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Invitations, coins, and rings
from the wedding

Bouquet and rings
from the wedding

Our Invitation
from the wedding

Our rings
from the wedding

Glyn's shoes
from the wedding

Glyn
getting ready

Glyn looking so beautiful
while getting ready

Glyn
and her wonderful smile

Glyn's dress
from the wedding

Glyn
posing with her dress

Glyn
and her dress

Glyn
and her dress

Glyn
before the wedding

Glyn
before the wedding

Glyn
before the wedding

Glyn
and the flowers

Glyn
and the flowers

Glyn
and the flowers

Glyn
with the rings

Glyn
before the wedding

Glyn
before the wedding

Glyn
before the wedding

Glyn
before the wedding

Tim
posing with his barong

Tim
getting dressed

Tim
getting dressed

Tim
before the wedding

Tim
before the wedding

Tim
before the wedding

Tim and Drew
before the wedding

Tim and Drew
before the wedding

Tim and Drew
before the wedding

Tim and Drew
before the wedding

Some of the male entourage
before the wedding

Some of the male entourage
before the wedding

Some of the male entourage
before the wedding

Tim
getting ready to leave

Glyn
putting on her shoes

Glyn
with her sister Jen and Mama

Glyn
with her sister Jen and Mama

Glyn
with her sister Jen and Mama

Glyn
with her sister Jen and Mama

Glyn
with her sister Jen and Mama

Glyn
so beautiful

Glyn
posing before the wedding

Glyn
posing before the wedding

Glyn
the beautiful bride

Glyn
before the wedding

Glyn
before the wedding

Glyn
and her beautiful dress

Glyn
before the wedding

Glyn
with her veil on

Glyn
with her veil on

Glyn
with her veil on

Glyn
with her veil on

Glyn
and some of her bridesmaids

Glyn
and some of her bridesmaids

Glyn
getting ready to leave

Drew
walking down the aisle

Tim
walking with his representatives, Mrs. Castro and her son

Aunt Pacita
walking down the aisle

Mr. Ricky Estorba & Mrs. Urbana Cenita
walking down the aisle

Mr. & Mrs. Leonardo Anana
walking down the aisle

Mrs. Rosalinda Aparre and escort
walking down the aisle

Mr. & Mrs. Boy Cempron
walking down the aisle

Glyn's uncle and auntie
walking down the aisle

Glyn's cousin and husband
walking down the aisle

Glyn's auntie and husband
walking down the aisle

Mr. & Mrs. Ricky Estorba
Glyn's mom's first cousin and her husband walking down the aisle

Ring bearer
walking down the aisle

Money bearer
walking down the aisle

Josh
Glyn's nephew walking down the aisle

Lara Jane
walking down the aisle

Maracar
walking down the aisle

Karby
Glyn's cousin's daughter walking down the aisle

Ariel and Maymay
Glyn's cousin and sister walking down the aisle

Sadam and Liza
Glyn's brother and cousin walking down the aisle

Camilo and Lizel
Glyn's brother and wife walking down the aisle

Bobong and Arlyn
Glyn's cousins walking down the aisle

Joshua and Lydia
Glyn's cousins walking down the aisle

Eric and Maureen
Glyn's cousins walking down the aisle

Coning and Liza
Glyn's brother and cousin walking down the aisle

Ayan and Angelita
Glyn's brother and cousin walking down the aisle

Tatay and Mama Estillore
Glyn's parents walking down the aisle

Jen
Glyn's sister, the bridesmaid, walking down the aisle

Glyn
The beautiful bride walking down the aisle

Glyn
the smiling bride

Glyn
blessing her father

Glyn
blessing her mother

Drew and Tim
eagerly await the bride

Glyn with her parents
Here comes the bride!

Drew and Tim
I think Drew is holding me up

Glyn
hugging her mom

Tim
blessing Mama

Tim
blessing Tatay

Tim and Glyn
here we come!

Tim and Glyn
I think I look more nervous than Glyn

Drew, Tim, and Glyn
Glyn greets the best man

Female entourage
from the wedding

Male entourage
from the wedding

The groomsmen
from the wedding

Tim and Glyn
from the wedding

Priest blesses us
from the wedding

Glyn
giving her intentions

Tim
giving his intentions

Glyn
from the wedding

Glyn and Tim
getting ready for the vows

Priest
blessing the rings

Tim
giving his vows

Glyn
giving her vows

Glyn
putting on Tim's ring

Glyn and Tim
The married couple

Glyn and Tim
with Jen and Drew

Mrs. Castro and son
Tim's representatives

Glyn's cousin and her husband
light the candles

Glyn's auntie and husband
put the veil around us

Glyn's mom's first cousin and her husband
put the rope around us

Glyn and Tim
during the Liturgy of the Eucharist

Tim
receiving the Eucharist

Glyn
receiving the Eucharist

Bridesmaids
part of the blessing of the congregation

Glyn and Tim
receiving a blessing

Glyn and Tim
kissing the bride!

Tim
making it official

Glyn
making it official

Tim and the priest
congratulating the groom

Glyn and Tim
from the wedding

Glyn and Tim
from the wedding

Glyn and Tim
from the wedding

Glyn and Tim
from the wedding

Glyn and Tim
with Mama and Tatay

Glyn and Tim
with her parents and my representatives

Glyn and Tim
with my representatives

Glyn and Tim
with the female sponsors

Glyn and Tim
with all of the sponsors

Glyn and Tim
with some cousins

Glyn and Tim
with Jen and Drew, the maid of honor and best man

Glyn and Tim
with the whole entourage

Tim and Glyn
with the whole entourage

Glyn and Tim
with Glyn's immediate family

Glyn and Tim
with Tim's sponsors and best man

Glyn and Tim
with Glyn's cousins, uncles, and aunties

Glyn and Tim
and Glyn's aunties

Glyn and Tim
from the wedding

Glyn and Tim
with the makeup and hair person and the wedding coordinator

Glyn and Tim
with Drew, the bestman

Glyn and Tim
walking down the aisle as husband and wife

Glyn and Tim
Yes!

Glyn and Tim
outside the church

Tim and Glyn
inside the car

Tim and Glyn
sharing a kiss

Glyn and Tim
in front of the hotel

Glyn and Tim
with the doves...both kissing!

Glyn and Tim
release the doves

Glyn and Tim
at the hotel

Glyn and Tim
at the hotel

Glyn and Tim
at the hotel

Glyn and Tim
at the hotel

Tim and Glyn
on the Grand Staircase

Tim and Glyn
on the Grand Staircase

Tim and Glyn
on the Grand Staircase

Tim and Glyn
on the Grand Staircase

Tim and Glyn
on the Grand Staircase

Our cake
from the wedding

Drew and Jen
on the Grand Staircase

Tim and Glyn
enter the reception

Tim and Glyn
walking through the bubbles and the bridemaids and groomsmen

Glyn and Tim
our first dance

Glyn and Tim
our first dance

Glyn and Tim
cutting the cake

Glyn feeds Tim
some wedding cake

Tim feeds Glyn
some wedding cake

Drew
giving the best man toast

Glyn and Tim
listening to Drew's toast

Drew
giving his toast

Drew
giving his toast

Glyn and Tim
kissing after the toast

Coning
Glyn's brother gives a prayer before we eat

The buffet
from the reception

The ballroom
during the meal

Glyn feeding Tim
at the reception

Tim feeding Glyn
at the reception

Glyn and Tim
kissing!

Jen
Glyn's sister gives a toast

Camilo
Glyn's brother gives a toast

Glyn and Tim
dancing with Tatay and Mama respectively

The money dance
Woman pay to dance with the groom and men pay to dance with the bride...they pin the money on the clothes

Money dance
at the reception

Glyn and her cousin's husband
dancing during the money dance

Tim and Glyn
after the money dance

Glyn
with all of the single women

Tim
with all of the single men

Tim
taking off the garter

Tim
taking off the garter

Tim and Glyn
Success!

Glyn
tosses the bouquet

Glyn
looking back at the mayhem

Drew
posing with garter that he "got"

Tim, Glyn, Jen, and Drew
Jen got the bouquet, and Drew got the garter...coincidence??

Drew feeds Jen
some wedding cake

Jen feeds Drew
some wedding cake

Drew kisses Jen
after the cake

Drew
puts the garter on Jen...Tim and Glyn are yelling "Higher!"

Drew and Jen
Higher!!

Drew and Jen and Tim and Glyn
posing

Tim and Glyn
with some of the groomsmen

Tim and Glyn
with some of the family

Tim and Glyn
with some of the women from the wedding

Tim and Glyn
opening our first gift

Tim and Glyn
posing with the teapot that they received

Tim and Glyn
kissing!

Glyn
thanking everyone

Glyn
thanking everyone

Tim and Glyn
kissing!

