Wednesday, May 9th
- 4:00am – Wake up and get moving
- 4:25am – Down to the lobby with our packs
- 4:30am – Packs loaded, short one tuk-tuk to drive us.
- 4:40am – Found a driver, motorcycle won't start.
- 4:45am – Silent prayer, bike starts and we're off!
- 5:30am – Arrive at airport, weigh bags (20kg limit!), weigh ourselves (you don't often find scales anywhere else), eat breakfast (2 pastries from the corner bakery), talk with other squadmates we haven't seen all month!
- Sometime after 5:30am and before 7:44am – go through security. Logan and I chugged our water and threw the bottles away (I really hate that regulation) only to find out that everyone else got their water bottles through! Logan was held back to be questioned about his bug zapper which was then confiscated!
- 7:44am – Board plane
- 8:05am – Sleep
- 8:34am – Read
- 8:45am – Breakfast. Steak and noodles w/ banana bread. Best meat I've had in some time!
- 10:30am – China! (Time change 1 hour) Layover for a few hours.
- 11:41am – Through customs. Restroom break…automatic squatty potty! Blew my mind.
- 11:50am – Wander around the airport.
- 12:15pm – Lunch in one of two restaurants past the security gate…$9 for a chicken sandwich and $5 for water. Outrage at spending so much for a not so good meal. Find out 30 minutes later that there's a vending machine with water for $0.50.
- 1:01pm – Rest, talk to Sachi (Sarah Ruplinger).
- 1:55pm – NCIS episode on my laptop.
- 3:15pm – fight with the vending machine and finally obtain a water bottle for 3 Chinese Yeun.
- 5:10pm – takeoff.
- 5:15pm – dive into Leviticus with the guy beside me looking over my shoulder. Awkward.
- 5:45pm – Dinner.
- 6:17pm – Music.
- 8:09pm – Arrive in Manila.
- 8:47pm – customs.
- 9:00pm – Met with tuna sandwiches, chips, apples, oranges, cookies and apple juice. Yay!! I love the Philippines!!
- 9:15pm – Big, spacious bus arrives to take us to our ministry site.
- 10:42pm – Home at last.
One of our guard dogs, a Rottweiler, named "Mr. Darcy". There's also a Doberman named "Savage" and a Bull Mastiff named "Maximus".
- 11:15pm – Shower.
- 11:38pm – Sleep.
Foggy view of the skyline.
This travel day was smooth, but still tiring. Can't wait for our last one, from Manila to LAX! I'm sure that one will include a little more jetlag and sleep deprivation. As always, thanks for traveling with me. 28 more days to love the people here in the Philippines, then it's back home to NC.
