day 1 and 2 of our trip to the philippines

sorry i haven't posted on here in a long time.  this site wasn't working properly and wasn't allowing me to post pictures for a while.  but today is a good day, because i was able to upload photos.

ryan and i decided to have a real honeymoon/anniversary trip/ birthday trip all-in-one this year.   we decided to go to the philippines and thailand to have a huge celebration of our life together.  and since the first year anniversary gift has to deal with paper, we chose our plane tickets to act as that "paper" gift.

day 1 and 2 of the trip was full of plane rides, taxi rides and hostels.  this is the first hostel we stayed in.  it was in manila and only cost about 6 bucks a night.  we stayed one night and then caught another plane to cebu island.

 our hostel in cebu city was a definite upgrade.  it only cost about 13 dollars a night.  it included breakfast in the morning.  we had filippino sausage and garlic rice.  notice the nice floors and flat screen tv.

we spent a rainy day in the city and saw a lot of people selling anything they could on the side of the streets.  we even saw 3 little boys running naked in the rain and sliding on the slippery concrete.  it looked fun.

back in this little cove were several restaurants each with their own karaoke system, and each with a woman lounging in her chair with her drink and food singing great tunes such as celine dion and whitney housten.

more pictures to come (with less rain.)

i play favorites

these are some of my favorite students making faces of emotions that we have learned- happy, angry and love.

a new sister

we went back to the states for ryan's brother's wedding.  it was a beautiful wedding, and we had the best time hanging out with family.

nami island life

as soon as we arrived off the zip-line, there was a live columbian band playing, families picnicking, children playing badminton, couples taking naps in the grass behind trees, people enjoying water sports, and lot of people riding around on bikes.

below is a picture of the tower we zip-lined from.

nami island is kind of a romantic place where you can spend the night in log cabins that are beautifully furnished with rustic hardwood floors.

Pt.2 zipline

while my parents were here, we took them to nami island.  there are two ways to get to the island, one is a ferry, and the other in a zip-line.  naturally, we took the latter and zip-lined to the island.  the zip-line is 940 meters and about 10 stories high.  the average time spent on the zip-line is 1 minute.  it was so peaceful gliding above the water and enjoying the scenery.  we all wanted to go again.  when we got to the island, we had a wonderful time.  more pictures to come...

Pt. 1 the powells do badminton

my parents came to visit us in korea.  ryan and i thought it was only fitting to take them to play badminton, since it is the national past-time.  

reason #387 of why i love my husband

ryan went to the park to shoot the basketball around.  about 10 minutes into his practice some middle-school kids started gathering around him.  they would "oooh" and "ahhhh" every time ryan made a shot. finally ryan turned around and offered to teach them how to shoot a basketball.  he's such a nice guy.