This trip started on a bit of a bad start. My post from Facebook.
I messed up and ruined our vacation and feel absolutely crushed and devastated and stupid.
Didn’t notice that Hazel’s passport is less than 6 months from expiration. Philippines won’t let you in without 6 months before passport expiration.
Got turned away at the airport. Out a big chunk of change and scrambling to figure out a plan B and just pissed and sad and feel sick to my stomach. Had been really really looking forward to this.
Got home late, like 1 a.m. Girls and Kim went to bed morose. I stayed up all night, planning and rebooking and at 6:30 a.m. I was waking them with the surprise news that I had rebooked (at considerable expense) a trip to Hawaii instead. Not what we planned but we had a great time.
When our planned trip to the Philippines fell apart and we needed a last minute pivot, I had promised Margot Sea turtles, and that was part of what guided us to Hawaii. This spot delivered for sure.
With our trip being extremely last minute, and Hawaii being busy, just about every activity I called about was booked solid. But I found a discover scuba for two people and signed Kim and Hazel up. When Hazel had gone to Catalina with me to do her open water class, she had trouble doing a […]
