Tarlac and San Fernando La Union. Dec 2013

Well after Banaue when i came back to South things were really going out of hands. Suddenly so many adventures that its hard anymore to give whole picture. Whole thing started when i was first trying to go back to Manila and was planning to go somewhere south on islands. That time i was in Tarlac when something bad happened, There was really strong Typhoon hitting on south part of Philippines. (Think it was Ylanda?) Luckily you couldn't feel that on Tarlac but everything was destroyed and lots of people dying in south that time, so it was really bad and no point to travel there.

But that started reaction of happenings to my life that it's still hard for me to realize. 

First thing was that because i didn't know what to do i stopped in Tarlac trying to think what to do.

And after i hanged there i was becoming friends on large family and that ended that was living with them weeks all together.

small part of family playing cards :)

During that time i had so many incredible experiences on local life that would take really long to tell everything. I think i give short list experiences that i had and tell more about some of them later.

But during that time i had these experiences just as sample:

1. Balut egg (which is unborn chicken)

2. being judge on Ladyboys beauty content

3. Dengue fever and being week on local hospital

4 Driving car in center of Tarlac (Finnish trafic is so lame)

5 Being invited on local wedding, which was really expensive (Husband was air pilot so they had money...)

So there i was, in Tarlac, living with family. On evenings they like to play all kind of gamble on balcony, mostly by cards.

and sometimes there was street party, i was only white man dancing with beautifull Philippines women 😍 i miss those times... 

One time i had possibility to be in birthday where was all kind of games:

Me and Aileen :)

When i had been on Tarlac for a while i traveled to surf place called San Fernando la union. Was planning to learn surfing but that was really hard. But when i came on evening to my house there was Birthday party of my new friend Debbie. Debbie and his friends Irene, Jenny and Raymund were inviting me to party and it was really fun: they were all asking questions for me together so was hard to try answer them all in same time 😂

Me, Jenny, Debbie,Irene and Raymund :)

Later we went to beach where was bigger party, still remember when we were singing together Bob Marleys song "no woman, no cry" on warm evening 😍

They were so friendly and we had so good time there, even just awhile :)

But from there i went back to Tarlac to see my friends there for awhile again. 

On that time there was beauty contest of ladyboys in Tarlac and my friends wanted me to be one of judge on that competition. First i refused but my friends wanted me so much there that i agreed finally. 

So there i was, one of the judges in ladyboy competion:

It was quite experience and hard part was they looked scary good 😂 And they were talented: they had made them own costumes and like beauty contest there was many rounds, acting, swim suit, evening dress and so on. And i had to give points like professional: concentrate on costumes and giving points there, acting, speech and everything had to give points. A fine experience although i rather judge on real women still on next time :)

But after that i got fever and i found that one mosquito which bited me on San Fernando la union was carrying Denque fewer and i went so bad that i was one week in local hospital.

But finally i recovered and my friends on Tarlac was invited to local fly captains wedding and they took me there also. It was really really fancy: cake was my size and all quest were yelled by name when they arrived, like old times in kings castle!

But unfortynedly i dont have pictures from there but can say was fancy, and every guest got present, a small pocket clock!!!

But that was about my time on Philippines, from there i decided to go on Vietnam, but thats new story :)