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Sky Travel is a travel agency that also has E-mail and fax services. I asked Virgie if she knew of a place where Linda could rent a room somewhere in town. Coincidentally, Virgie told us that where SHE lived in this private family home, there was another room for rent. Linda and I went over to look at the room that night with Virgie. It had its own sink, electrical outlets, a private bathroom right outside the room and a place to do your laundry.
The floor and walls were cement and the three windows had no screens on them, which explained why there were so many bugs in the room. The place needed some heavy-duty fixing up but had lots of potential, and not to mention a case of bug spray. There was a phone right next door to Linda's room. She was allowed to use the phone anytime she wanted to, just as long as the bill was paid when it came time to pay it. This made it a lot easier for me to communicate with her when I needed to. Another good thing about this place was that the lady who was renting the room told Linda she could use her refrigerator and anything else she needed in the kitchen to prepare her food.
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The lady had a small business in the front of her house where she sold small food items like sodas, candies, and other sundries. In the Philippines, a little store like this is called a "sari sari" store. This was also very convenient for Linda to have right outside her room. I told the lady we'd take the room and gave her first month's rent, which were 1,000 pesos. ($26)
The electric and water bills were extra and ran about 200 pesos more per month. ($5) All in all, Linda's rent and utilities cost her around $35 a month, the bugs were free! (We sprayed the next day)
The next day, Linda left early in the morning to get some papers filed for her passport in Manila. I got up early too and went down to
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