The 4th of July in the Philippines is obviously not celebrated but being Americans we decided to celebrate in a very nontraditional way. As Joanna says" 4th of July will be celebrated with hot springs and pizza" and after this 4th of July I really have to agree with her.
Our day started out by visiting the local health center in Silang, which is the municipality I am currently staying in. They are trying to do so much with so little resources. Most of these health centers don't have doctors and are run by nurses, midwifes, and community health workers. This one even included a dental section, unfortunately it only performs extractions, but it's still really good that they have that.
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| Arti and Me with the rice fields |
After the health center and lunch which as always has rice with it. Just a side note every meal has rice here and not brown rice but white rice, it is not considered a meal if it lacks rice then it is a snack. Anyways, after we left we traveled to the International Rice Research Institute or IRRI. It was about a 2 hour drive and once we got close it was gorgeous. I just can't get over how green everything is here. We had a tour of the Rice museum and learned pretty much everything you can learn about rice, tools used in making rice and what edible and non-edible good come from rice. It really was an amazing place they are doing research to create rice that is more nutritious and that tastes good to help increase the nutrition level of those in the Philippines and worldwide. They also store every variety and type of rice in a giant freezer vault.
IRRI is near an area known for having hot springs so the group decided to stop and take a dip. I think that we were all thinking natural hot springs but that was a very false assumption. The hot springs were pools with water from hot springs in them or something of the sort. They had slides and pools with different temperatures and depths. It really felt amazing. We had a great time goofing off, eating pizza and getting bit by bugs. It was the perfect way to end our 4th of July abroad.
IRRI is near an area known for having hot springs so the group decided to stop and take a dip. I think that we were all thinking natural hot springs but that was a very false assumption. The hot springs were pools with water from hot springs in them or something of the sort. They had slides and pools with different temperatures and depths. It really felt amazing. We had a great time goofing off, eating pizza and getting bit by bugs. It was the perfect way to end our 4th of July abroad.
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