Tim
Thanking everyone

Drew's arrival to Cebu
Mactan-Cebu International Airport

Drew and Tim heading to the taxi
Mactan-Cebu International Airport

Heading to the hotel
from the taxi

Heading to the airport
Marcel B. Fernan Bridge

Drew finishing his pedicure
during first day in Cebu

Waiting to eat
at hukad

Tim and Drew
at hukad

Tim and Drew thinking
at hukad

Drew and Tim with the Rice Lady
at hukad

Hukad means the scooping out of rice
This is kind of a novelty here

Tim and Drew
at the grocery store stocking up for our trip to Bohol

Tim and Drew
waiting for the ferry to Bohol

Tim and Drew
on the ferry to Bohol

Lourence and Lizel
Glyn's nephew and sis-in-law on the ferry

Lourence and Lizel
on the ferry

Cebu
from the ferry

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Tim
on the ferry

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Lourence and Lizel
on the ferry

Lourence
on the ferry

Drew and Camilo
hanging out in the back of the ferry

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Mr Belvedere
enjoying the ferry to Bohol

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Mr. Belvedere
enjoying his seat on the ferry to Bohol

Tim and Mr. Belvedere
posing on the ferry

Lourence
feeding himself on the ferry

Father and son
Camilo and Lourence on the ferry

Tim and Drew
relaxing on the ferry

Tim and Drew
enjoying some Filipino Coke. (We both think it tastes better than the US.)

Drew and Tim
in the van going to Chocolate Hills

Lizel and Lourence
in the van

Chocolate Hills
one of the big tourist attractions in the Philippines...it happens to be in Bohol

Lourence, Lizel, and Camilo
getting ready to see the Chocolate Hills

Tim and Mr. Belvedere
posing at the cafe at Chocolate Hills

Drew and Tim
climbing up to see the Chocolate Hills...214 steps up

Tim
almost there!

Camilo
climbing up with Lourence

Camilo and Lourence
almost to the top

Lizel
on her way to the top

Chocolate Hills
what a great sight!

Mr. Belvedere
and the Chocolate Hills

Mr. Belvedere
posing in front of the Chocolate Hills

Glyn and Mr. Belvedere
at the Chocolate Hills

Tim and Mr. Belvedere
at the Chocolate Hills

Lizel, Lourence, Camilo, Tim, and Mr. Belvedere
at the Chocolate Hills

Camilo, Lourence, and Lizel
it was their first visit to the Chocolate Hills

Drew and Mr. Belvedere
at the Chocolate Hills

Drew, Tim, and Glyn
at the Chocolate Hills

Lourence and Lizel
ringing the bell for good luck

Glyn
making a wish

Tim and Mr. Belvedere
making a wish

Tim and Mr. Belvedere
at the Chocolate Hills

Lourence and Camilo
at Chocolate Hills

Tim and Drew
at Chocolate Hills

Lourence, Camilo, and Lizel
at Chocolate Hills

Tim
at Chocolate Hills

Another view
of the Chocolate Hills

Lourence
giving the evil eye

Drew, Tim, Camilo, and Lourence
going back down

Lourence, Camilo, and Lizel
at the Our Lady of Lourdes shrine

Drew, Tim, Glyn, and Mr. Belvedere
at Our Lady of Lourdes shrine

Lourence and Lizel
walking down from viewing the Chocolate Hills

Mr. Belvedere, Donald, Daisy, and Tweety
at Sugbayan Peak

Lourence with Mickey and Minne
at Sugbayan Peak

Dinosaur
at Sugbayan Peak

Mr. Belvedere
almost getting eaten by dinosaur at Sugbayan Peak

Mr. Belvedere and Italian Guy
at Sugbayan Peak

Mr. Belvedere
joins the welcoming committee to at Sagbayan Peak

Mr. Belvedere
schmoozing the ladies

Mr. Belvedere
at Sagbayan Peak

Drew
at Sagbayan Peak

Mr. Belvedere
at Sagbayan Peak

Glyn getting ready to climb the fence
at Sagbayan Peak

Glyn climbing ANOTHER fence
at Sagbayan Peak

Glyn
at Sagbayan Peak

Lizel, Camilo, and Lourence
at Sagbayan Peak

Mr. Belvedere and Tim
at Sagbayan Peak

Drew
at Sagbayan Peak

Lourence
at Sagbayan Peak

Camilo, Lizel, and Lourence
at Sagbayan Peak

Drew and Tim
at Sagbayan Peak

Mr. Belvedere
posing in front of the sign at Sagbayan Peak

Mr. Belvedere
and a tarsier, which is indigenous to Bohol

Mr. Belvedere
and a tarsier

The tarsier
at Sagbayan Peak

Drew and Tim
after we arrived in Lawis

Drew and Tim
in Lawis

Tim and Drew
waiting for the bingo drawing to begin...Drew was the big winner for the first game!

Waiting for bingo to begin
Many people in the town were excited

Glyn, Tim, and Drew
hanging out in the morning

Drew, Tim, and Glyn
walking around Lawis

Pigs
These are the pigs that I bought for the fiesta and the wedding

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Drew and Tim
Walking in Lawis

Baby
of one of Glyn's relatives

Glyn's auntie and cousins
We went around to visit some family...they had this photo on their wall

Eating breakfast
getting ready for the boat ride

Tatay and Lourence
at Glyn's parents' house

Tatay and Lourence
at Glyn's parents' home

Tim and Drew
on the fishing boat

Arlyn and Jen
on the fishing boat

Jen, Liza, and Almira
on the fishing boat

Group shot
on the fishing boat

Another group shot
on the fishing boat

Liza
on the fishing boat

Arlyn, Jen, and Liza
on the fishing boat

Arlyn, Jen, and Liza with Almira and Lara Jane
on the fishing boat

Glyn with cousins and sister
on the fishing boat

Lizel
on the fishing boat

Glyn with sister and cousins
on the fishing boat

Glyn with sister and cousins
on the fishing boat

Drew, Maymay, Sadam, and Tim
on the fishing boat

Arlyn, Jen, and Liza with the umbrella
on the fishing boat

Tim
a bugs eye view of the fishing boat

Local boys
swimming around the fishing boat

Local boys
more swimming around the boat

Tatay
bringing Mr. Belvedere aboard the boat

Mr. Belvedere
aboard the boat

Arlyn and Jen
on the boat

Mr. Belvedere
on the boat

Mr. Belvedere
with San Miguel

Drew and Tim
with Josh and CJ

Arlyn, Camilo, Liza, and Jen
on the boat

Lizel
posing with a cigar and San Miguel

Drew, Josh, CJ, Sadam, and Tim
on the boat

Camilo
posing with a cigar

Camilo
enjoying the cigar

Jen
with a cigar

Glyn, Drew, and Tim
on the boat

Drew, Josh, CJ, Sadam and Tim
with Mr. Belvedere on the boat

Tim and Mr. Belvedere
enjoy a cigar and a beer on the boat

Mr. Belvedere
hanging out in the bowels

Drew
on the boat

Jen
posing with the umbrella

Tim
on the boat

Drew
getting fancy with the umbrella and fan

Another boat
enjoying the fiesta

Another boat
we wanted one of the balloons

Tim
lighting up

Josh
on the boat

Josh and Tim
on the boat

Relaxing
on the boat

Lourence
with Mommy and Daddy

Lourence
with Daddy

Target Target
the game set up outside of the Estillore house

Ice cream man!
stopped in front of the hose

Ice cream man
and his cart

Drew
showing off his "Coke Light" (which is the name of Diet Coke here)

Preparing things
at Glyn's parent's house

Tatay Estillore
Glyn's father at home

Mama Estillore
Glyn's mother prepares things

Ayan
helping out at the house

Hanging out
in front of the house

Tatay, Glyn, and Jen
at the side of the house

Tim, Drew, and Glyn
hanging out in front

Tatay, Tim, Drew, Lara Jane, and Glyn
hanging out in front

Coning, Tim, Drew, Jen, Lara Jane, and Glyn
hanging out in front

Coning, Maymay, and Jen
hanging out in front

Maymay and Jen
hanging out in front

CJ, Josh, Amor, and Lara Jane
hanging out in front

CJ and Josh
at the side of the house

CJ and Josh
at the side of the house

Josh
at the side of the house

Cousins
hanging outside

Tatay and Jen
hanging out in front

Jen
Posing in front

Glyn
Posing in front

Camilo, Coning, Tim, and Drew
hanging out in front

Jen and CJ
posing in front

Marcar, Jen, Josh, CJ, and Lara Jane
posing in front

Marcar, Jen, Josh, CJ, Lara Jane, and Glyn
posing in front

Isagani and Eric
in front of Glyn's parents' house

Tim and Drew
eating Budbud, which contains cassava...pretty tasty!

Glyn's godson's family
out front

Glyn's godson
posing out front

Tim showing off
the fan that keeps him cool

Drew and Arlyn
Arlyn is one of Glyn's cousins

Getting ready to slaughter the pig
This is the pig that I bought for the fiesta

More pig
The pig was making some horrific noises...it knew its fate.

