Our Recent Philippine Vacation...Cont.

The week after the wedding, we went to Negros for the ganas - an old Filipino practice of going to the husband's place after the wedding to continue the reception with the husband's family and relatives. Negros ( La Libertad ) is a very nice and quite place, our first in the island.

Negros coast line...

Drove to Tangil ( south of Cebu, about 3 hours ) to catch the boat. The trip to Negros is just a little over an hour. Went to the mountain called Pakwan. The view is so pretty going up the mountain! We enjoyed the visit so much as it was a tabo ( market day ) . It's fun to watch people with their wares, food and animals to be sold. We stayed in Negros for a couple of nights.

In the mountain of Pakwan, Negros...

We celebrated 3 birthdays ( sister in - law, niece and nephew's ) while in the Philippines. It seems that we're always having occasions and excuses to eat, eat, eat! Luckily we didn't gain weights. Keet even lost some weight while we were there, maybe because she doesn't eat that much because of the heat. She does missed American foods.