July 19th

Well, hello again everybody! I had a great couple of weeks up north in the Rizal area. The first two weeks were spent at Rizal Re-Creation Center (one week of elementary camp, and one week of high/middle school camp), and much of the third week was spent in Tanza/Antipolo (towns outside of Manilla a little ways).
I'm going to separate the events that have transpired over the last three weeks into a couple different posts over the next couple days when I have time.
This evening, because I am pretty tired, I am just going to upload some pictures of the Rizal Re-Creation center/camp. I took some pictures of the grounds in between the two weeks of camp, but once the kids arrived we were asked not to have our phones out, so I didn't get to take any pictures of the kids or activities - I did buy a thumb drive though and get pictures from one of the adults who was going around taking pictures, I will see if I can borrow a computer so that I can put some of those on here tomorrow.
Anyway here are some pictures of the camp. Many are just of the scenery - it was so green all around, tons of coconut trees, a very nice pool and slide, a koy fish pond, etc. The bunks are inside a cabin obviously, those were where we stayed with the campers. Each cabin held 12 people and had its own bathroom with shower - very nice! They also have nicer guest rooms with air conditioning that retreat groups can stay in. Those of us who stayed after the camps to go into Tanza got to stay in those guest rooms for a couple nights, I forgot to take pictures of those rooms though. As you will be able to tell from the pictures, it was a beautiful place.
Also at this place is the official biggest spinning top in the world - I forget the dimensions exactly, but it is over 10 feet tall and around 8 feet wide. I will explain more about this later as well...stay tuned.