Glyn's auntie
on the road where Glyn's parent's live

The pig meets its fate
I could not look away

Rated PG-13
Draining the blood

More horror
:)

Untying the pig
This was enlightening for a guy who grew up in suburbia.

Another one of Glyn's aunties
with her nice smile

Tim, Drew, and Coning
hanging out

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Jen
posing

Lourence, Lizel, and Jen
hanging out

View of the road
that Glyn's parents live on

Shaving the pig
pretty efficient job

More shaving the pig
now you know...

Eric and son
one of the groomsmen

Neighbors
hanging out

St. Vincent Ferrer procession
an annual event for the fiesta

St. Vincent Ferrer procession
an annual event for the fiesta

Saint Roque
another patron saint of Lawis

Our Lady of Fatima
oh, and Drew

St. Vincent Ferrer
The star of the fiesta

The band
goes by

The last of the procession
goes by

Procession comes again
it is a small barrio

More procession
Drew and Tim look on

St Vincent
the star of the procession

Drew and Tim
at the procession

The band
again

The end of procession
this time it really is the end

Glyn, Tim, and Drew
hanging out

Tim and Drew
with flowers that a woman (Remy) from the barrio brought us

Drew
with his flower

Tim and Drew
trying out the best thing to do with the flowers

Tim
shoving the flowers into his skull...it seemed like a good idea at the time

Camilo
and the pig

Camilo
and the pig

Glyn's cousin
shows off opening a beer bottle with his teeth...quite a feat

Glyn and her cousins
posing with a motorcycle

Ayan (center)
Glyn's brother and cousins and friends

Cousins
posing

Glyn with sisters and cousins
posing

Another American
The guy in the middle was the fiance of the woman on the left who is one of Glyn's cousins (second cousin, I think). He

Drew and the other American
posing with the ladies

Drew
and the ladies

Sadam and Alfred
posing

Cousins
posing

Jeffany and Maymay
posing

Maymay and Drew
posing

Drew
and the ladies

Jen and Drew
posing

Arlyn and Drew
posing

Jeffany and Drew
posing

Ayan (left)
and friends

Liza (right) and sisters
The one seated was getting ready for the dance contest

Drew and Tim
we were invited here for dinner

Liza's sister
Drew and Tim were treated to a "show"

Liza's sister
getting her outfit on

Sexy Jumbo
That is what they were calling her

Tim and Drew
eating mangos

Tim and Drew
eating mangos

Mr. Belvedere
taking a nap

Liza and Glyn's godson
posing

Glyn's cousin and her son
posing

Dance contest
part of the fiesta included a dance contest...these children led off the event

Dancer
This guy was part of the entertainment of the dance contest

Dancer
No straight man can do the splits...that is all I am saying...

Dancing
Frilly costume

Singing
It was a dance and singing contest

Sexy Jumbo
This is Liza's sister's group...the costumes were...sexy jumbo

More Sexy Jumbo
at the dance contest...

More Sexy Jumbo
at the dance contest

Another act
at the dance contest

Another act
they were very uneven...not that I know much about dancing, mind you

Glyn's cousins
We went house hopping

At Glyn's auntie's house
posing on the stairs

Tim and Drew
at Glyn's auntie's house

Drew
with Glyn's cousins and brother Sadam

Glyn's auntie and Maymay
at Glyn's auntie's house

Liza, Tim, Drew, and Dondon
at the end of the evening.

St. Paul's Academy
This is where all of Glyn's siblings went to high school...it is in Inabanga

Tim and Drew
at St. Paul's Academy

St. Paul's Academy
on the inside

Tim, Drew, and Coning
at St. Paul's Academy

Cats in the rafters
at St. Paul's Academy

Hallway
at St. Paul's Academy

Tim and Drew
at St. Paul's Academy

Table
at St. Paul's Academy

Tim, Drew, and Coning
at St. Paul's Academy

Coning, Tim, and Drew
at St. Paul's Academy

Statues
at St. Paul's Church, which is next to the school

Tim
outside of St. Paul's Church

Drew and Tim
outside of St. Paul's Church

Coning, Tim, and Drew
enjoying a Sparkle (a lemon flavored soda) in Inabanga

Drew and Coning
on the tricycle

Drew, Coning, and Tim
on the tricycle

Tim and Glyn
on the tricycle

Sign
welcoming people to the fiesta in Lawis

Tim
looking at high school yearbooks for the Estillore family

Drew
looking at high school yearbooks for the Estillore family

Having dinner
Miscellaneous people having dinner over at Glyn's parent's house

Ayan
and friends at the table

Mama
in the kitchen

Lizel, Lourence, and Glyn's auntie
in the house

Lizel and Lourence
in the house

Tatay
pouring the San Miguel

Coning talking with Tim
in front of the house

Drew
in front of the house

Camilo and friends
outside the house

Ayan
and friends

Jen and Maymay
washing dishes

Tim and Drew
eating "dirty" ice cream

Tim and Drew
eating ice cream

Trying out some fruit (ube)
It was tart!

Showing off our tongues!
From the ice cream

Drew and Lourence
in front of the house

Liza and Jen
in front of the house

Jen directing Maymay
on the side of the house

Tatay and some of his friends
beside the house

Some of the friends
posing

More posing
beside the house

Drew and Tim with the other white guy
A second cousin of Glyn brought her fiancee with her to the fiesta. Drew and I were talking to him.

Group picture
outside the house

The women and Mr. Belvedere
posing outside

Tim and the other white guy
talking about the Philippines

Mr. Belvedere and the ladies
posing outside

Glyn, Drew, and the gang (with Mr. Belvedere)
posing outside

Jeffany, Liza, Arlyn, and Mr. Belvedere
posing

Jen holding Mr. Belvedere
and the rest of the ladies posing

More with Mr. Belvedere
posing outside

Tim and Other White Guy
discussing something (Sorry I forgot his name)

Another group shot
outside

Drew
taking pictures

Group shot with Drew, Tim, and Other White Guy
and the pretty ladies!

Jen and Drew
and Mr. Belvedere

Jeffany, Liza, and Arlyn
sitting outside

Another group shot
they never get tired of it

Maymay, Jen, Liza, Jeffany, and Arlyn
posing

Jeffany and Arlyn
sitting outside

Liza, Jen, and Drew
relaxing outside

Maymay, Liza, Sadam, Jeffany, and Arlyn
posing outside

Liza, Jen, and Drew
posing

Tim and Glyn
posing out front

Tim and Glyn
relaxing outside

Tim and Glyn
kissing!

Drew and Tim
looking at picture on Drew's camera

The group
eating some late night snacks

Glyn and the group
posing

Sadam and Maymay
Bro and sis posing

Sadam and Jeffany
blackmailing Maymay??

Sadam, Maymay, Jeffany, Liza, Arlyn, and Jen
posing

Glyn, Maymay, Sadam, Mama, Jen, and Tatay
outside

Mama and Tatay
with their godson

Mama and Tatay
posing out front

Maymay, Liza, Jen, and Drew
hanging out

Glyn
with a cigarette??

Glyn
being corrupted

Jen and Drew
posing for the camera

Liza, Ariel and Arlyn
hanging out

Arlyn
cutting her cigar

Liza
posing with her cigar

Jen
enjoying beer and cigar??

San Miguel
and some people :)

Tatay
relaxing

Jeffany (left) and Ayan (right)
and a friend at Glyn's parent's table

Lourence and Lizel
inside the house

Arlyn and Jeffany
enjoying

Three ladies and two babies
posing

Tatay, Lourence, and Mama
Grandson and Grandparents

Glyn's auntie, Lizel, Tatay, Lourence, Mama
and another boy posing inside

Another shot
of them relaxing inside

Eating breakfast
with the gang

Eating breakfast
Glyn shows off the big shrimp

Drew
enjoying breakfast

Liza
posing with a baby (not hers!)

