Tuesday, May 30, 2006

last word on asia (promise)

Palawan-bound
as ann and dabney mentioned earlier, they flew to a part of philippines - palawan - that they had never been to before. here is their group on the small propeller plane they took to get there. only 2 people felt airsick. ann's cousins are very pretty, even when they're nauseous.

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when they arrived at their destination, they thought that this might be where they are sleeping. nice, huh? the photo doesn't do it justice.

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instead, here is their hut. note: the luxury ocean bungalows don't come with their own shrine.

Snorkel Face
for some reason, ann always looked a little puffy after snorkeling. dabney always had the large oval "snorkeler's crease."

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entering a beautiful lagoon.

Ann in Palm Hat
ann in a palm hat. while there, dabney learned how to make various animals out of palm fronds: angel fish, ducks, crabs, and grasshoppers. dab couldn't bear to throw them away (even though they got very brown and beat up on the way home), so ann did it when she wasn't looking.

Vigan Mary
virgin mary - uh, ann - in vigan, a town in northern luzon that featured a lot of spanish colonial architecture. the week after they were there, many of the old houses were damaged from a typhoon and subsequent flooding.

Ilocos
one of the many, many churches they visited.

Holy Gift Shop
holy gift shop!

Mom @ Cabugao
ann's mom heading to the water in cabugao.

Ann & Steph @ Cabugao
ann watching the sunset with her sister in her favorite attire... a muumuu (also called a duster in the philippines).

Salon Trio
while in manila, dabney, ann's sister, and mom decided to get their hair done. you should have seen the photo that ann wanted to take of dabney (in ones of those strange rubber caps that they pull clumps of your hair through in order to highlight). if you had seen her, you would understand why dabney hellraiser wouldn't let that happen.

New Glasses
this is ann's dad who finally succumbed and allowed his daughter to select a new pair of glasses for him. he wasn't sure what he thought of them until all the female staff gathered around and told him he looked ten years younger. he ended up buying two pairs.

Playground
in bangkok, ann and dabney found a hip store called playground. those puffy pods were great to sit in, HARD to get out of.

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dabney enjoying thai-style shabu shabu.

Changmai Carving
in northern thailand, they enjoyed a guy's lovely and sweet animal carvings.

Ice Coffee and A/C
ann's strategy for beating the heat was to drink heaps of iced coffee. needless to say, she was bouncing off the walls afterwards.

Lanta
on the southern island of koh island, a & d took a break from their motor scooter and enjoyed some fresh fruit shakes and this view.

Srilanta Scrabble
in the last week of their trip, there was much scrabble to be played. and let it be noted that ann did not win once. not once.

1 comment:

LP said...

I heart Scrabble! Dabney should do the Brooklyn Commonwealth Scrabble tournament!

:)