Crinkly III Philippines adventure day 6 - Lets get these lovebirds married (7/27/19)

Since we are in the wedding party, we get our door knocked on at 4am to start getting ready. We go back to bed as it is too early and they come back and knock at 530 and we get ready around 6 to take some pics by the pool and then have like 100 minutes off as we are free till 8 (the amount of free time and buffer built into the day was so inconvenient and unorganized/inefficient). Eat breakfast at the hotel which was small and not very satisfying. Check out and take the van to the church where we get in place and do the procession in and sit through the catholic ceremony which has lots of weird aspects to the ceremony with a bunch of what seems like self promotion and what not. 

It may be early but that doesnt stop Crinkly from enjoying this view

Just a couple of dudes ready for some wedding festivities

Early morning view over the courtyard

Jefe and Crinkly waiting outside the church to make our grand appearance and get this bad boy started

The front of the church

Crinkly admiring the church

FLAG!!!!

Crinkly chilling by the pool

Crinkly got bored of the pool so now hes playing in the sand.

Crinkly jealous of the swimmers... he aint so buoyant if he takes on water

Cousins meeting up prior to the reception

Such a cool tree. oh yeah the view aint bad either.

The resort next to us had this lil weird island you can swim to and walk around on.

Went across the little water way to get a picture of the party from a different angle. 

Entry way to the reception area... nicely done.

After the ceremony finishes, everyone takes pics and there are people walking around trying to sell pics they took during the ceremony like you just got off a ride at an amusement park; so weird. We take some wedding party pics in the parking lot and then take a van literally across the street to get on the ferry (It would have been faster to just walk). We sit on the ferry for a bit while they try and load everything on and make sure we have everyone. As the bridal party we were in the room that has AC and people keep walking in/out of that room and leaving door open which makes the room get warmer as the room isnt built to cool off quickly. As we are about to leave, they distribute a bunch of jollibee snacks and beers and have coolers with more for people that want it for the ride over to the island. Once we arrive, get in vans to make our way to the Mangodlog Paradise resort to check in. Get to our room and try and find wifi, which we soon discover that the only place that has wifi is the restaurant and it is horrible (over time youll see lots of people congregating near the restaurant to try and get wifi). The bar is an open bar so we get some fruit shakes then wind up with some of the family in their room drinking some local cognac and whiskey as we just hang out and relax before the festivities. Go back to room to get back into the burong as the reception is about to start. Its a very intricate and amazing reception, with games including a match maker game, many speeches, a great band, fireworks, etc. As the reception went on, eventually it started sprinkling. After I go to the room to get ready for bed, the sprinkle turned into a downpour ending the night for everyone else.