Hello from the Philippines. It was a long flight, actually three flights in total, but we made it here safely. We are in the southern Philippines, on the island of Mindanao. Everyone was happy to see us as it has been almost three years since we’ve been here. I took video of our property and our new fence here. As you can see, we have some banana and abocado plants inside the fence. Mom planted some colorful flowers on the outside which gives the property a pleasing look.

We don’t have internet access in the house, but we do over at my sister-in-law’s home. She has a Smart Bro wireless connection which is ok, but not as fast as I like. I’m looking into the possibility of connecting my laptop into the network of the local internet cafe because they have a DSL connection. If I can get a fast connection, I would like to teach the Peg System class over at Wiziq. Stay tuned as I will also introduce my new Ning network for science teachers.

On a different topic, I had the pleasure of meeting Bob Martin and his wife Feyma over at the SM mall in Davao the other day. He’s got a really nice magazine blog over at Live in the Philippines. We talked about many things and it’s good to have someone near who knows the ropes for living here in this area. Check out his site, I read it all the time.