Travels with the Burnhams

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27 November 2007 - 3 March 2008

We left Ottawa on November 19, 2007 to travel to the Philippines for three months of travel and work. December was our month to volunteer with the Center for Education, Research and Volunteering Philippines (CERV) a small NGO affiliated with Global Volunteer Network (GVN), an umbrella organization run out of New Zealand with projects all over the world. When we left our project in January we had another two months to explore the Philippines. That was the main thrust of our travels this year, sandwiched between visits to Paris, France at the beginning and end of our trip. That isn't the most direct way to get to the Philippines from Ottawa but our daughter Erica moved to Paris at the beginning of October with her husband Andrew Auerbach and their two small boys, Atticus, almost three and Roman, now 11 months. Our account of our time in France is on another website page, this account is of our travels and experiences in the Philippines.

The website for Center for Education, Research and Volunteering Philippines (CERV), the organization in the Philippines is www.volunteerphilippines.com

The website for Global Volunteer Network (GVN) the umbrella volunteer organization that has projects all over the world is www.volunteer.org.nz

Jeanne wrote up a description of their trip, which is included on this website with a selection of photos for each episode. Choose one of the following to read.

Episode 1: Manila, Big City Big Problems
Episode 2: Rice Three Times A Day: Volunteering on Tablas
Episode 3: Festival Time in Long Beach
Episode 4: Moving On: Sibuyan, Tagaytay, Coron
Episode 5: Sun and Sand: Palawans and Bohol
Episode 6: Into Every Life Some Rain Must Fall: Siquijor, Moalboal, Northern Luzon

Philippine Island Hopping

Winter 2007-8