Monday, November 12, 2012

Visayas State University Philippines

Forestry students before the tree planting hike, behind the forestry building
Harvesting rice on campus
Hike and tree planting up the mountain with students



PE building with gym on right and  one of many rice fields in front
On the way up to Tom's office going on the route I prefer



Forestry building complex. Tom's office on left top.
Tom walking up to his office, administration building on upper left. The forestry bldg is behind admin; the furthest back bldg on campus
Entrance to "upper campus" which consists of the university colleges and some dorms. Lower campus, which is behind me while taking the picture, has staff and student housing along with a high school and elementary school.
Our house - except for the window on the far right - looking from the side of the appartelle.
Looking toward the ocean; our house, although not seen, is the second one down the street to the right. Our room at the "appartelle" was the green building on the right.
Our home being built. We moved in Aug. 16, 2 months after arriving. We lived in a shared house for 1.5 weeks, and then a room at the "appartelle" for 1.5 months.
Hike above campus

Thursday, November 8, 2012

Philippines - out and about

Baybay, 10 kilometers from VSU, on the street by the side of the store
Baybay, where we do our shopping
down the main road toward Baybay
On the road south of Ormoc
The Kimberlins, overlooking Cebu City
The boat that took us, and the Kimberlins, from Dumaguette, Negros, to Apo Island
The smallest island of "Quatro Islas" where we completed our final 2 dives for certification
Taken from the bus on the main road of the island
The fruit/vegetable open market where we buy our produce every week, in Baybay

Wednesday, November 7, 2012

Philippines - Sierra's visit

Hong Kong. Cool hair huh?!
Church in Macrohan, Southern Leyte
The boat we rode from Leyte to Bohol, 2.5 hour trip. Motorcycles were put between the people inside
Toms experience of holding on to the back of the multicab!
Sitting in the multicab, our main transportation other than old busses
Sierra and Dad :)
Bohol cont.
Starfish in the water at Bohol. They change color when you touch them!
On beach at Bohol
Tarsiers are the only extant entirely carnivorous primates. Visited in Bohol
The "I shall return" memorial in Leyte, from WWII
On the boat heading back in from a dive at Padre Burgos, Southern Leyte

Philippines - parties!

Birthday party for the little girl in the red shirt, daughter of one of Tom's colleagues
Branch party!
Branch party at the beach
Forestry Dept. party in July at a pool resort

Sunday, November 4, 2012

Belgium

Antwerp
My first cousins and their spouses
Antwerp. The home Bonnema grew up in, although there was another as well.
Tournai - Bonnema's fathers home town
Bonnema's aunts house in Tournai

Austria, Switzerland, Germany

Switzerland
Heidi hike

Beautiful hike on my birthday near Bludenz, Austria, felt like Heidi
Lahr, Germany. Lovely town where we got our down pillows!

Italy

Dolomites, northern Italy


Venice
Rome
Italy near the French border