Milo takes us to Samal Island....and makes us Nachos!!

We had another great trip to Samal Island with Milo, president of the Central Davao Club.  We went to his cousins place and kayaked, snorkeled, relaxed, and ate amazing food.  The snorkeling was the best we had ever seen with so many types of coral and lots of other creatures.  Thank you Gene Rose for sharing your paradise with us!!  Unfortunately, Tiffanie's waterproof camera battery was dead, so we have no photos to share!  We will just have to go back!

Milo lived in the U.S. for 25 years and is a chef.  He and Emanuel, the local Rotaract and culinary student, prepared us a delicious lunch after we kayaked.  Lucky for us, he was also chef at a Southwestern restaurant.  After a long swim while snorkeling, he answered our prayers and had nachos with his homemade chilli con carne and CHEESE!!  I really wish I had a photo of the nachos, but I think we ate them too fast to get a photo :)

We also visited some schools while on Samal Island.  One school had prepared some songs and dance for us.  The other school, we visited each class and were greeted with an in-sync 'Good Morning Vis-it-tors!!' and a lot of excitement from the students.

When we got back to Davao, we went to the Central Davao Rotary Meeting.  They will forever be remembered as the Club that FINALLY got Jim to sing Karaoke!!  Jim, Colleen, and some rotarians sang a beautiful rendition of 'Hey Jude'!

The group with Milo seaside

Cute kids at the Tagbaobo School

Grade 1 kids singing a Filipino song about rainbows

Grade 6 girls doing a native dance

Grade 3 girls singing

Grade 5 doing a traditional Filipino folk dance

All the kids and teachers!

Buhangin school

One of the classrooms

Us at the school with the Principal, Milo, and Emanuel

Central Davao Rotary Club