Trip to the Philippines

Last Monday night we took a 1:30 AM flight to the Philippines.  We arrived in Manila and then had a three hour lay over for our flight to the island of Cebu.  While waiting for our flight to Cebu we began to see many friends that were also attending our conference.  There were over 60 of us on this flight and we had two larges buses meet us and take us on about a 45 minute ride to our hotel.  After eating a quick lunch we decided we needed some sleep since neither of us slept much on the planes.  These were the first flights we have taken since being over here that we got the first row and then the emergecy row both of which offer nore leg room.  Usually you have to pay extra for that but for some reason this airline did not charge for the leg room. I am not sure the leg room was worth it since the seats would not recline and they were most uncomfortable.  The conference was great and we got to see so many of our friends from different countries.  They have these conferences every two years so it was great to reconnect and share our stories.  It seems like is does not matter what country you are in we all were missing home and families.  A couple friends and I spent some time in one of the biggest malls I have ever been in.  Even the prices were pretty reasonable. 
The last night of our conference they held a cultural night.  We had over 60 countires represented at the conferece and around 15 of them did some type of performance.  Singing, dancing, and best of all the native dress for some of those countries.  I got to wear the Vietnamese outfit I had made for Chris' wedding.  One country even had a six year old boy sing.  He had a great voice.  Our trip back was longer than coming.  We had a five hour layover in Manila.  We were able to find a cafe that had free wifi so guess where Mark spent most of his time!!  I think that computer is becoming part of him.  I rarely see him without it.  Well actually his crashed again so while it is being repaired he is borrowing mine.  I sure hope I will get it back someday.