Winter vacation 2012

Our winter vacation was great! We spent 7 nights in the Philippines with our friends Amy and Rachel, 4 nights in Hong Kong with Amy and then 4 nights in Beijing. It's pretty tough being back in Korea for only 3 weeks, we just wanted to start our USA/Europe adventure! Here is a (mostly) pictorial account of our trip:

The Philippines

The Philippines was so beautiful. The weather was around 30 everyday, so perfect for the beach. We had a couple of down pours during the week, but each only lasted for 30 minutes or so.

Day 1
We spent the night at a hotel near the airport the before our early morning flight from Incheon. It had a pretty sweet bathroom:

2 flights later we arrived at our beautiful resort:

 That afternoon we drank beer, cocktails and ate:

 Day 2
We swam and relaxed at the beach:

 and drank more cocktails:

 Day 3
More beach:

more beer:

more cocktails:

and more food:

 Day 4
Rachel arrived!

Day 5
We went island hopping and snorkelling:

and drank mango shakes (I LOVE mango!):

 Day 6

We saw some hills:

some butterflies:

 some trees:

 some of the worlds smallest monkeys:

 and a church:

of course the day ended with some beers at our newly found favourite restaurant (yum-pesto):

We ate here another 3 times before we left!

 Day 7
The beach again.... the water is so beautiful!

 Day 8
This was Amy's birthday, but unfortunately we spent the day waiting for a ferry, on a ferry, waiting at the airport and on a plane. Bummer for Amy!

 That's a wrap for the Philippines, soon to come Hong Kong!