House shrine
at the Estillore's

Tatay and Liza
posing

Living room
at the Estillore's

Divider
at the Estillore's

Neighborhood children, Josh, and Liza
relaxing at the Estillore's

Cute baby
at the Estillore's

Having fun
after breakfast

Arlyn
relaxing inside

Alfred
at the Estillore's

Liza and Saddam
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Alfred, Ariel, Liza, Sadam
posing in the house

Sadam and Ariel
posing in the house

Sadam
posing in the house

Maymay
and the kids hanging out in the house

Maymay
and the kids having fun

Glyn's uncle Gabriel
out in front of the house

Maymay
showing off her nice smile

Maymay
posing

Inside the Estilore house
watching TV

Drew, Tim, and Coning
hanging out in front of the house

More Maymay
and the kids

Mama Estillore
in the dining room

Drew, Tatay, and Tim
posing in the front of the house

Drew, Mama, and Tim
posing in front of the house

Drew, Mama, Tatay, and Tim
posing in the front of the house

Mama, Drew, Glyn, Tim, and Tatay
posing in the front of the house

Mr. Belvedere
leaving Lawis

Tim and Mr. Belvedere
on the tricycle leaving Lawis

Mr. Belvedere
in the tricycle

Mr. Belvedere and Tim
in the tricycle

Glyn
in the tricycle

Glyn and Coning
in the tricycle

Drew
inside the tricycle

Drew and Liza
with Glyn in the tricycle

Our driver
of the tricycle

Tim
in the tricycle

Drew and Tim
eating fried bananas on the way back to Cebu

Tim and Drew
at Jollibee back in Cebu

Drew
and the Jollibee

Tim and Drew
riding in a Jeepney

Tim and Drew
at SM Mall

Tim and Drew
at Kultura at SM Mall

Tim and Drew
while Drew was shoe shopping

Mr. Belvedere in Hong Kong
Here he is in his 4th different country

Josh
in the taxi

Josh and Jen
say cheeeeeeeeese

Our Greeting
Glyn's siblings did this at their apartment.

Coning
sporting his new shirt and tie

Sadam, Lourence, Lizel, and Maymay
having fun

Lourence, Lizel, and Maymay
at the apartment

Josh
sporting his new pajamas

Maymay and Sadam
at the hotel

Camilo and Tim
I am showing Camilo how to tie a tie

Camilo, Josh, Lourence, and Lizel
at the apartment

Jen
showing off her new dress

Jen
wearing her new dress

Jen and Liza
Glyn's sis and cousin

Jen
at the apartment

Cebu Metropolitan Cathedral
This is where we will have our wedding ceremony.

Cebu Metropolitan Cathedral
Another view

Jen, Liza, and May May
Glyn's sisters and cousin outside Cebu Metropolitan Cathedral

Inside the cathedral
Cebu Metropolitan Cathedral

Liza, Maymay, and Jen
Outside the Cebu Metropolitan Cathedral

Maymay and Liza
Outside the Cebu Metropolitan Cathedral

Liza, Jen, and Maymay
Outside the cathedral

Jen
Outside the Cebu Metropolitan Cathedral

Jen and Glyn
Cebu Metropolitan Cathedral

Jen, Maymay, and Glyn
Three sisters...

Glyn, Liza, and Jen
Cebu Metropolitan Cathedral

Glyn, Liza, and Jen
Cebu Metropolitan Cathedral

Josh
Glyn's nephew...Waiting for the movies at Ayala mall.

Sadam and Josh
Glyn's brother and nephew

Lourence and Lizel
Glyn's nephew and sis-in-law

Lourence
at Ayala mall

Mama Estillore
at Ayala mall

Mama Estillore
at Ayala mall

Camilo and Lourence
Glyn's oldest brother and his son

Lizel and Maymay
at Ayala mall

Maymay and Sadam
at Ayala mall

Glyn with her parents
at Ayala mall

Glyn and her parents
at Ayala mall

Camilo, Jen, Lourence, and Josh
at Ayala mall

Lizel, Lourence, and Josh
at Ayala mall

The gang waiting for the movie
at Ayala mall

When does the movie start?
All ready for BFF, Best Friends Forever...

Still waiting
at Ayala mall

More games
before the movie

Having fun
at Ayala mall

Tatay and Mama Estillore
Glyn's parents after the movie

Tatay and Mama Estillore
at Ayala mall

Tatay, Mama, and Josh
at Ayala mall

Jen and Maymay
in the taxi on their way to dinner

Jen and Maymay
in the taxi

Maymay, Jen, Lourence, and Lizel
at the restaurant

Josh
at the restaurant

Josh, Mama, and Tatay
at the restaurant

At the restaurant
After the movie, everyone went to this all you can eat buffet. I met up with everyone here.

Jen, Josh, Mama, and Tatay
at the restaurant

Sadam and Jen
at the restaurant

Glyn's brothers
Ayan, Camilo, Sadam, and Coning

Lourence and Lizel
at the restaurant

Mama Estillore
at the restaurant

Tatay and Maymay
at the restaurant

Enjoying the food
Yummy!

Sadam and Maymay
at the restaurant

Me and Glyn
and the watermelon

Tatay
enjoying watermelon

Maymay and Mama
enjoying the watermelon

Coning
Enjoying a salad

Mama
at the restaurant

Coning, Tatay, Jen, Ayan, and Maymay
at the restaurant

Coning, Sadam, Tatay, Ayan, and Maymay
at the restaurant

Maymay, Me, and Glyn
at the restaurant

Tim, Jen, and Glyn
at the restaurant

Coning
enjoying yet another salad

The gang
Sadam, Tatay, Ayan, Mama, Jen, Maymay, and Lizel

More of the gang
Glyn, Coning, Tatay, Ayan, Sadam, Mama, Lizel, Jen, and Maymay

Sadam
at the restaurant

Ayan
at the restaurant

Lourence
at the restaurant

Tim at Ayala
enjoying the new Terraces

Dodo and Tim
Here I am getting a haircut by a local barber

Tim
enjoying the new outdoor seating at the Terraces at Ayala

Tim
enjoying a beer and some food

Food
at Gilligans at Ayala

Tim and Timothy
Pretty cool to get into Timothy Taxi

Tim on the balcony
I am enjoying a nice cigar outside of our hotel room.

A view of the Waterfront hotel
from our balcony

Celeb at the mall
Glyn saw this Filipino celeb at the mall, Marian Rivera.

Pretty Women
Maymay, Lizel, Liza, Lydia, and Jen at Jollibee

Maymay
cutting up a mango at our hotel room.

Jen
at our hotel room

Jen
at the dining table in our hotel room

Maymay
posing in our hotel room

Maymay
posing away

Josh
relaxing on the couch at our hotel room

Josh
playing with Glyn's phone

Josh
sporting an Orioles hat

Josh
Looking funny in the Orioles floppy hat

Maymay
at the hotel

Josh and Jen
sporting the Orioles hats

Josh and Jen
looking cool

Jen
ready for bed

Maymay and Josh
play with the laptop

Josh
having fun with the laptop

Maymay
getting sleepy

Josh and Jen
posing

Jen
ready for bed

Maymay
wants to give you a hug

Jen
at the hotel

Maymay
it's curtains for you!

Maymay
supermodel

Jen
and the lamp

Josh and Jen
No More!

Josh and Maymay
at the hotel

Maymay washing dishes
at the hotel

Jen, Josh, and Tim
I am working...

Maymay and Josh
at the hotel

La Maison
This is in Ayala Mall. Glyn and I enjoy the ribs here very much.

At the dentist
There was a dentist office at the hotel building where I stayed. I got a lot of dental work done for a fraction of US.

Not really in pain
I was surprised that I was not in more pain, especially since the dentist did not use anaesthesia.

Doding's
Glyn's apartment is owned by the same person as this store. This is where mail that I sent comes to.

Tempura stand
These stands are all throughout the city. Glyn and I enjoy these because you can dip it into hot sauce.

Making tempura
This is the guy who was making the tempura.

Jazz Band
Glyn and I went to this nearby jazz and blues bar and restaurant that was called Jazz'n Bluz

Tim at Jazz'n Bluz


Jazz'n Bluz sign


Birthday Party
We had an early birthday party for me at Majestic with Glyn's family.

Group shot
Back: Camilo, Lourence, and Glyn Front: Jen, Lizel, Liza, Mama

Ayan and Coning


Cake from the Estillores


Presents for my birthday


Enjoying San Miguel


Sadam with CJ and Josh
His cousin and nephew

Glyn enjoying the party


View of the room
We had our own private room

Glyn with her cousin's son


Birthday Food
It was served on Lazy Susans

Children and Glyn's auntie


Another view of table
We had two tables in the room

Eating
Glyn, Tim, Glyn's auntie, Coning, and Tatay

Glyn, Tim, and Glyn's auntie


Anticipating the cake
The boys at the party wait for the cake to be served.

Jen
Glyn's sister shows off her nice dress.

Lizel, Glyn, Liza, and Jen


Tim with the ladies


Tim with Glyn's cousin & family


Group shot
Lourence, Camilo, Tatay, Tim, Mama, and Sadam

Tim with Mama and her sisters


Group shot
Lourence, Camilo, Tatay, Josh, Tim, and Coning

Lara Jane and Tim


Tim shows a birthday card


Filipino-English dictionary
Glyn's family got this for me. I think they want to speak Visayan to me more.

Nice frame
Glyn's family gave me this nice frame too.

Opening presents
Some of the gifts were really wrapped well. I got the children to help me.

Photo mug
Glyn got me this nice photo mug.

