For the first time ever, I went off to be with girlfriends for a long weekend getaway.
It is not uncommon for upcoming holidays in Manila to be announced in advance. We decided to plan for an August trip. Two of the ladies have birthdays in August and we were sure there would be a long weekend we could make our plans around. We settled on the third weekend of August. The 21st of August has been a special non-working holiday since 2004 in commemoration of the death of Ninoy Aquino.
We had made our plans as early as March. We had not been together as a group since Jan 2008 when one of our friends had come home from Melbourne to visit Manila. At that time, six of us were living in Manila and only one of us was out of the country. Getting everyone together was much simpler. Soon after that, another one of us migrated and left for Perth. Then in 2009, we left for Sydney. Getting together was not as simple as it used to be. Whenever one of us would come home, the girls would always see each other. We would correspond via email, text, FB, and Viber but the physical getting together was long overdue.
We stayed at an airbnb.
We went on the Little India walking tour.
We posed in front of this painted cow.
We even got matching t-shirts for this group photo.
I look forward to our next getaway ... whenever and wherever that may be.
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