quick! post some pictures.

part of the joy in traveling is coming home - of course, minus the unpacking, the jet lag, and the required dealing with phone messages and mail.

yes, we're back safe and sound and just had a chance to post some pictures from our trip to the philippines and singapore. here are a few to view while we recuperate from the long flight home.


this is ann's new second cousin - two weeks old and replete with new baby smell.


here are two of her cousins amusing themselves while we shop for filipino brand sporting gear. for the same quality at a quarter of the price, we find it all hard to resist. as a result, we each own multiple teva-like sandals and several dry bags for our jacque cousteau lifestyle.


a boatman balanced on the side of a long boat that hauled us to one of our destinations, boracay beach.


after a few days in manila, we snuck off to visit friends in singpore where it was surprisingly hotter and more humid. luckily, ann survived thanks to entensive underground walkways and plentiful aircon. the cold chardonnay offered by our hosts each night helped too.


while in singapore, we shopped for saris. this summer, we're attending our first indian wedding and are super-excited. dabney unknowingly purchased a blue cotton number that we later realized might have a billowing effect. it's the hoop skirt of saris we fear, and not so much harkening bollywood, but more scarlett from "gone with the wind."


singapore's arab quarter. like the rest of singapore, it was as neat as a pin and with an extremely diverse group of people walking about.


with its very warm temperatures and its inordinate amount of rain, singapore is home to an impressive botanical garden and within it the most incredible orchid garden.


we just loved the singapore's ubiquitous little red mailboxes that would often add just a perfect punch of color.