Tim and shirt
Glyn gave me a nice shirt

Sharing donuts
I got some donuts from Glyn's cousin and family and shared them with the children

Looking at the mug


All birthday cards and presents


Jen, Sadam, Lizel, and Mama


Leaving Ayala Mall


Tim and Estillore brothers
They were waiting with me for the taxi

Trying on the shirt
Back at the condo, I tried on the shirt that Glyn gave me

Sheets
Glyn gave me this set of sheets for my bed

Tim and Glyn at the airport


Tim and Glyn at the airport
I did not want to leave

Lizel and Lourence
On the ferry to Bohol

Glyn and Lourence
On the ferry to Bohol

Camilo and Lourence
On the ferry to Bohol

Lourence


Mommy and Baby


Lourence and his shades


Camilo, Lizel, and Lourence
At the port in Bohol

Caltex station
On the way to Inabanga

Tim, Lourence, Lizel, and Glyn
On the Tricycle to Inabanga. (Camilo was there too, but not in the picture.)

Stopping for food
We ate at this diner in Inabanga

Our food
At the diner in Inabanga

Camilo, Lourence, and Lizel


Glyn and Lourence


Tim eating at the diner


Group gathers at Lawis
This is at Glyn's parent's house. The kids were watching a DVD and I handed out some candy canes to everyone.

More of the group


May May, Glyn, and Sadam
Glyn and her 2 siblings

Lara Jane, Maricar, and Almira
These 3 girls hung around a lot while I was there. Very cute.

May May, Sadam, and Ariel
Glyn's sister, brother, and cousin

Neighbor kids
A lot of these kids are relatives of Glyn

More of the kids
They really loved getting their picture taken

Lara Jane, Liza, Glyn, and Jen


Ayan playing basketball
Glyn's brother...There was a tournament while we were there. Ayan is a good player and he is tall.

Camilo watches the game
Glyn's oldest brother

Sadam, May May, Glyn's father
all with Lourence

May May, Lourence, and Jen


Glyn's mother (Mama) and Jen


Jen, Sadam, Mama, and Tatay


Sadam, May May, Jen, and Lizel


Sadam, May May, Jen, and Ariel


May May, Tim, and Jen


Tim and Tatay


Sadam, May May, and Lourence


Tim and Lourence


Sadam and Jen


Ariel and Glyn's grandmother
At her grandmother's place

Glyn and Lourence


Glyn and her grandmother


Camilo
Refereeing at the finals of the basketball tournament

Tim outside with some kids
That is Glyn's nephew Josh on the right

Lizel and Camilo bathe Lourence


Coning sings with Lourence
Karaoke

More photo taking


Tim opening a bottle of wine


Jen and May May


Group photo
Tatay, Josh, Jen, May May, Sadam, and Ariel

May May and Ariel


May May
Helping to make salad for Media Noche

Jen, Glyn, Ariel, and Sadam


Glyn with her sisters and Camilo


Tatay and Mama


Coning, Mama, May May, and Glyn


Having fun with Tatay


Tim and Glyn


Mama finishes getting ready
for Media Noche

May May and Lourence


At the disco
for New Years

More at the disco


Glyn with siblings and cousin
At the disco

More at the disco


Coning and Sadam
Just before midnight

Tim and Glyn
Relaxing at the disco

St Vincent Chapel
We went inside and prayed at midnight

Outside St Vincent Chapel


Lourence and Lizel
Celebrating the New Year

Food for Media Noche
Traditionally eaten after midnight on New Years Day

Tim filling up water
For use in the bathroom

Family enjoys food
For Media Noche

Lizel, Lourence, Liza, and Jen


Jen and Lourence


May May eating
Surrounded by family

Tatay with grandsons


Tim eating
and instructing on opening a bottle of wine

Tim, Tatay, and Josh


Tatay and Josh


Cock fight
The next morning I got to see an actual cock fight

More of the cock fight
No chickens were killed

Tuba wine
I sat outside while some of the guys drank this wine from coconut (buko)

Some of the guys I hung out with
On new years day

More of the guys


Glyn's aunt, uncle, and cousin


Uncle and Lourence


Uncle and Lourence again


Trees and plants
Outside Glyn's parent's house

Enjoying tuba


Enjoying the day


Ariel and Sadam enjoying tuba
with May May

Liza, May May, and Jen
Helping to prepare dinner

Tim hanging out


Tim talks
I think they are actually listening to me

Sadam and May May


Ariel and May May


Another white guy
This Canadian was the first white guy I have seen in Lawis (besides me)

Glyn's auntie, godmother...
and Jen's godmother

Engagement dinner
Many were gathered at Glyn's parents' house

Food for engagement dinner
and the first course of people

Glyn and I at the dinner


Enjoying the meal


Enjoying the meal outside
There were too many people to eat inside, so some people ate outside

Eating the food
Filipinos are not shy about eating with their hands

More eating outside


Even more


Next round
Another group sits at the table for dinner

Glyn and the other ladies


Tatay and gang


Round three
More people sit down and enjoy the dinner

Round four?
I lost count

Kids enjoying the food


Mama and The helpers
They all prepared such a nice meal

Even another round


Mama and Lourence


Tatay and Josh


San Miguel
The National Beer

The grandchildren sleep


Tim relaxes after dinner


What a great time!


Glyn and her uncle


Liza and the girls


Jen and Tatay


Jen, Tatay, Glyn, and Mama


Estillores


Tim and Glyn


Jen and her uncle


Tatay, Glyn's uncle, and Tim
Toasting

Ariel worn out


Lizel and Liza


Mama falling asleep


Lourence


Lourence and Camilo


Ayan and Jen


Tatay, Mama, Tim, and Glyn


Tim plays with Lourence


Mama and Lourence


Glyn's auntie and uncle


Another auntie and uncle


The whole Estillore family


Estillores with Tim too


Mama with her sister


Tatay with his brother


Leaving the house
Heading back to Cebu

Our well wishers


Glyn and Lizel on the Jeepney
Back to the port

Tim and Camilo


Tim


Sadam on Jeepney


Tim and Glyn on Jeepney


At the port
It was a rainy day

More at the port


Sadam gets off the ferry
In Cebu

Decorations in Manila
At the Manila airport

Virgin Mary statue
Also in the Manila airport

Celebrating Noche Buena
After Christmas Eve Mass, we headed over to Glyn's apartment and celebrated Noche Buena

Sadam
Glyn's brother

Lizel, Jen, and Josh
Glyn's sis-in-law, sis, and nephew

Tim, Glyn, and Jen


Sadam, Camilo, and Lourence
Glyn's brothers and nephew

Lourence


Tim, Glyn, and Jen


Jen


Family gathering


Camilo, Lizel, Jen, and Lourence


Lourence


Lourence and Josh


Tim opens a present
New sheets!

Jen


Tim and Santo Nino
I now have my very own

New shoes!


Lizel, Coning, and Lourence


Sadam


Champagne bottles
From all of the celebrating that Glyn and I have done

Coning and Lizel


Jen
With pistachios that I brought from the USA

Sadam
With M&Ms from the USA

Josh


Josh and his gifts


Camilo, Jen, and Tim
At the condo I am staying in

Camilo and Tim smoking
We are trying out some Nat Sherman cigarrettes that I brought from the USA on the balcony at the condo

View of the condo


All I want for Christmas
I actually got new front teeth for Christmas...It cost me only $40 to get them fixed

Tim, Coning, and Sales Guy
Shopping for a TV

Tim, Jen, and Lourence


Tim and Lourence


Tim and Lourence again


Lourence


Tim and Lourence
He is such a cutie

Tim singing Karaoke
Here I am enjoying the Philippines National Pastime

View of Karaoke


Glyn singing


They love Air Supply
They are very popular in the Philippines

Josh


Glyn and Josh


Camilo, Lizel, and Lourence
Lizel sings very good!

Waterfront Hotel
View from my condo. It is all decorated for Christmas

Getting a haircut
I returned to the place I got my haircut last time

Tim and Roelle
He is a great guy

Santo Nino Basilica
This is where we went to Mass on Saturday night

Crucifix at Santo Nino


Decorations at Santo Nino


Welcome
Near Fuente Osmena

Getting a manicure and pedicure
Because it cost less than $1 US each, Glyn and I got manicures and pedicures

Area around our hotel


More outside our room


Glyn posing
This is after breakfast on Saturday

More Glyn posing


Tim posing too


In the Taxi
On our way to Disneyland

Glyn enjoys the taxi ride


Almost to Disneyland


Walking to the entrance


Main entrance


Glyn posing at Water fountain
This is just inside the main entrance

Christmas tree at Disneyland


Entering Tomorrowland
Glyn poses

Tim entering Tomorrowland


Glyn with Buzz Lightyear


Tim poses with Buzz Lightyear


Tim and Glyn with Buzz
Our first character picture

Getting ready to ride Autopia


Glyn getting in the drivers seat


The "futuristic" car


The Autopia track


Space Mountain
This was the first ride we rode actually. Glyn's first roller coaster...she loved it!

Tim at the entrance


Entering Adventureland
Oh boy!

Jungle Cruise
We just had to ride this Disney classic

Our Jungle Cruise tour guide


Elephant on the river


Fish spraying
We got wet a few times

Gorillas taking over


Real or not?


