After my month long trip to Texas, I of course wanted to take another trip versus going back to Korea.  I’ve learned that it is much easier to go back to Korea if there is something to look forward to — which is why we decided to take a trip to the Philippines for my birthday this year!  The night of my birthday we took off from Gimhae airport on the way to Cebu City.  There are over 7,000 islands in the Philippines, so choosing where to go is almost impossible.  After speaking with several others that have made the trip, and doing a little research, we decided to go to Cebu Island and Boracay.  Aside from Japan, and parts of China, the Philippines are the closest travel destination to South Korea (I guess you could also count North Korea as a travel destination…but I’m not going to this time).  The only problem is that you have to fly in and out in the middle of the night.

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