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Motorcycle ride to Mt. Sinaka
Meeting with the mayor
Military patrol on Mt. Sinaka
Wednesday June 8 th : Mindanao to Luzon. Day in Manila, and flying home in the evening.
Our last day of the trip. We got up at 5.15 am, and caught a taxi to Davao Airport at 6.30. Our plane
back to Manila departed at 8 am, and we landed in a rainy Manila at 9.15 am. Obviously, it had
been raining all morning.
We got a day room in Malate Pension House, and had most of the day to explore Manila, before our
flight home in the evening or the following day. Tim got the sad news that his brother in Australia
had fallen seriously ill, so Tim quickly had to say goodbye to everyone. We all thanked him for a
wonderful trip, and wished his family all the best.
Adam had caught a bad cold – he claimed it was the first time he was sick for years. So he stayed in
the hotel room most of the day. Erling explored the big malls of the city, had a great foot massage,
and saw the interesting National Museum, with many cultural items from the peoples history in the
Philippine Islands.
Bob stayed in Manila for a couple of days more before going home to Canada. Shack continued to
Malaysia to check out bird calls before his next Rockjumper trip, Adam and Hoddinott flew home
to South Africa, and Erling home to Denmark.
Everyone was exhausted after this trip, but agreed that it had been a most memorable one.