Originally planning on spending 6 days in Beijing and 7 days in Philippines, we woke up early and got to the airport only to find out we need visas to even visit China. After some crying and some swearing was done, we headed straight to Philippines to be greeted by my wife's wonderful family. They tried their hardest to make our vacation the best it could be and succeeded well beyond our expectations.

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2. double 360 rainbow!

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3. Uncle Danny waiting for his next customer

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4. Got one!

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6. Sunrise over the mountains

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8. "Blinged out" trike

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28. I saw this and knew I had to move in for a photo shoot.

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76. Bonus! Just a hat I picked up for 50 pisos (talked down from 60 pisos), which translates to $1.16.

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Very nice!

 

Awesome set! Looks like a great trip. Sorry to hear about the visa but guess you live and you learn. That hate is a steal for $1.16 lol going to wear it to BG next time?

 

Awesome shots man, thanks for sharing! On a side note did you get to eat any lumpia while you were over there? I love that stuff! haha

 

Looks awesome, nice pictures! BTW I have that hat too lol.

 

Mom makes some for us every year for Thanksgiving/Christmas, but we didn't have any while we were over there. Thanks.

 

25, 66, and 70 were my fav.

Thanks for Sharing !

 

So good, Mike. Another great journalistic set.

 

Ridonkulous. I fav'd a couple on Flickr.

So 75 of your favorites... the real question is: how many pictures did you take all together?

 

Thanks! ^ I had 603 to choose from. Most of the others were fun shots of the family at the different places we went to and a few different sessions with my wife.