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Pictures from our first day in Manila




Men walking in the middle of the road. 



Caleb enjoyed the art museum and is excited to show different pictures to his art teacher.
He is carrying along his notebook of pictures he has been drawing from the trip. Our budding little artist!



This scaffolding looks like it is close to the ground, but it is actually about three stories up.
The young man on the bottom is standing on two small pipes - no harness.
 The man above in the Superman shirt is also standing on small pipes - no harness - no shoes.

We frequently see men sweeping the roads with these brooms. The sidewalks and roads are very clean... if only the sides of the sidewalk didn't smell like urine... ick.
A Philippines topographical map in the city park "lake"!

Anyone need a ride?!?

This is what all of the power lines look like around here, they are absolutely chaotic, an electrician's nightmare.
This street added to the chaos by hanging their Christmas decor from the wires too! Beautiful stars though! They are very traditional at Christmas time.

Lunch at Max's..." The House That Fried Chicken Built"


Children's Playground! Caleb got up to this window by a small - non-OSHA approved ladder. :)
And he lived to climb more non-OSHA approved equipment!

Caleb met a friend named Alexandria.
They followed eachother around for about an hour!



Look at this unique tree!



Notice the random lady taking a picture of our son!?
This happened frequently along with a lot of stares at us.

Loved all of these different sculpture/play equipment,
as the playground was surrounded by huge city buildings!


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