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This weekend I had the opportunity to visit the island fortress of Corregidor. I’ve always been a history buff, and the stories from the Pacific campaigns in WWII are particularly interesting. Corregidor was known for being the island that the allied forces commanded by Douglas MacArthur retired to when the Japanese invaded the Philippines and […]
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I’ve never really meant for this blog to be a travelogue, but I have to say a few things about being here in Manila. I’ve discovered that no matter how long or far the flight, I can’t sleep worth a darn on an airplane. Out of the nearly 30 hours it took to get here […]
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After finishing with work on Saturday morning, the team took me to some of the scenic areas, a city called Taygaytay that’s know for a large lake with an active volcano caldera in the center. When we first arrived, it was very foggy and raining, but by the time we finished with breakfast we were […]
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