The Plan

When I started all this I realized that a major part of it is that trip to the Philippines to meet the girl of my dreams. So I started making basic plans, getting money together, working on my visa, and talking to my family about it. At that point back mid December I had this idea in my head that I would go to Manila, spend a week, and over the course of that week go on a number of different dates. The idea was to sort through a list of girls that I thought might be right. the plan being then when I did meet someone I really wanted to be with I would then go back to the Philippines later on in the year or possibly next year and spend an entire week with them.

It goes without saying that all these plans changed when I met Bhel. I had originally planned to go to the Philippines in April during the third week. I had planned it this way because of the extra paycheck I get in the month of April. once I met Bhel, and we swiftly realized what an incredible match we were for each other, I knew I had to change my plans. all I wanted to do is go to the islands and spend as much time as I could with this amazing girl. In our talking about the trip in April we kept wishing it could be sooner, but there were some work issues that prevent that. The biggest of all these issues with work was that there wasn't another tech in Vermont that was ATM trained. I am an ATM technician, and although my best friend Larry had just gotten hired he hadn't yet finished his ATM training. Thanks To the tireless efforts of Larry and my territory manager we were able to get Larry into ATM school,  and I was able to move the dates up by nearly a month.

On January 8th I purchased my ticket to Manila, after talking to Bell on January 12th I purchased a connecting flight to Tacloban and we committed to spending the time together. Since then we have extended my stay from 7 days to 14, and have made plans to visit some amazing places while in the Philippines. among these amazing places are Kalanggaman Island
, the Caluwayan Palm Island Resort, Hotel h2o in Manila, Ocean Park in Manila, and Enchanted Kingdom in Manila.

right now the flight plan is as follows

March 17th - Catch my first of three flights out of Albany NY at 9:35
March 19th - Arrive in Tacloban and stay at hotel XYZ for the night
March 20th - Travel to Kalanggaman Island with Bhel’s family (my new inlaws)
March 21st - Return from the island, and depart from Bhel’s amazing family
March 21st - Take a van to the Caluwayan Palm Island Resort  for 4 days.
March 25th - Take a plane together to Manila and the hotel H2O.
March 26th - Visit The Magic Kingdom
March 29th - Return home to Vermont to start the K1 Visa process..

Kalanggaman island

Enchanted Kingdom

Caluwayan Palm Island Resort

Hotel H2O