Once a year in the small town of Kananga, Philippines ( Where my wife grew up ) a Fiesta takes place that involves the entire town. People are all over the streets celebrating and drinking the native drink tuba, the alcoholic drink that does not give you a hang over. The Fiesta is about family, [...]

Me and my wife got married in December of 2006, I stayed in Manila for a total of two months. After than I came back home, although it was very hard to leave the Philippines without my wife. We started the visa process in April of 2007. I hired a lawyer to handle everything that [...]

I stayed in the city of Ormoc during most of my stay in the Philippines. There really isn’t much to do in Ormoc, as my wife says when I ask her to go out somewhere, “There’s nothing to do here.” Anyhow if your a pizza lover, like me, you won’t like Ormoc very much. Pizza [...]

I stayed in Ormoc Villa Hotel in Ormoc City when I first came to the Philippines to meet Jonalyn and her family. The hotel employees were kind and courteous to us during our entire stay. It cost about 35-40 a night. I would enjoy asking the hotel room service how much I should tip them, [...]

Before I came to the Philippines I talked to my dads friend ( who was born in the Philippines ) about all the dangers and concerns. He said there is real concern of getting dengue fever when im there, and that some people get malaria. He said it is so hot in the Philippines that [...]

The City of Ormoc is a 1st class city in the province of Leyte, Philippines. The city’s name is derived from ogmok, an old Visayan term for lowland or depressed plain. It is the first non-provincial city of the Philippines. According to the 2007 census, it has a population of 177,524 people. Ormoc is the [...]