Philippines Trip - Cade's Take

My dad and I went to the Philippines in December. It was really amazing. We went to help clean up after the typhoon.

Most of the way there and back again was in this 'Jeepney', which is just a stretched out jeep.

This is the inside of the jeepney.

We got to ride on the top, too!

One thing we did was help a Filipino man named Remar rebuild his house. We

carried bags of dirt to Remar's home to level out the floor,

brought galvanized sheets for the roof and shaved bamboo for walls and flooring.

We shaved TONS of these bamboo stalks, and the Filipino men did even more.

We saw hundreds of these simple taxis on the streets. You can fit about 10-12 people including the driver.

This is where we had dinner most of the time. 

Almost the whole ride there looked like this. We waved to kids playing on the side of the road and they waved back, smiling. It was cool!

This was another one of the main projects for Sister Rosette.

This is what Sister Rosette's house looked like,

This is Sister Rosette. She is always in that position.

It was amazing to see the builders talking and hammering away.

We also got to help Brother George clean up his demolished home.

We taught the kids we stayed with UNO. We played all the time.

Top 3 lists:

The Best Times (lowest to highest) 

1. Tom Dexter the Frog

2. Eating pure sugarcane was AWESOME. You bite off a piece and chew it, then spit out the fiber.

3. We went cliff diving. The highest one was close to 12 ft. or 3.7 meters high! 

Tom Dexter the Frog

The Best Places

1. The Cliffs

2. Manoling

3. The Sugarcane fields

Farmers

The Philippines Trip was an amazing experience, and I had a great time!