Each of the three times that my husband has come to the Philippines he has managed to get very ill at least once while he was there. Before arriving at the honeymoon resort he was already beginning to feel the effects of a severe infection that had begun to set in to the area from which the bleeding had occurred prior to his long trip to the Philippines. He was already beginning to experience severe discomfort and a high fever which was compounded by the hot and humid tropical weather. His mood was already deteriorating before we were escorted to our bungalow. When we arrived there, we were greatly disappointed to find that the place for which he had paid a high premium to be ocean side on the beach, was in fact nowhere near the beach and ocean which could not even be seen through the trees and other cabins in front of us.

Unlike many other people, my husband has never been shy about lodging a complaint when someone tries to rip him off. My husband is a very large man even by American standards and Filipinos are relatively diminutive. Although I know in reality he is just a big teddy bear he is not above using his intimidating stature when trying to make a strong point. When he called the front desk the anger in his voice was self explanatory. We had just come from there and I am sure that the staff had seen him and could already tell he was not in a good mood for whatever reason. Not only were they able to quickly find an open ocean side bungalow but to our great surprise it also turned out to be about half as a expensive as the initial lodging. We are still trying to figure that one out to this day. Oh well, one problem solved and one to go.