While I am recuperating at home in Devon, the rest of my family is enjoying their time in the Philippines. They have been surfing on sand dunes, driving quad bikes, admired the old colonial architecture (at least Jennifer has), gone to markets and swimming in the hotel pools. The north of the Philippines is one of the centres of colonial history due to the wealth that the shipping lanes between Manila and Acapulco created. Another such area is further south in Cebu in the Visayas.
But although they learn both geography and history and colonial culture there is still time for a little bit of sillyness:
