For the last two weeks i have been in Asia visiting the Philippines and Vietnam. My youngest sister is a marine and was approved for leave so we decided to go together. The flight there was so long.

We did a bike tour when we got to Manila of the city history.

My sister booked us a hike on Mount Pinatubo, i still don’t understand my sisters obsession with hiking. They literally don’t realize how out of size i am to do these ridiculous hikes. Anyways i can said i did it. We had to wake up at 1am take a 2hr bus ride and then a 40 mins jeep ride it was a long day.

I found a dessert museum called The Dessert Museum. They had the best mango ice cream.

And the food…

Also the Philippines had Christmas decoration up since September

I don’t have any picture of this but what was different to me about the Philippines was they had armed security guys with like big guns everywhere like malls, parks, banks, grocery stores. Im not sure what’s going on in their country or government for them to have security everywhere but coming from America i felt really safe with those guys around.

Oh Vietnam! my country i haven’t been back in 12-13 years. i don’t miss it or anything, i wasn’t born or raised here but it still nice to visit where my parents born and raised.

one of my favorite thing in Vietnam is the sugar cane drinks! it just sooo sweet and refreshing which is great because it so freakin hot!

I was very surprised to see so much tourist in Saigon than i did in Manila.

I wish i could haven’t taken more pictures but vietnam has a very high theft rate and after i saw a girl right outside our hotel get her phone snapped out of her hand by a motorcyclist i literally did not take my phone out anymore. but other than that i had a great time visiting and seeing my sister. ill do it again maybe in 3 more years.