Manila and beyond

We have arrived home from the Philippines and before too much time passes I need to share the final stage of our trip.  We spent the last four days in both Manila and Hong Kong meeting the national staff in Manila and the financing board and support staff in Hong Kong.

An amazingly skilled and passionate group of people.  The Manila staff supports the 5 provincial bases scattered around the islands the Hong Kong staff and board provides the financial backing.

Here is an aerial view of Manila and a modern day Jeepney.  Some of them are REALLY decked out with airbrush portraits and designs outside and padded seats, LED strip lighting and heavy bass booming.  Others, which I intend to frequent more regularly are driven by the older guys with nothing to prove and they use the 20 cents/passenger fee for gas and presumably living expenses.

Hong Kong was amazing, the weather was unseasonable cooler (all relative) the sky was blue (usually smog filled) and the traffic was surprisingly sparse even less than downtown Portland (typical, well developed public transport makes using a car less necessary)

We finished off our trip with a board meeting on the 86ish floor of the tower you see just in the fore ground only 5 floors from the top.    We watch the sun set from the meeting room it was a true pinch me moment.