September 20, 2012
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Anita, niece Hana, Alex and Anna Marie and look at the
welcome cake they made for me. |
Laura Mudge, Andrew Horan and I had to be ready to leave for
the airport at 9:30am. It was a very short sleep. The three of us are the only
volunteers from batch 271 sited in Leyte and
we were able to travel together. The flight to Tacloban took an hour and I must
say it was exciting to see the beauty of Leyte
from the air. My first impression when stepping off the plane was taking a deep
breath of clean smelling fresh air and thinking, YES! Our rides were waiting
for us. We said our goodbyes and were off to our permanent sites. The drive to
Inopacan with Cito took about three hours. We drove along coastline, up and
over a mountain and back down to coastline again. I was very happy to see so
little trash everywhere. All the homes, including nipa huts have neat
tidy yards, are well maintained and have beautiful flowers. Lush tropical
mountains start their climb directly from the coast. The rivers look fresh and clean and their banks are garbage free.
