We left Jacksonville around 7:15 and flew into Dallas... We only had about an hour lay over in Dallas but we made sure to grab a bite to eat... While most people decided on "breakfast food" for breakfast, Dr. Guardino and I chose burritos!! :) I like her style!!! :)
Our next leg of the trip was Dallas to Honolulu!! Only a seven 1/2 hour flight! :) no big deal! Fast forward 8 hours and we have landed in Hawaii!! Yayyyyy!
We all were sooo excited to get off the plane and to finally be in Hawaii!! :) Off to baggage claim we went to find 14 suitcases, and 14 50 pound boxes!! After everyones luggage was collected we headed to our vans...we only needed 4 to get all of us and our luggage to the hotel... :) After about 30 minutes we were at the hotel and once again luggaging around all of our belongings.
Dr. G had the responsibility of checking us all in and giving us the ground rules... after all of that was situated, we were on our own! We couldn't wait to get into the room and freshen up before going out to find something to eat...
We headed towards the international market and found a little place called the treehouse to eat at...it was nothing too fancy but it hit the spot!
After eating lunch/dinner we headed towards the beach which was absolutely packed... oh man, we looked like tourists!! We were all completely dressed, whereas everyone else was 1/2 naked in bathing suits. We headed back to the hotel shortly after and called it a night, we were all exhausted from a long day of traveling.
The next morning, Friday, we were hiking Diamond Head! We had to go early because we had to go to the airport that afternoon to catch our flight to the Philippines! We started the hike around 7:30 and it was absolutely beautiful! :) After the hike we had to get back to the hotel to shower and change and make sure we were ready to leave for the airport...10 hour flight, here we come!
The flight went as well as a 10 hour flight could go! We hit a bit of turbulence that sent my drink bouncing right off of my tray! Oops! :) Finally we landed in MANILA!!!! :) Off we went to retrieve all of our luggage plus the 14 50 pound boxes! We got all of our luggage with no problem, no lost luggage!! YAYY! :)
Transportation was a bit of an issue trying to leave the airport... So many of us and so much stuff! We finally got everything in the vans and were headed to the University of the Philippines campus. The UP campus has two different places to stay, one of which we stayed in last year. This year, Dr. Guardino decided on the other hotel which was neat for me to experience. The hotel last year was just one room with 3 beds in it...this year we have a living room, kitchen area, bathroom and 2 bedrooms. This is working great for the 4 students staying in each room. We were all exhausted by the time we made it to the hotel and called it an early night. We had to get up early the next morning to hike the Taal Volcano!
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