Day 7

Howdy All,
Today we stumbled out of bed at an ungodly hour of 4:30am. Thankfully this was done to the delicious smell of freshly cooked cinnamon scrolls :)
We were then hurried onto the bus determined not to miss our upcoming boat ride...sadly might we just add that Jasmine and Brittany were unable to join us today for they are both getting over a bug. Prayers and comments will be much appreciated for them. 

We arrived at the dock, still half asleep may we add, we settled ourselves in comfy positions on the waiting chairs. Well most of us were on the waiting chairs, Mr Beacham fell asleep on the floor with Peter in his arms!
At 8:00 we boarded the boat and found our seats. Most of us fell asleep for the whole 1 hour boat ride!

We arrived at Corrigador where there was a tour bus waiting to take us around the island. We were shown the major historical events of the Philippines' involvement during the wars. We were taken into the Malinta Tunnel where we were given a virtual tour with war mannequins, amazing sound effects and photos and video clips from 1941-45.

After this show we dined at the hotel on the island and we were served an amazing buffet! We sat on the balcony which overlooked the beautiful bay.

After lunch it really got exciting!

We were taken around the island looking at the ruins of the old American buildings that were used during the war. Words can not describe the scenes we had around us. These buildings were awesome and really fascinating. We were able to walk along the ruins and explore the old tunnels with debris around our feet. We managed to fit Josh and Jono down the barrel of one of the many massive guns scattered throughout the barracks. We had Jamie running around the ruins pretending to hold a gun, imaging himself on the Xbox game 'Call of Duty'.

We also saw the old cinema which was in ruins. Our tour guide told us that the last movie which was shown there was 'Gone With The Wind', so Pistol Pete and Kait jumped up onto the stage and dramatically re-enacted the last scene of the movie. Pete chewed the corner of his moustache and said, "Quite frankly my dear, I don't give a damn!" and Kait held her hand to her forehead and proclaimed, "Oh Rhett!"
These fallen buildings were incredible and at around 3:00 we were back on our boat heading back to Manila.  
From the dock we headed straight into the city to the Mall of Asia, yes that's right the second largest mall in the southern hemisphere! Here we ate dinner at Gerry's  which was very maserap :)
Oh and at this particular restaurant we tried a mystery meat called 'Sig Sig' which we later discovered was pig face and brain.
After dinner we went to the movies which are massive and hold hundreds of people in the one cinema.

We tiredly arrived home after our adventurous day...yet the evening had not ended. Four volunteers Peter, Bob, Verity and Chris were game enough to try the Philippino delicacy balut. This is actually an egg with an embryo of ten days old inside. These chicks had beaks, claws and a few feathers! The delicacy touched Verity's lips and that was enough for her and Bob put the whole thing in his mouth and then vomited it back up. It was Peter and Chris who were the ones who finally were able to swallow it with help from the cheering crowd.
Well that's all from us for now :)
love always Liv & Kait
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Just a small update, Jaz and Brittany are doing well :)
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