Wow, I’m back. This may take a few days to get caught up. I know I have been MIA for about a month. It was my vacation, and I was out of my routine… that does it to me every time! Sorry for the delay, but it should make you that much more excited to catch up! Okay, I’m going to take us back to the end of July. My mom and sister visited me for a week and then I headed off to a little version of Paradise for a week!
Monday morning had come too soon! It was such a bittersweet day! My mom and sister had to return to the states, but I got to leave for the Philippines. It was a lot more difficult then I thought to say goodbye this time! I know I won't see them for 10 months and that really started to set in! I think the first 2 months were easier b/c I knew I’d be seeing them at the end of July! But now I really don't have anything like that to look forward to!
So the Philippines... yeah it was pretty amazing! It’s like no place I’ve ever seen before! I would describe it as a little piece of paradise! The beaches were white and the water was blue! Beautiful can not even begin to describe it! It was probably one of the best vacas I’ve ever had! Every morning we would wake up and have a REAL breakfast (in Korea, they eat rice and kimchi mostly for breakfast)! I had scrambled eggs, bacon, toast and fresh fruit every morning for breakfast. We went to a different restaurant everyday though so we mixed it up a bit! J Then, we would go and get an hour long massage on the beach. It cost us about $6 for each massage! And, it was one of the best I’ve ever had! I had the same lady everyday! One day, we started our massages and about half way through I started getting wet. We realized that it was raining… not just raining, but a hurricane I think! It was intense, but the ladies just kept massaging us! They didn’t want us to get cheated on our time. Those last 30 minutes were not enjoyable! When they finished we started running back to our room (which was less then a 5 minute walk from the beach!!) but we were instantly soaked! So, we decided to slow down and enjoy a nice walk in the rain! It was so much fun! After we had our massages each day, we would go and play in the surf b/c it was high-tide. The waves got huge… I got knocked down a few times… but worth it! We went snorkeling one day and I had fish swim right up to me and eat bread out of my hand! We went snorkeling in caves and right in the middle of the ocean! We walked on the beach, watched the sunset, and enjoyed the sun! We found this little outside bar and hung out and listened to live music every night! I would definitely go back in a heartbeat! One day, after snorkeling, we decided to walk back to the beach where we were staying. We didn't think it was that far, but we ended up walking for about an hour! It was so sweet though b/c we really got to see Boracay! We saw the way people lived everyday. It is not this glamorous life for the locals! It was an interesting culture experience!
2 weeks of vacation was great, but I was ready to get back home! All of that travel wore me out! It was very relaxing though and it was exactly what I needed! It was so weird thinking I’d be coming back from vacation and return to Korea. It actually felt like home when I returned... I’m not sure how much I liked that though! I guess I’m still trying to adjust here! The honeymoon stage is over now and reality has set in that this is my life for the next 9.5 months! It’s still hard to believe sometimes!
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