A Big Adventure

30^th December 2008, Tagaytay, Philippines

We will be at my Mum in Laws in Tagaytay through the New Year leaving around 3rd January and we don’t really have any transport, so are unable to travel to much around the area. There are of course Jeepney’s which I am afraid are a complete mystery to me and frankly all look to be polluting heaps of metal usually with bald tires and no lights or brakes and absolutely no safety features to speak of, not something I wish to experience.  So I won’t have much to write over the next few days while we chill out.

So today we got up, showered and down stairs in time for breakfast (a miracle), some of the staff at the hotel recognized us from our former visits.

After breakfast we made our way to Sofia’s Mothers.  The children had all been up most of the night and were therefore sound asleep. So Sofia left Me at the computer and She went out with her Mother, RC and Loyloy (her gay housekeeper) and they went to the market.

So today for a special treat  I will let Sofia tell you what she got up to.

I had bought aubergines, onions, tomatoes and mushrooms ready to make a spagbol tonight. We also had mangosteens, melons, oranges, apples and mangos to keep Sasha happy. I could not really cope with the sights and sounds of the meat market, cows heads lying on the ground at the stalls, their tongues lolling out, flies everywhere and the SMELL. So, I went and looked at the plants with Mother instead. She really enjoys talking to all the stall holders about her garden and which plants she wants.  But needed we needed more stuff from the supermarket, so we went to the recently opened Robinsons supermarket, it was heaving with people.

We managed to get the rest of the stuff we needed for dinner and for tomorrow nights curry as well as I had found some lovely Ocra at the market. We stocked up on drinks for the children and chocolate for Alan.

We then needed to go to the Tagaytay hospital to check on when Mother could have her injections, but it was completely shut up and empty, so she will have to try again on the 2nd January. I checked with RC and Mother whether he would take us down to Anilao on the 3^rd and bring us back on the 7^th, then up to the airport on the 8^th after we had said goodbye.

I then showed Mother my pictures on facebook and showed her the pictures on the Chagford filmmakers site of Peerie Fool. Then after I suggested she give Loyloy New Years off and send him off to enjoy himself, I settled down to make spagbol. The kids were all up for a bit of home cooked grub. We all ate too much.

Sasha is very enamoured with the little family of cats living on the back door step.

They are awfully friendly and keep wanting to move in but, mothers two Siamese are not going to have that. I Gave the kids ice creams then Alan ad I headed off to Taal Vista hotel. When we got back in they told us the lifts are now working huurah!

We couldn’t watch Boston Legal as Alan has left his laptop at mothers to down load the next season of Boston Legal as mother has a superfast internet connection.

I read my book and he watched Football on TV. He went over the road to the Casino for a little flutter but it was sooooo packed  he could not get near a roulette table, so he came back.

(Thank you Sofia)