I recently returned from a trip to the Philippines. The quick summary:

Outbound:

Portland to Tokyo: 11 hours on airplane
Tokyo to Manila: 5 hours on airplane
Manila: overnight at Shalom guest house
Manila to Bagui: 6 hours on bus
Baguio: overnight at St Elizabeth guest house
Baguio to Sagada: 7 hours on bus

The payoff:

Sagada, Besao, Bontoc: 3 nights

Return:

Besao to Baguio: 8 hours on bus
Baguio: overnight at St Elizabeth guest house
Baguio to Manila: 6 hours on bus
Manila: overnight at Shalom guest house
Manila to Tokyo: 4 hours on airplane
Tokyo to Portland: 9 hours on airplane
Portland to Hillsboro: 2 hours on light rail

Terrie and the kids decided to skip this one :-)

I'm hoping to write up something more interesting from this trip, but I
wanted to put something down to mark the occasion.

Hope everyone's doing well!