Oh, what an adventure!

FLIGHT and FLOOD

It just so happened that the day we are flying in to the Philippines is the day that the floods come in. We were initially supposed to fly in at 11:35 am, but it was so bad that we didn't get picked up by King's dad at 11:15pm. As we got near NAIA (Ninoy Aquino International Airport) the captain went on the PA and told us that we were going to circle for a while before we landed due to bad weather. You know the feeling you get when you go on bad carnival rides that make your stomach go up and down? Imagine that for almost 45 minutes. I had my barf bag ready and tried to avoid looking and listening to the girl five seats down as she spit and puked into hers. Ugh...I don't even want to think about it anymore! hehe. Anyway, after a while we were diverted to Clark Air Force Base and stayed there on the tarmac for a few hours to wait for the weather in Manila to let up. We finally flew back and landed thinking this was the last of our troubles. Nope. We had no idea that there were such bad flooding that caused road blocks or no passage. My father-in-law and his driver were in the car waiting for us for over 12 hours. The devastation, as we watched on TV, was quite sad...Let's continue to pray for them.

SINGAPORE

Singapore is a wonderful place to visit! Besides our swanky, bare minimums hotel, we have been enjoying the sights and sounds of this diverse city. Some of the main ethnicities here are Chinese, Indian, and Malay. We came in on the last night of the Formula 1 race. It took a little while to figure out the public transport, but we've loved it ever since. The Singapore Zoo is, hands down, the best zoo I've ever been to. This is due to the fact that the animals are a lot closer and it feels like they are more in their natural environment.

After the Zoo, we went next door to the Night Safari. It's the only one of it's kind in the world. We went in a tram that took us around the park and we also walked around the exhibit trails all the while looking at mostly nocturnal animals. Awesome!

Now we're headed for Padang!