From the Back of a Motorcycle

Monday was a Philippine holiday here and we did not have school. (There are so many national holidays here, it's amazing. I guess that's why our school year has to go from the beginning of August to the end of May) Rob and I have been wanting to go to this island called Samal which is just a short ferryboat's ride from Davao. Monday sounded like a good day to us. We borrowed a motorcycle and were on our way. The only stop we knew we wanted to make was at a waterfall on the island, other than that we just wanted to drive around. I thought it would be fun to take pictures as we went... So here are some of them... Don't tell my mom but I had to take off my helmet to take these pictures! Ha! (Just kidding mom, I know you read this... when in the Philippines, be like the Philippinos!)

The kid on the back of this bike had to ride backwards because he had to hold onto the bags!

This is a suri-suri store. They are EVERYWHERE here! They are just little stores that sell snacks and drinks.

This is not an uncommon sight here. We have seen up to 6 people ride on one motorcycle!

Here are some sweet girls on a tric! Philippinos are so nice. They always smile and wave at us!

The big town on the island.

This is a typical Philippine house.

Eventually we made it to the "waterfall." It was more like a river with rocks in it.