Last day on the island. Sheesh, that went by fast.
 
Tomorrow we drive to Manila, an all-day journey, spend the night there and then take off for Seattle by way of Tokyo, another all-day journey. We'll buy junk at the airport for triple the normal price just to get rid of our excess pesos, have one last halo-halo in the airport restaurant, and then sadly wave farewell to our island paradise from our window seats. And immediately start planning next year's trip.
 
My granddaughter is till trying to figure out how it is we can leave on Friday at 9:45 AM and arrive on Friday at 9:45 AM. I said, "you know how when you call your cousin in Denver it's an hour later there? Well, it's like that." I don't think my explanation helped much.
 
Best of all, for the first time in 25 years, I leave uninjured. Knock on coconut.
 
 
 
 

QUOTE: "Best of all, for the first time in 25 years, I leave uninjured. Knock on coconut."
 
Beats being "knocked out" by a coconut, like on Gilligan's Island!
 
Safe travels, Bit!
 
Bob
 

eph221

sharke
So just to confirm: this entire vacation was "smoke free"?

 
??

The new (temporary) Mayor of the Philippines is a lunatic who hates Americans (we evidently rejected is travel VISA when he wanted to visit his girlfriend going to school here).  He's already personally executed three people on the streets because he claimed they were drug dealers.  At least one is simply thought to have had weed on him for his own personal use.
 
Since Dave smokes legally in Washington, well, you should now have enough of the picture. 

I respect your strength and conviction, you big ol' tower of jello. 

Still waiting on that welcome-home doobie...decided a taco wouldn't do it and instead went out to a proper sit-down restaurant for a giant chile relleno combo platter. Dead tired, barely able to keep my eyes open, going out was a way to stay awake a little longer in hopes of getting back in sync with PST.
 
The strategy failed spectacularly. Instead of the relaxing J and falling asleep to DSoM as planned, I instead got the worst case of food poisoning I've ever experienced and stayed up all night in excruciating gastronomical agony. I have never wanted sleep so badly. All I could think about was that I never did get around to writing a will.
 
Better now, I think. I didn't eat anything Saturday except saltines and water, finally passed out around 5:00 PM. woke up at 2:00 AM today feeling like I'd been run over by a jeepney. Still no appetite, but I'm optimistic that'll change once I finally roll that long-awaited marijuana cigarette tonight...
 

Wow!  I hope things stay better from now on!  

bitflipper
Haribo candy, got it. Wash it down with Gatorade. No votes for Pepto Bismol?
 
Had to google "Haribo candy" to find out it's Gummibären. At least, that's what it was called the last time I ate some (1972, Munich, Germany; motivation:Turkish Plate).

Back in the UK a popular stoner snack is the Haribo "Tangfastics," some of the sourest candy you'll ever experience. I tried in vain to find it here in the US for years before giving up. And then I read that sour candy like this is so bad for your teeth you might as well swish battery acid. So I'm kinda glad I can't buy it any more. 

I visited my first dispensary yesterday. I was so happy that I cried. Later on I ate a family size bag of dill pickle chips. I was so sick I cried. It would seem balance is the key.
 
The chips are gone and replaced with celery sticks and carrots. With any luck the dispensary will be there when I return.

ampfixer
I visited my first dispensary yesterday. I was so happy that I cried. Later on I ate a family size bag of dill pickle chips. I was so sick I cried. It would seem balance is the key.
 
The chips are gone and replaced with celery sticks and carrots. With any luck the dispensary will be there when I return.

I don't smoke any more except once in a blue moon I'll get some, and if it lasts me the course of a week I will very easily put on 5lbs during that time. Celery sticks and carrots don't cut it for my munchies unless I'm dipping them in hummus, in which case the entire hub of hummus is devoured in one sitting. In fact anything that gets opened is devoured in one go. Entire loaves of bread with entire jars of Marmite, entire boxes of cereal (if it's chocolate flavored I will quite happily eat two boxes), and my "medicinal" bars of dark chocolate, of which I will usually only eat 2 or 3 squares a day, will be inhaled in a matter of seconds. It really is the darndest thing how easy it is to vacuum up every last tasty morsel in sight when you're stoned, especially if you're not a regular stoner. I will literally prowl the kitchen like a predator hunting for prey. It has to be quick, easy and tasty. Salads are out, too much chopping. 

I like to use Mason jars. More function than style.