After snapping a few pictures, we took a half hour horse tour ride around town. We got to see some old buildings and the wall. I couldn't hear much of what the tour guid was saying because I was in the back of the carriage, but that was okay.
Next, we toured Ft Santaigo where Jose Rizal (the national hero) was held captive before he was executed a long time ago. It was very pretty, but the weather was SO HOT. It almost made me long for Korea's weather!
After eating some Pork Sisig for lunch at a hole-in-the-wall-but-still-cute restaurant, we crashed for about 4 hours. I think the heat got to us all. We took a jeepney to Rizal park later on, where we took a few pictures, but the highlight was Ocean Park Aquarium at the west end of the park.
I haven't been to many aquariums that I remember, but this was awesome! I petted a starfish, which actually didn't feel like anything special. There were tons of fish I'd never seen before. There were lots of sharks, sting rays, and there was even a tunnel you could walk though. It was like "Finding Nemo" but in person. Little did I know, I'd be going snorkeling in the ocean and the aquarium wouldn't have anything on that!
I thought our day was over after the aquaruim, but suprise, suprise, it wasn't. We didn't get the memo that we were supposed to pick up Cora, Joe's mom, from San Juan at 6 pm in order to go visit Joe's dad's side of the family in Quezon City. It was already 8pm by the time we left Ocean Park. We got back into the Mitusubishi, drove to San Juan to get Cora, then spent another hour in the car to go to Quezon City. Kenny and I tried to be in good spirtits to meet another 20 odd family members, but we were pretty tired. We'd already eaten at the Pancake House in Ocean Park, and had to eat some more, so as not to be rude, with the family. It was after midnight by the time we got back! Another night without a lot of sleep!
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