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Woody and Peggy Whidden
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have been my mainstays during the time I’ve been at AIIAS. It was Woody who met me with his car at the NINOY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT in Manila the night I arrived, and Peggy who’s cooked the fabulous food every time I’ve been to their house for meals and good conversation - over and over again. Woody is the “fixer” when I have a problem (and what I’m going to do from Friday to Tuesday without him here, I’m not entirely sure), and my guide to the distinctive and unfamiliar society in which I find myself. On the first Sunday (or maybe it was Monday) of my stay, the Whiddens invited me to ride with them to see the TAAL VOLCANO, which sits in the midst of TAAL LAKE, that occupies an extinct 25-30 kilometer wide caldera that has erupted multiple times over the last several thousand years and longer. We would see some of the surrounding countryside and a bit of wildlife, as well as both rural and small town Philippine living situations.
So, off we went up the road
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