Boiling Water Gushing from a Rock in the town of Mainit (Tagalog for "hot"), Mountain Province

Mainit, a town in the crater of a volcano

In a Kitchen in Mainit, Mountain Province

A House in Mainit-They must have built it above ground because the hot spring is always changing places.

View of Bontoc

An Evening Devotional-we built a rock monuement together

weaving in Bontoc

Traditional Igorot Clothing-it used to be worn topless, and, of course, the g-string was worn alone.

Eating Balut-a partially formed chicken that was killed before it could hatch

The Banuae Rice Terraces

Banuae

Back in the town

In Korea October 19-November 5

I visited my sister, Hannah, and her husband, Su San, and son, Noah, in Incheon, Korea from October 19-November 5. They made sure that I tried a wide variety of Korean foods. We visited a palace and several other places in Seoul, and spent a weekend in Pusan with Su San’s parents. I found that my nephew, Noah, has grown big since the last time I saw him, which was when he was two months old. I think he’s going to have good social skills because he loves to wave at people and shout “daaah daaaah!” to them, and loves to give things to people.

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Noah's favorite game is to give things to people.

We visited a Korean palace in Seoul

apartments are everywhere

a serpent

We went to a large Buddhist temple by the ocean in Pusan.

This is my sister's husband's parents with Noah. We spent a weekend with them in Pusan, Korea.

This is duck cooked inside of a large squash (they called it pumpkin) that we ate when we visited Pusan. It was one of my favorite dishes.

We even ate in a restaurant made out of clay buildings. We ate a lot!

I got to try a lot of Korean food while I was in Korea with my sister.

Noah was very curious about my camera.

This is my sister and nephew on the elevator in their apartment.

I went to Korea to visit my sister and Su San and my nephew Noah.