Tuguegarao Dec 22

I got up early to take my laundry down to the desk and had toast and coffee. Then realized I was still tired so went back to bed.
After a few hours I went out to explore and found this beautiful old church. The Archdiocese of Tuguegarao.

It was one huge space inside.

I loved the brick exterior.

Here is a little outdoor sanctuary behind the church.

Nice doorway on one side.

There are manger scenes everywhere in The Philippines.

That little tour took it all out of me and I went back to the hotel to lie down. I was beginning to think I might be sick but I think I am just burnt out. I would stop somewhere a while to recover but waiting to get to somewhere I like.

So I stayed in most of the day, cleaned and sorted the stuff in my pack and washed some undies. I have a nice room here with hot water and air conditioning so it is pretty good to lay low here today.A couple of times I went out to get a meal took forever because everywhere was so crowded.

I had to try 3 different ATM machines at three different banks before finding one that worked. Also had to line up at all so it took almost 2 hours just to do that. If it hadn't been for my nice hotel room to go back to I would have had to cry.

This morning when I called the desk to see if the laundry was back they said "Oh, we forgot." and brought it back dirty.

It's funny, you know, how I was taking all this stuff in stride and then suddenly it is too hard. It must be the "crash zone" all the travel blogs talk about. I am assuming that a little rest will take care of it.

Anyway, I am off to Manila this morning by plane. I have a dorm room at a nice place and I will be there 5 days. No more buses in the near future.

It seems like I have been in the Philippines for months but actually only got here on the 9th.

I have a couple of things I'm hoping to do while I'm in Manila and there is always the Mall of Asia where it is cool.