Hello Michaela, and welcome to Tripatini! It's great to have you with us -- and we think you'll find our site productive as well as interesting and enjoyable.

To get the most out of Tripatini, you may want to take a moment to join several other of our many other groups which you may find of particular interest, such as the Philippines, Resorts Corner, Beach-Bumming, Deals & Packages, Adventure Travel, Eco/Sustainable Tourism, Eating/Drinking the World, and plenty of others covering many other topics and most destinations across Asia and the globe.

FYI, on your profile you'll see a green bar marked "Text Box," which you can turn into a box containing not just text but also photos and even videos about yourself, your interests, your travels, the Philippines, and Westwind Travel & Tours.

Finally, if you would, please be so kind as to spread the word among your travel-interested friends, family, colleagues, associates, and clients. It's fast and easy to use our "INVITE" function above left on the navigation bar to enter e-mails (even your whole list at once!).

Thanks much for joining us, Michaela; we wish you an outstanding rest of 2009 and look forward to seeing you online.

Cheers!