Friday, May 4, 2007

Here In The Philippines

So fast forward to 2007 if you will.

We're in a cute little Spanish styled house in a rural subdivision on the island of Panay, in the Western Visayas. There are about 500 homes in this phase of the subdivision, like a little village. It's a 20 minute ride to the city on a jeepney and we have everything we need here. In January we planted a small garden with ampalaya (bitter melon), squash and talbos (like spinach). Life is quiet and clean compared to a lot of places in the Philippines. We are planning on retiring here. It's certainly cheap enough to live here and buying real estate is super cheap, like this house is about $25,000.



Carol and I are making plans to go to Canada this year. Perhaps for summer, but that will depend on paperwork and the house. Worst case will be dropping Carol into the deep-freeze in December. So we hope to see you then.

If you email me, I'll catch you up on what's happening.

Cheers,

Dan

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