Family time in Lipa

We arrived safe and sound in the Philippines and I made some rookie mistakes on this trip!

1. I booked a hotel connected to Terminal 3 thinking we could just walk using the connecting bridge BUT since booking all of this Philippines airlines swapped from T3 to T1 - meaning we couldn't walk. That left us fighting with taxi drivers who wanted to scam us and waiting for a Grab driver to accept our request. After nearly 2hrs we made it to the hotel

2. I cancelled my alarm and slept in; we were only woken up by the hotel staff calling to ask us to leave haha

3. We trusted that we could arrange transport on the day without realizing that Grab no longer operates outside of Manila. That left us with a very expensive option of paying for a Grab and then negotiating to pay them in cash to take us all the way to Lipa.

4. I booked a nice house but didn't realise how far out of town it was. The host was also very unwilling to compromise on house rules so it did leave us feeling a little isolated.

In saying all of that; it was great seeing Jaxon spending time with his aunties and cousins!Read more