Photos by MJ Klein
I talked with my friend Sonny, and we decided to throw a barbecue party for his relatives and friends in the village.
On the land behind Sonny’s home, he has a piggery. We selected one of his pigs to roast, Filipino style, over an open pit.
Photos by MJ Klein
In this article, we’ll travel from Tuguegarao City to the village of Santo Nino. My guide, Sonny is from that village and I wanted to visit his family and friends there. Please note that many of these photos were taken from a moving Jeepney without looking through the viewfinder, due to circumstances.
This is our Jeepney driver, who spoke excellent English and was very polite, calling me “sir” throughout the entire trip, lol.
Photos by MJ Klein, except where noted
Dear readers, we sincerely apologize for the long interval without a new article. With the recent passing of my father I wanted to leave his obituary at the top of the blog for some time; I’m sure you understand. But now we must move forward with our next installment of my trip to the Philippines, and my visit to Tuguegarao City. I was fortunate to be able to visit this city 2 times. Once when passing though on my way to the Cayagan Valley, and then on my way back, so this article will be a composite of both visits. I liked the city very much and I already want to go back there. Here is what it’s like to visit Tuguegarao City: 
This hastily framed photograph is of the terminal building at Tuguegarao Airport. This is one of the smallest airports I’ve been to, but perhaps not the smallest.
Photos by MJ Klein
Recently, I was in the Philippines on business. I spent a few days in Manila and then I went up north to the Cagayan Valley. First I’ll show you what it was like in Manila.
Greg (on the left) was our driver, and Sonny was my guide in the Philippines. Greg is a former Manila taxi driver and he knows the city like his own backyard.
Photos by Hui-chen & MJ Klein, including FOOD PHOTOS
This, the last installment of our 2010 USA Trip series, is bittersweet because it deals with one of our favorite countries – Japan. We wish our Japanese brothers and sisters all the best as they deal with restoring things to normal after the terrible natural disaster that afflicted Northeastern Japan.
Hui-chen enjoying a slice of pizza a few days before leaving for Taiwan.
All too soon, it was time for us to leave and head home to Taiwan. We had a fantastic time in the USA, saw sights and people I haven’t seen for years, most of them new experiences for Hui-chen. We packed our bags and boarded our flight to Narita, Japan. But there were some unexpected events that occurred along the way home.
Photos by MJ Klein, including FOOD PHOTOS!
This post is for people who love real smoked BBQ!
On our last day in the US on this trip, I wanted to use the wood smoker again. It had been so long since I had cooked with one that I needed the practice to get back on my smoking game. So I chopped up some wood and started another cooking fire in the fire box, using white oak, which is what I normally like to cook with.
Photos by MJ Klein
I know we’ve dragged this series out longer than any other we’ve done, but we’re coming to the end! After this installment, we’re going to show you what we did on the last day, and then what happened to us on the way home, so there will be 2 more and then the series is closed. I recently traveled to the Philippines and I want to start a new series on that trip, so without further delay, we bring you this installment:
People love ‘em or hate ‘em. There’s no middle ground with Krispy Kreme. Personally, I love them. When I was a kid, our favorite place to go after church on Sunday was Krispy Kreme. Hui-chen had never even seen one before so I made it a point to take her to one and sample their brand of doughnuts.
Photos by MJ Klein & Hui-chen
After New England, we returned to North Carolina, where we had 2 weeks until our return flight back home to Taiwan. We spent quite a few days relaxing out by the pool and enjoying the local cuisine.
We checked out the new downtown baseball park for an evening game.
Photos by Hui-chen & MJ Klein, including some FOOD PHOTOS at the end.
As soon as Hui-chen and I got the car and started driving away from the North End area, the rain stopped! This was very similar to what happened to us when we visited Salem a few days earlier. But by the time it stopped raining completely we were away from the North End area, so we decided to take a look around downtown Boston, since we would be leaving New England in a few hours from now.
We have about 60-something photos to show you in this article, so let’s get started.
Photos by Hui-chen & MJ Klein, including FOOD PHOTOS!
As we head into this new year, we’re coming to a close on this series soon. On our last day in New England I wanted to take Hui-chen to the North End, the famous Italian section of Boston. Years ago I lived in the North End, on Charter Street and there were some things that I wanted Hui-chen to see, and also I wanted her to experience some of the delicious food that the North End is famous for.
We turned on Commercial Street and headed into the famous North End of Boston….
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