Carole's comments on Wednesday March 26

The Wedding Rings- part 2: If you watched the wedding video carefully you probably already know that the rings arrived in time for the ceremony. Bill called someone in Manila, who called someone, who handed the rings to someone coming to Boracay on Monday, and the rings were hand delivered to the hotel in plenty of time for the 4:30 event. But it doesn’t really matter because we will never let Bill live this one down.
The Food: We had a question about the food. I am enjoying most of the Chinese and Philippine food – lots of seafood and shellfish (crab, shrimp- with their heads on) and also plenty of chicken and pork, but not many vegetables – at least in the Philippines. There was an entire roasted pig at the reception; I plan on Peking duck at least once in Beijing. But there are plenty of things I am not even tempted to try - like the dried fish heads served with the breakfast buffet. (At least I think that is what they are. I try not to get too close to them at that hour of the day!)
Today’s travel: Up at 5 am (AGAINL). So far today we’ve been on a van, a boat, a tricycle, a plane, a taxi, and then another plane. (The last plane was a new Boeing 777- the most comfortable plane I’ve ever been on – with enough leg room to cross your legs!). It is now 3 pm - we have a 3 hr layover in Hong Kong before taking our last plane into Beijing this evening. The Lee’s and Fitzpatrick’s are staying in Manila tonight and attending a Chinese dinner in honor of the newlyweds.

One final note: I meant to mention this when we were here before…Hong Kong is the CLEANEST place I have ever been - I am very impressed. With this many people it would be easy to understand if there was garbage everywhere - but instead I’m amazed at how spotless every place is – including the harbor. I wish Philadelphia were even a tenth as clean as HK.