superferry

(jody, me, dan, heather on the superferry) so i left cavite on friday, sep 16 -- and had the craziest trip ever!!!! 5 of us left at 5:00pm and hopped a bus to manila, only a 2 1/2 hour ride. got to manila and scurried around town getting food and our tickets for the superferry. superferry is a cruise ship sized boat that carries passengers from the top end of the PI to the bottom. the superferry ride was interesting to say the least. it was supposed to leave at 10:45pm, but we finally pushed off at around 3:30am. we were sitting on the floor of our room playing cards when dan says, "hey linz, did you spill your drink?" i said "no, i don't have a drink" -- he replies -- "well then where is all of that water coming from?" so i opened the door to our room and the hallway is filled with water. Holy crap, our boat is sinking -- no, it's just the air-con room, the pump broke and flooded our side of the boat. whew. so we moved to another room. the next room we hung out in for a couple of hours, but since the air con had broken it was like an oven -- so they moved us again. but this time they moved us to a room that only had 4 beds -- we had 5 people. so we decided that there was no need for sleep, so we sang videoke until the sun came up. it was really funny -- there were people standing in the breakfast line, and the 5 of us are still singing videoke and being really loud. we totally lived up to the loud, obnoxious reputations that amercans tend to have all over the world. so for 36 hours, we played card, chess, sang videoke -- and ate lots of food that was unidentifiable -- such as beef stuff and rice, fish stuff and rice, and hey, does that fish stuff have egg in it, why is it crunchy!!!!! ewwww !!!! it was a good time. our boat finally docked in dumaguete, negros -- an island in the visayas, around 11:00am sunday morning. we went to the resort that peace corp had rented out. i wasn't supposed to be there for that training, i was just mooching a free room and food -- and hanging out with friends. so for 2 days while everyone else was in session, i swam and ate free food. good times. the training ended tuesday, so we all stayed until wednesday afternoon and then adam and i hopped a boat to cebu -- the next island over. so now we are in cebu city, sitting in starbucks --yet again. it's a really nice vacation -- i feel like all i write about is vacations. but there is alot of time to travel, so i am taking full advantage of the situation -- and cruising all over the PI. it's really nice. i should be here in cebu until saturday, then head home to guimaras. there is another boat ride -- but only 16 hours this time. whew. i have lots of cool pictures, as soon as i can find a computer that will upload them -- i will.