Hippo
I think this one got us wet too

Natives escaping
No...not Chinese

Lava flow
We could actually feel the heat from the flames

Playing instruments
After the Jungle River Cruise, we listened to some jungle music

End of Christmas parade
We caught just the tailend of the Christmas parade. We were able to see it later though.

Festival of the Lion King
Waiting for this show to start

Telling the story
They told the story of the Lion King through song and dance.

Dancing


Elephant comes in


Simba!


Lion King
This person portrayed Simba during the song and dance

Pumpaa


Simba again


Glyn with Cinderella


Tim and Glyn with Cinderella


Glyn with Snow White


Tim and Glyn with Snow White


The Golden Mickeys
We went to this "awards" show that had a bunch of singing and dancing to Disney songs

Characters dancing


It's Mickey and Minnie


Lovable Goofy


Mickey, Minnie, and Gang
With the host/reporter

Woody from Toy Story


More cowboy dancing


Mickey joins the dancing


Dancing to Under the Sea
From the Little Mermaid

More Under the Sea


Bubbles coming down


Lilo and Stitch join in too


Grand Finale


Let it Snow Parade


Glyn enjoying the parade


A couple of drawfs
Little people?

Princesses float


Dancing in the parade
The dancing was really good

Starfish in the parade


Santa?


Glyn riding the Disneyland train


Tim riding the Disneyland train


Sleeping Beauty's Castle


Glyn at Sleeping Beauty's Castle


Waiting for lighting of Castle
At 6:30 they had a fantastic lighting ceremony of Sleeping Beauty's Castle

Lights at the Castle


End of Light Show
Mickey hosted this one too

Glyn showing off the lights
Glyn shows off the new lights at Sleeping Beauty's Castle

Winnie the Pooh
After the lighting ceremony, we enjoyed the Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh

Glyn at Pooh ride
The ride takes you through a Winnie the Pooh story

Tigger!


Tigger pounces Pooh


A picture of a picture
We took a picture of the picture of us riding the Pooh ride

Now Engaged
This is us just after I popped the question at Sleeping Beauty's Castle. Glyn was surprised.

Snow?
They simulated snowfall on Main Street USA. It gave it a good "Christmasy" feel

Christmas tree at night


Tim & Glyn with Mickey & Minnie


View from Main Street USA


More snow falling


Wearing our ears


Waiting for the fireworks
At 9:00, they have a big fireworks show at the castle

Castle before the fireworks


Fireworks
They were great

More fireworks


End of fireworks show


Crowd after the fireworks


Corner Cafe
This is the place on Main Street USA where we had lunch

Glyn at the entrance


Tim at the Entrance


Leaving the park
What a great time!

Tim buying ticket for train
I had to buy a ticket for the subway back to the hotel

View of the subway train


Glyn on the train


Tim on Sunday at the hotel
We were waiting to go to downtown Kowloon

Glyn at the hotel lobby


Rosary Church
This is where we went to Mass. It was in English, but most people were not white there. We saw some Filipinos there.

One of the malls in downtown


Glyn posing in front of the mall


The Peninsula Hotel
We went here to have High Tea

Rolls Royce
One of the many that the hotel has for guest use.

Inside the Peninsula Hotel


Sign in the lobby


Our food for tea
We had scones, finger sandwiches, and desserts.

Glyn enjoying the tea


Tim pouring more tea


Christmas balls
They gave us Christmas ball to hang on the Tree of Hope at the hotel

Glyn having fun


Tim enjoys egg nog
When I saw that they had egg nog on the menu, I just had to get some

Tree upstairs
Here is the tree that they had decorated upstairs

Glyn poses with display


Tim at the display


Music filling the lobby
These guys played a lot of Christmas music

Glyn in front of the lobby tree


Tim in front of the tree


Tim and Glyn at the tree


Tim and Glyn again at the tree


Visiting Hard Rock Cafe
After the High Tea, we went casual at the Hard Rock Cafe

Hard Rock Cafe Hong Kong
My umpteenth visit to a Hard Rock Cafe. It was Glyn's first time.

Glyn with Christina
This is Glyn's grandmother's sister's daughter. She works in Hong Kong.

Tim, Glyn, and Christina at HRC


Glyn and Christina at dinner
We found this great Chinese restaurant. We had to wait an hour, but it was worth it.

Tim enjoying a beer at dinner


Our food at dinner
Everything was great! From the crispy duck, the shrimp, fried chicken, and spicy and sour soup.

Sign outside the restaurant
This is where we ate.

7-11
Walking through the train station going back to the hotel, I saw a familiar sight

Taking the bus back
We took at mini bus back to the hotel from the train station

Wrong side of the road
You can see that they drive on the wrong side of the road in HK.

Hotel lobby
This is before we left on Monday.

Tim at the concierge
I was arranging a ride on the shuttle bus to the airport

Tim and Glyn on the shuttle bus
Going to the airport

View of plane in the airport


Glyn posing at the airport


Tim at airport food court
We had Popeye's chicken for breakfast. Spicy!

On the plane back to the PI

Glyn at the beach
We went back to Tingko beach in Alcoy before I left.

Glyn in the pool at Bodo's
She was freezing. :)

Glyn and I in the pool
A risky venture having a digital camera in the pool.

Glyn waiting for the tricycle
We were heading back to Tingko Beach

Me waiting for the tricycle
It is only 20 pesos for the both of us to get there.

Tingko Beach
The weather was great.

Me with a friend
This little boy was at the beach and befriended us. He was MUCH darker than me.

Tossing the boy in
Here I am tossing the boy in the water. He was a good sport.

Another parade
While at Bodo's there was yet another parade honoring Santo Nino.

Me at Bodo's having lunch


Hermes Uvy
We stopped back by this place in Carcar to get more banana chips and chicharon (pork rinds)

Another parade
Heading back to Cebu from Carcar, we encountered yet another parade honoring Santo Nino.

Another view of the parade


Me at Cebu Doctors Hospital
This is when I went in for kidney stones.

My room at Cebu Doctors Hospital
I had a private room.

Me and Glyn at the hospital.
Looking my best! hehehehe

Glyn and Coning at Badgers
Watching the Super Bowl on the big screen.

The crowd at Badgers


Me and Coning at Badgers
He wanted to come after hearing how big the Super Bowl was in the US.

Glyn at Badgers
She was a good sport and seemed to enjoy herself.

Me and Glyn at the Super Bowl.


Reservations
I am glad we did because the place was packed.

Badgers
The sign outside

Food Court eatery at SM
We stopped by this eatery at the SM Mall Food Court. The menu items had corny (but funny) names.

Me at Marco Polo Hotel
We decided to enjoy their elaborate buffet for lunch.

Glyn at Marco Polo Hotel
She thought the buffet was great. She was soooo full.

Glyn outside Marco Polo Hotel


Me outside Marco Polo Hotel


Getting a haircut one last time
This was my third trip to this barber shop, but the first time I remembered to bring my camera.

All cut off
Getting a scalp massage as part of the haircut.

Me and Roel
Everytime I walked by this babershop, he would call out: "Hello, my friend!" I loved it.

Glyn getting manicure
We went to this spa to get a manicure, pedicure, and foot scrub.

Glyn getting pedicure
The whole package was 275 pesos a person...just over $5 US.

Casa Gorordo
We went to this house that is mostly a museum now showing period from the late 1800s/early 1900s.

Glyn and I at Casa Gorordo
We could not take pictures inside but they let us take this picture on the porch.

Me and our tour guide
He enjoyed talking with me. He was trying to brush up on his English speaking skills.

Wishing well
This is outside of Casa Gorordo. Glyn wished for something. I wonder what? :)

Steps at Casa Gorordo


Glyn's mom, aunt, and Lizel
Playing cards

Coning and Ayan
Coning is having fun. Ayan, who is in college, was trying to get some sleep.

Glyn and Camilo
Clowning around.

Red Horse
Camillo, me, and Coning enjoy one last round of Red Horse beer.

Guadalupe Cave
On the day I left, we visited Guadalupe Cave.

Chapel at Guadalupe Cave
The water in the cave is said to have healing powers.

The Cave Story


Glyn and I at the cave


Jen at Guadalupe Cave


Chapel outside the cave


Glyn and I at the airport
Trying our best to put on smiles

My plane in Hong Kong


Stuck in NY
None of the planes were taking off yet

Back home
This is what I returned to!

Tribal competition
At Ayala, a local mall here, they had a "tribal" competition between different groups in Cebu.

From Alcoy
When we got there, there was already a big crowd so we could not get close to the stage. I could not use a flash.

Alcoy
This is the third time that we have seen this group. We saw them at the start of Sinulog too.

Having a good time
These kids looked like they were having a good time.

Santo Nino
These were traditional Sinulog dances with the appearance of Santo Nino.

Beautiful costumes


From Cebu City
This group was competing from Cebu City.

