Day 1 My sister (Leah) and I arrived into Vancouver late evening, so checked straight into Samesun hostel, which is located downtown. We made a couple of friends at the bar and went out to try our very first Poutine. Poutine is essentially chips ‘n’ gravy, common in Yorkshire, but Read more…
We had the best morning blasting out ABBA on Grandmas speaker system. We made pancakes (or ‘hot cakes’) for breakfast and roamed around the garden looking at Grandmas banana trees, mango trees, coconut trees, and even … wait for it… avocado trees! Grandma cooked Adobo and Sinigang for lunch which Read more…
Rice and fried bananas for breakfast obviously. In the morning we were visited by my Auntie’s, Uncles and Cousins and it was so nice to hear what everyone had been up to since I last visited in 2010. We walked around the village to see more relatives (they all live Read more…
We woke up to 37 degree heat which is definitely not what we are used to so a day a day in a pool was in order! Grandma and uncle sorted us a picnic and we drove an hour out to the resort of Pugad. It was a lovely place Read more…
My Auntie and Uncle came to pick us up at the hotel and took us around an area of Manila that contains the history of the Philippines. The place is called Intramurous and was a colony of the Spanish empire. This was evident from the style of the buildings as Read more…