Parting thoughts, Philippines: I spend about 6 weeks in Mindanao and exactly 2 months total in the Philippines. It was exactly what I wanted. I got to visit fabulous Bradford alumni, and I got to see and experience peacebuilding programs such as the types I wrote about in my dissertation. Plus, I got to eat mangos and see the ocean and met beautiful people. And I fit in pretty well insomuch as, well, for example, the CRS staff liked me simply as evidence that short Americans do exist. I had a moment of - what if I'm supposed to stay here. But seeing as no one actually offered me a job, only suggested that I stay...Wow, it was a good time, and I'm grateful to everyone I met. End of an era - I left behind my copy of Lonely Planet's "SouthEast Asia on a Shoestring."