More from Cebu City


Santo Nino


More Santo Nino


Still dancing


All Hail Santo Nino


All group join in


End of Tribal Competition


Fireworks
After the Tribal competition was over, there was a nice fireworks show

At the Basilica
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Decorated and ready
Everyone was anticipating the arrival of Santo Nino

Lined up and waiting
People were all set for the beginning of Mass

Altar boys come in


Image of Jesus


Image of Mary


Image of Santo Nino


Waving to Santo Nino
As the image comes in

Planting of the Cross
A re-enactment of the first planting of a cross in the Philippines by Ferdinand Magellan

Costumes
It definitely was a different type of Mass with the different costumes.

Women's offering


Baptism reenactment
During Mass, they reenacted the baptism of Queen Juana and Rajah Humabon.

Sprinkling of holy water


Waving to Santo Nino
Here is the congregation waving during a song honoring Santo Nino.

"Natives" bearing gifts


Women's costumes


Dancing with Santo Nino
After Mass, there was some Sinulog dancing.

Children dancing with Santo Nino


Dancing with umbrellas


More dancing with Santo Nino


Coordinated umbrellas


Streets decorated
Near the basilica

Ready for the parade
One of the displays on the parade route for the next day

Glyn and Ronald
She reluctantly posed with Ronald McDonald on the way back to the hotel.

At Fuente Osmena
One of the street party bands that performed during the entire Sinulog Festival

Parachute jumpers
A grand start to the parade.

Jumpers landed
Not all hit their spot, but they all landed safely.

Colorful costumes


Dancing with Santo Nino


Dancing puppets
These were part of the parade too

Native costumes


Santo Nino!


Float
Even the floats depict holding the Santo Nino image.

More Santo Nino


Dancing with Santo Nino


Elaborate stage show
We were fortunate to watch the parade this way because we got to see the elaborate stage shows.

More puppets


Ambassador of Beauty
This woman is a spokeswoman for beauty products. Here she is with Santo Nino.

Santo Nino again


Decorative flowers


It is all about Santo Nino
This group shows what it is all about!

The band
Each group had its own band that played the traditional Sinulog music...full of horns and drums.

Santo Nino helps the military
In this dance, they show how Santo Nino gave strength to the military.

Representing waves


More dancing with Santo Nino


Queen Juana
This puppet depicts Queen Juana dancing with Santo Nino.

Santo Nino in the boat


All hail Santo Nino


Santo Nino with flowers


Group from Alcoy
I think we saw this group from Alcoy 4 times during the festival.

More from the Alcoy group


Santo Nino!


Dancing with Santo Nino


More Santo Nino


Keeping order
These are student cadets that kept order as each group went through.

Singing
In the middle of the parade, they had a "Best of Cebu" showcase. Here is one of the singers.

Another singer


Singing with dancers


Dancers
These dancers won a dance competition.

More singing with dancing


Singing
They really had some talented singers

Model
Here is one of the top Cebu models

Second model


Miss Cebu finalists


More dancing


More dancing


Singing with dancers


Doing 50s style dancing


More 50s style dancing


Jumping
I was proud of myself that I got all the dancers off the ground in this picture. :)

Tradtional Filipino dancing
They dance with bamboo sticks

Grand Finale of Best of Cebu
Here is everyone involved in the show.

Back to the parade
This represented a child dying

All hail Santo Nino!


Very synchronized dancing


Chasing a pig
I think they had a pig because it is the Year of the Pig

Another float
The floats came close to the stands.

More Santo Nino


Another float


Glyn and I in the stands


Another puppet


Yet another puppet


Back to Santo Nino!


Another float


Santo Nino again


Hats doing the wave
The kids in front did a "wave" with their hats.

Transformer puppet


More dancing


Everyone was killed
Will Santo Nino save them?

Santo Nino does it again!


Great costumes


Guess who?


Some sponsorship
Yes, Mazda does have a presence in the Philippines...They sponsored one of the groups in the parade.

More dancing with Santo Nino


All hail Santo Nino!


More Santo Nino


Another puppet
This is Queen Juana again

Another float


Great costumes


More Santo Nino


The Sinulog queen and her court


Band playing on the float


Dancing with Santo Nino


Loved these costumes too


Great coordination
This group had great coordination in their dancing.

Santo Nino!


Another puppet


Battle scene
You can see the sun starting to go down in this picture.

Soldiers dancing


The pig!
Commemorating the Chinese Year of the Pig

Honoring Filipinos
This group honored many famous Filipinos, many of who helped them get their independence

The Hulk?
Another puppet

More beauty queens


The crowd looks on


More Santo Nino
This was one of my favorite groups from the week before

More dancing
I think I liked their costumes and coordinated dancing

Float sponsored by JAG Jeans


Nun
This nun caught my eye, mostly because she was white :)

Dancing with Santo Nino


Santo Nino appears!


Santo Nino and colorful costumes


Santo Nino and fans


Santo Nino again


More dancing with Santo Nino
As the sun goes down

The whole group


Santo Nino!


More waving


Very colorful costumes


Santo Nino gets colorful!


More Santo Nino


Simulating flying


Early 20th century costumes


It's Santo Nino!


Stars from GMA TV network
These are from one of the Filipino TV stations...the woman in the middle plays Bakekang, the most popular show now

More Santo Nino


More great costumes


Another float


Santo Nino again


More dancing with Santo Nino


More dancing puppets


The lights get turned on
Getting harder to take pictures too :)

Santo Nino and great costumes


These costumes were great


More waving


Another puppet


Great set design and costumes


More flowers


I loved this sign


Santo Nino one more time!


Light show
They had a light show before the fireworks

Last of the Santo Ninos!


Ending with fireworks
See the angel floating in the air?

Dancing clown
Filled with air these things kept dancing and dancing

Glyn watches the show


Sign on stage


The whole stage


First group appears


Making their way around track


Braving the rain


Clouds moving in


Groups start to gather


More coming in


Some have big decorations


Patiently waiting


Mopping off the stage


Girls wait their turn
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Bringing in the raven??
I am not sure what kind of bird this is supposed to be.

Program begins


Stage was really slippery
One girl fell down

Philippine National Anthem


Peforming on the track
Because the stage was so wet, they had the performances on the track instead.

Band played on stage
Instead of the dancers, the band was on the stage instead

Pouring rain
These kids did great even though it was raining hard.

Santo Nino
He is a part of every dance

Band played on
Each group had their own band

Smiling in the rain


Pit Senor


Rain rain rain
My camera's batteries ran out so these next few are from Glyn's camera

Philippine Pageant
This one group did their dance as if they were doing a Miss Cebu Pageant.

Military theme
These dancers had a WWII theme.

Lined up
Looks pretty real, huh? :)

American soldiers
It was the Americans who brought with them Santo Nino to defeat the Japanese.

Dancing away
With everything OK, the soldiers danced away!

Another group dances


More dancers
This is where Glyn's camera runs out of batteries too!

Enjoying green mango shake
After the competition we stopped by the food court at Robinson's mall to eat. Here is Glyn enjoying a mango shake.

General Maxilion Ave decorated
A lot of the main streets are decorated for Sinulog.

Cebu City Sports Center
We arrive for Day 2 of the competition.

Groups getting ready
The weather was so much better!

First group begins


Santo Nino appears


Another group dances


More dancing


Crowning Santo Nino


Next group


More dancing


Santo Nino


Groups waiting
It was a much easier wait on this sunny day.

Fish "swimming" through


Dancing with baskets


All together


Pretty flowers


Santo Nino


Senor Santo Nino


Close up
This group was just finishing their dance.

Next group


Waiting for Santo Nino


Santo Nino appears


Sign
Not sure what this says in English

Next group


Santo Nino


Military theme
This group had a military theme too.

Dancing


More dancing


Next group


More dancing


Santo Nino


Ice candy
This was one of the many items sold by vendors in the stands. It is a popsicle in the US, with no stick.

Santo Nino


Next group starts


Great costumes
I really loved these costumes!

More dancing


Dancing with fans


More dancing with fans


Next group starts


Dancing with flowers


Santo Nino


Groups waiting


Groups in the field
After groups were finished they just hung out in the field.

Santo Nino


Next group


Santo Nino


More Santo Nino


More dancing


Still dancing


Next group


Sinulog
As if we needed a reminder! :)

Santo Nino


Holding Santo Nino signs


Shot of the crowd
It was a full house...30 pesos a head!

Next group
Waits for Santo Nino

More dancing


Dancing away


Santo Nino


Next group


Losing a hat
Occasionally a dancer would lose something, but they would just dance on.

Dancing with stick people


Confetti!


Santo Nino


Dancing with hats
This group looked great with their hats.

Next group


Surfs up?


Dancing


More dancing


Guess who?


Colorful dancing


More dancing


Group waiting
As we were leaving, this group waits to find out if they won.

