Off with Fred , Sandy and Craig to the underground river, classic Filipino trip
The surf at Sabang of course JB did not have his board, the body surf was ok though

• Within the Philippines- there are over 7100 islands :)
  Our first real trip was in October with our good friends Sandy Van Nooten ( who actually grewup going to school 10 minutes from JB) and Fred Biggar ( the first Haggarsville local we have met) to Palawan - an island chain south west of here. We started at a place called Sangat Island for diving and relxing, check it out on this link; http://www.sangat.com.ph/
  We then traveled to El Nido another beautiful beach location; http://www.elnidoresorts.com/accommodation3.aspxWe then followed typhoon swells and rain past Port Barton on a truly epic trip

• Check out our school on this link; http://www.ismanila.org It is a great place to work with awesome facilities, especially compared to what we have been used to. It is like a college or University rather than a school. Tara has a great art room and JB loves the great fields for PE. The staff are great and we enjoy the weekly 'slurp' social hosted each week at a different appartment or house. Our apartment is two storey and located in the commercial centre of town. The bonus is we are only 10 minutes drive from work in the morning. In the arvo a bit longer but we weave our way through the traffic on our motorbikes. Yes that's right bikes, baby. Not exactly Hogs, but they get us around town swiftly. For out of town use we hire drivers and taxis to escape. We will bring you up to date with some postings of where we have been and what we have have been doing this year, which continues to go so quickly.

• Gidday to everyone that knows us. We have finally got organised and joined the world of the blogger. The links are to Picasa so you can happily enjoy the photos and movies from the last three years goings on
  Our website www.jbandtara.com will be around for a while(if JB can get it fixed) but this will be the main conveyer of useful and useless information to the world. We are outa the Middle East where we had some amazing experiences and met some fantastic people. We moved to Manila in The Philippines in July 2006 and we are so happy we made the move. Close to home, well sort of, at least we are the same time zone. Lots of amazing places to visit and the people in this country are very welcoming.
• Hope you can put up with our ramblings as we get this blog happening.