The river which we [or rather, the guys] took a dip in. Water was crystal clear, cool, and slightly sweet [yeah, I tasted, and nope, no tummy ache].

The sunset over the South China Sea (I think). Another one of the many postcard-worthy shots.

View from the plane. Carebear land. I half expected a few colorful bears to bounce around on the clouds.

The many kids we met in the villages. I learnt so much from them, and it was really humbling to see them all hamming it up for the cameras and delighting in something so simple to us.

The kids right before the church service.

AND ever so cute Xia, the delight of the team.

'Tiger' Kelly and Xia, her little bundle of joy.

"For where two or three come together in my name, there am I with them." - Matthew 18:20

And our team from Singapore [and Jem]...

Distributing food to the villagers has blessed us in so many ways by just looking at the smiles that greeted us in gratitude.

Bald patch! Bald patch! I'm balding!

And the test of the Balut egg [chicken/duck foetus plus little bit of egg], which I was trying to squirm out of [but in vain].

Our makeshift banana stem plates that doubles up as toilet paper. What goes in must come out, and what better way than to utilise everything to its max.

And across the rivers we go...

...and then across fields and muddy poo-strewn paths...

...and down the mountains we go...

Our peaceful morning devotion amidst the rising sun, mountains, rushing waters, and cool air.

And the toil before we can shower.

Mehh..mehh..or is it Bahh? Backside! Backside!

Our names written in sand by Dado.

Charlie's Angels..oh wait..Or is it Tracy's Angels? Can't remember.

One big happy family

Trying to act cute [Keyword: TRYING]...

The amazing 'taxis'. It may look impossible, but we all managed to squeeze into 3. It's like those little cars in the circus which goes one round around the ring and then ten thousand clowns step out [OK, I'm exaggerating].

Another form of transportation - Carabou!

Reflection: I never used to understand why the Thai mission team are always so excited to go back. I used to think that I'll never be able to go for mission trips like these because I can't take the environments and I'll be too worried about my own comforts over anything else. Having gone to Philippines, I now understand how attached people can grow to places like these. The people that I met on the trip and the things I've experienced and seen can never be traded for anything in the world.