
things even a little bit better! We left around 6PM and went to visit one more
relative and then it was on our way home for dinner. We stopped at a small
restaurant and got several take always to eat at home. It was about 8PM and
almost time to go to sleep. Finally we went to bed. We would need to be at the
terminal by 6:30AM to reserve a good seat in the van as we are heading for
Baguio in the morning. It is about 5 hours away on the zig zag road. Lyn and I
are both so thankful for our days here we truly want for nothing. Ok Ok maybe a
cool breeze now and then! :)