Decorated street
On the way back, we walked down one of the decorated main streets.

Sinulog tree?
This was used as the Christmas tree and it still up for the Sinulog Festival at Fuente Osmena.

Welcome to Cebu!
Start drinking!

Green mango
A vendor prepare a green mango. Glyn loves these!

One Beat. One Dance. One Vision
These signs are all along the streets throughout Cebu.

Redemptorist Church
This the the church where we attended Mass on Sunday. It is within walking distance to the hotel.

Altar at St. Nino Basilica
The altar is ready for the solemn Mass that begins the Sinulog Festival

Dancers get ready for Mass
The dancers attend Mass, then afterwards perform.

Outside Mass
Streamers and other decorations are set up for

Viva Pit Senor
This is what Cebuanos chant during the festival to honor Santo Nino

Dancers form at outside Church


Many gather for Mass
The umbrellas are for the sun, not rain

Mass begins


Receiving the gifts


Honoring Santo Nino
They sang a song in Cebuano and waved their hands to honor Santo Nino

Dancers get ready


Lining up


More dancers getting ready


Different costumes
I really enjoyed looking at the different costumes

The makeup
The makeup on these dancers was amazing

Coming out of the basilica
As dancers came out of Mass, they joined in the parade route

Sign
Each group had sign that indicated where they were from

More dancers lining up


Dancers still lining up
More dancers come out of the Basilica

Various costumes


Dancers posing
These 3 dancers posed for a picture

Many people lined the streets


Another sign


Very elaborate costumes


Dancing the Sinulog
Here are two dancers dancing the Sinulog with the image of Santo Nino

Dancing with baskets


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Another group dances


From Alcoy
This group is from the place where I celebrated my birthday

More of group from Alcoy


Waving and dancing


Dancing with baskets and nets
Nets were filled with fruit

More of the baskets


Another group


Hoisting up a dancer


Very eloborate dancing


Dancing with Santo Nino


Beautiful costumes


Closeup of costume


More dancing


Another group


More dancing with Santo Nino
Another group leads the dancing with the image of Santo Nino

Dancing with candles


More dancing


End of parade
This was the last group of the parade

Glyn at the Tinder Box
Here is Glyn at the Champagne Bar that is located at the Tinder Box

Enjoying a cigar at Tinder Box
We decided to start celebrating my birthday a couple of days early

Don Juan Urquijo 1993 Vintage
Since I am in the Philippines, I am enjoying the Filipino cigars.

View of Champagne Bar
As you can see, there is interesting decor at the bar, which is upstairs from the Tinder Box itself

Enjoying wine
After dinner, we enjoyed a nice bottle of Australian wine.

Downstair at Tinder Box
There is a formal dining area of the Tinder Box and they have this artwork on the wall.

Glyn at Tingko Beach
Even though the weather did not cooperate, we had fun

Another shot of Glyn at beach


Glyn at beach
It had been a while since Glyn had been at the beach too

Cottage
Here is the cottage that we rented for the day to keep us out of the sun and rain. Simple, but effective.

View of Tingko Beach


Glyn swimming
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Me running from the water
Glyn gets this picture of me running from the water

Me and Glyn at the beach
We used the self timer on the camera to take this picture.

Fishing in the water
Some guys were fishing while we were there. They do not use poles, just nets.

Two boats
Here are the two boats we saw fishing nearby. I did not see any fish around me when I was in the water.

In the water in the rain
Of course there are less pictures of me at the beach than Glyn. Glyn is better to look at than me.

Before leaving
Here I am getting ready to leave the beach. It is raining at this point.

Glyn getting ready to leave


Glyn at Bodo's Bamboo Bar
Here is Glyn celebrating with me during my birthday dinner.

Me at Bodo's
Of course, I had to have the same pose. Again, isn't Glyn more fun to look at??

Bodo's
Here is some of the rooms they have at the resort.

Pool
Here is the pool at the resort. It was right next to our room. Unfortunately, we never got a chance to go in.

Bodo's Bamboo Bar
Here is the bar and restaurant at the resort.

A view of the water from Bodo's


Another view from Bodo's


A view of the highway from Bodo'


Glyn at lunch before we left


Me at lunch
I could not keep my eyes open.

Another shot of Glyn at lunch


Glyn on balcony from room
Right before we left

Me at the balcony
Hey, I have my eyes open!

Picture of sign


Picture of sign by highway


Riding on the bus
Here is our view from the bus on the way back. We sat in the back row.

Hermes
This is the place where we bought some awesome banana chips and chicharrones (pork rinds) in Carcar.

Leaving Carcar
From Carcar, we took a minibus. Here we are leaving Carcar

Jen
Glyn's sister

Crowd waits for program
Before the Couples for Christ program on New Years Eve

Camilo and Lizel
Glyn's brother and his fiancee

Will and Lita
Relatives of Glyn who are married...Don't worry...distant relatives :)

People get ready for the program


Jen, Ava, and Lisa
Glyn's sister and two cousins

Jen, Ava, Lisa, Maymay
Glyn's sisters and cousins

Group shot
Jen, Joseph, Ava, Louiella, Lizel, Maymay, Saddam, and Lisa

Glyn's mom and others
Getting ready for their dance program

Glyn smiling
She has a great smile

Men and women practicing


One of the groups dancing
This is one of groups in the contest

Closeup of two dancers


Another shot
They were dancing to Feliz Navidad

Glyn's parents dancing
They were really good

Glyn's mom
She is woman in the front

More dancing
Other couples in Glyn's parents' group

Another group dances
Here is another group dancing

Group shot
Here are all of the dancers in Glyn's parents' group

Glyn's parents
They all got dressed up for the dancing

Another couple
I ended up being the official photographer for the event

Another couple
I am including some the photos I took because I think all of the couples looked great together

Another couple


Another couple


Another group
This is another group from Lawis (the town where Glyn's parents live)

Glyn's great uncle and wife


Another couple


Another couple


Another couple


Another couple


Another couple


Glyn with others from town
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Saddam
Glyn's brother loves to be in the pictures

Yet another group


Glyn and Lizel


One more couple posing


Inabanga
This is the town where the event was held

Motorcycle
I see so many different things carried on motorcycles

At the market
In the heart of town they have a market

Fruits and vegetables
Many fruits and vegatables can be found at the market

Another view of market


Little boy
This little boy kept staring at me so I took a picture of him

Group shot
Marivic, Arlyn, Liza, Marife, and Glyn at the Market

Bakeshop
There are many bakeshops around

Buying bread for Media Noche
Glyn is buying bread for the meal after midnight

Town sign
A sign from the town's mayor wishing everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

Fish at the Market


St. Paul's
This the church we went to on New Year's Eve

Lechon
We bought some lechon for Media Noche

Buletse
This is a game that was being playing across from Glyn's parents' house. It was kind of like roulette.

Group playing buletse
Here is a shot of the group from Glyn's parents' house

Jen, Lisa, and Saddam


Group shot
Marivic, Jen, Ava, Lisa, and Saddam

Saddam
Like I told you before, he likes getting his picture taken

Saddam posing
Saddam with one of the local guys showing off his "bling bling"

Children
The kids were having fun as it approached midnight

Group shot


Group shot
Saddam, Maymay, Josh, Jen, and Lisa

Glyn with others
We moved over to Glyn's grandmother's house for dancing

Some of Glyn's family
That is Glyn's uncle (mother's brother) in the middle...he is a trip

Group shot


More dancing


Estillore boys
Glyn's brothers: Ayan, Coning, Camilo, and Saddam

Glyn's uncle
Dancing with another of Glyn's relatives

Group shot
Another of Glyn's uncles is on the left

Glyn dancing


Me dancing
They finally got me out dancing...some song called Doobi Doobi or something like that

More of me dancing
White man's overbite...

People just hanging out
A lot of guys just hung out and watched the dancing

Glyn's mom
Here is Glyn's mom dancing with Jen

Me at the disco
We moved to the disco that was in town

Coning


Lizel and Camilo
Dancing at the disco

Me posing
With a couple of relatives of Glyn's

Guys from town


Having fun dancing


Glyn and I dancing


Glyn's parent dancing


Lizel and Camilo


Glyn and I slow dancing
Don't think I have done this since high school :)

Guys dancing
During some of the slow dancing, a few guys thought it was funny to dance together

Just before midnight
The moon just before midnight

Lighting candles
Just before midnight, people started piling into the church to thank God for the past year and the year to come

Shot of Altar
There was no Mass, just people praying...it was a great way to start the New Year

Glyn with friend and godchild
Taken at the chapel

St. Vincent Chapel
In Lawis

Food for Media Noche


Gathering for the prayer


Glyn's father and Josh
Well after midnight, Josh was gone to the world

Rooster at Glyn's house
I hear this throughout the night

Pig and piglet
At Glyn's house...I could also hear these all night long :)

Glyn and Lizel
At the port

Me boarding the ferry
Going back to Cebu on New Years Day