The day started with a visit to our host teacher Amy's church, Lifestream Ministries. They are in the process of building a new church and we were able to worship in the shell of the new building. When services were finished, I discovered my favorite Filipino dish-ligaw. It's a chicken and rice "stoup" that is delicious even when it is 95 degrees outside.
After church we started making our way to La Virginia Resort for an afternoon of swimming and relaxing. A Jollibee stop was necessary for a quick bite of lunch and who knew we would get a show, too! Apparently, Sundays are really fun days at Jollibee's because there was a dance party on the main floor. I also tried the world famous Jollibee spaghetti with hot dogs. It's the same one that Anthony Bourdain tried and I have to say I disagree with his approval of the spaghetti. The sauce was way too sweet! The chicken joy (aka fried chicken) was really good with the gravy and rice patty. They serve their rice like a hamburger bun wrapped in paper.
La Virginia is a resort of multiple swimming pools that locals often stay at for vacation. We knew we were in for a treat when one of the 1st things we saw was a collection of Santa Claus statues. Thanks to Chef Jeff we were able to get a great deal on ziplining to start our visit off on an exciting note. Only 300 philippine pesos (about $6 usd) for 2 ziplines is a great deal, right? The fact that we were given our tickets through a little mail slot without every seeing a face should have given us pause, but we were too excited. Let's just say this zipline did not have the most current safety equipment! You had to be forced, or maybe jammed is the better word, by two scrawny Filipino guys into the full-body harness to do the zipline Superman-style. Jan went first because I was afraid she would chicken out and she was freaking out about being able to touch the trees. Clearly, the rules of running ziplines in the Philippines are different than in the US! The braking mechanism to prevent us from slamming into the walls was literally 4 Bridgestone tires. We probably should have checked into this before we allowed ourselves to be hooked onto the zipline. After "successfully" completing the zipline, we wandered around the park in the rain checking out some of the more interesting statues, including ones that were far more anatomically correct than statues need to be.
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