Day 20: Pacquiao vs. Bradley

Today was our first free day in a long time. I think we all really needed it. We have been going nonstop and we are all a little tired. We decided to go to the mall for our free day. When we arrived at the mall we immediately went to Greenwich to eat pizza; and eat we did. In the true American style a few members of our group ordered and devoured entire large pizzas. We then split up into groups to do a little shopping. While wandering the mall we found a giant big screen t.v. where some of us were able to see some of the Pacquiao versus Bradley boxing match. It was a disappointment when later that day we found out that Pacquiao lost. After the mall we returned to Process to prepare for dinner. We ate dinner at the starting point of the Abatan river cruise. There also were some members of the Bohol Bee farm, and the special guest of the night, Binhan! It was Binhan's 21st  birthday. Before dinner we were able to hear the Loboc children's choir sing happy birthday to Binhan, as well as other beautiful songs, and the Abananistas. The singing was beautiful and masarap (delicious). After dinner we had cake and took a night cruise on the Abatan river. The cruise was amazing because we were able to see trees full of fireflys. Unlike any fireflys we had ever seen in the states that fly solo and light up sporadically, these fireflys clustered together in the mangrove trees and flashed synchronously. After the cruise we returned to process and are all very ready to go to sleep. We had a great free day but are definitely ready to return to our schedule as normal.

--Katie and Olivia