The heavens open!

Wednesday 21 March
Today was our first taster of a proper Philippine breakfast, and we all have different experiences, mostly involving rice, fish, mangos, and eggs! The philippine people like to have a hearty start to the day! Today we went to Southland College to talk to the students and to have a Q&A session. It was great to see the college and the college's emphasis on vocational skills, they are focused highly on ensuring that students have the opportunity to study subjects that will help them to get a job, including catering and hospitality and midwifery, the facilities at the school were great and the students were really impressive.

Southland College

We then went to Mag-Asu falls, and on our drive into the mountains the skies began to darken, and as we reached the water falls, the heavens opened! We made a dash for cover and had lunch whilst it dried up, then headed down the 100 steps to the impressive Mag-Asu falls, despite the weather, the falls looked beautiful and after a little coaxing, Helen and me took to the water for a swim! The water was very powerful after the rain, but a great experience to see the falls from the water!

Me and Sarah at Mag-Asu Falls

After the falls we made a very interesting visit to the Negros Occidental Electric Co-operative where we met the staff learned about the electricity system. The Philippine people like to find a way to inject a bit of fun into everything, and after a formal introduction, coffee, and a slideshow, there was a break for one of the talented staff at the company to give a Barry Manilow rendition to the group, very surreal but entertaining!