Photos: Where I Live- Borongan, Philippines

My husband and I have been living in the Philippines for about 8 months now. We live in a small town called Borongan. It's located on the island of Samar, which is just south of Luzon (the major island that Manila is on).


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Now, when I say this is a small town-- this is a SMALL town. Everybody knows everybody type of thing. But I like it here. It's right on the beach. It's on the eastern side of the island, which is ideal to watch some really pretty sunrises. And people here are friendly. My father-in-law is from Borongan, so we have a lot of family here.
Here are some pictures from around town. I would like to apologize for the really crappy quality of some of these pictures-- I have an iPhone 3G (not even the 3Gs- but I'm not complaining because it was given to us for free, lol). But I promise to get better pictures with a real camera soon!

On our scooter, heading into town for a grocery run.
Can you see me?? =)

This is the small bridge we pass over to get into
the "downtown" area. The water is really pretty
(when it hasn't been raining). I promise I'll take a
better picture!

This is an outside shot of the market we go to for our food.

Inside the market- lots of little stalls like this.
Fresh veggie & fruit galore!

You can also get fresh fish & other seafood here.

More market goodies.

The little stand where we get our fruit. The market's selection
of fruit isn't that good, so we come here. The guys working
here know what we want right away when we come.

This is usually what our haul from the market and
fruit stand look like-- and we go through all of this
in 2 days!

This is where we get our dry dog food-- by the kilo.

Snack time! This is siopao-- the Filipino version of
a steamed bun. Filled with meat & so good!

A garden bed in our backyard that my husband built.

My husband working in the garden.

At the pier.

The beach.