On Friday we went out with our new friends, and as it turns out they do tons of stuff all the time and just thought we weren't interested.
Anyway, Saturday Jordon co-coached the lower school soccer team in a tournament. He had a great time.
The girls went to the cloth store. It was huge and overwhelming...located in Olongapo market. So we got there at 9:00, picked out our fabrics, went to the seamstress, told her what we wanted, she measured us and is going to make us beautiful dresses. Each will be around 600 pesos. That's right around $12.50. Crazy, huh?
After the market they wanted to go to the mall in San Fernando. So we went to the mall and I was ok for a few hours...but boy can these girls shop.
Oh, and after shopping they wanted to go to lunch at a new Mexican restaurant in Clark. By the time we finished lunch around 5:00 the nightlife was beginning...and as we walked out the door of the restaurant we witnessed a very pregnant prostitute selling her wares...quite disturbing to say the least.
Saturday some of us went on the Treetop Adventure. It was lovely. We thought we were going to be walking, but they stuck us in chairs and we zoomed around on a cable. The highest point was only 100 feet...but it was still a little nerve wracking...especially when Jordon's protective gear malfunctioned and they forgot to strap him in. But no harm no foul right?
We felt remarkably like Bob the Builder.
This photo taken prior to Jordon's wardrobe malfunction... aka, the caribeener on his harness would no longer close. That made him nervous because....
It's a long way to the bottom...
Jordon post wardrobe problem, reminding us how important safety is... right before the guide forgets to buckle him into his seat.
Below is a photo of the solution to the malfunction. They strapped a belt on him with a rope and caribeener on it.. which really made his harness effectively useless.
The different towers were named for numbered stations. Like we weren't already feeling like we infiltrated the Dharma Initiative...check out some of the mysterious buildings we observed...
Our guide told us this was a doorway to Narnia. But it was actually where the miltary did jungle training and put snipers and the like.
Me making my muppet face. My students now love the 'Manamana' song from Sesame Street.
The only thing keeping us from plummeting to our doom.
After that we went to Kamayan beach. We got there around 4ish, and had 'lunch.' It was really nice...pretty busy, but we found a secluded spot and swam and rested. A great way to finish off the busy weekend.
Lovingly yours,
The Quattlebaums
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