Looking back, I realize that we’ve been a very mobile family. When andrea and I got married, we rented a place in Taytay, ,a good 30-45 minute ride away from our parents. When we had mateo, we moved higher up to Antipolo, closer to our work place and mateo’s school. Now that we’re both out of work and waiting for our chance to go abroad, we’re back in andrea’s old home. Mateo’s only 3 and a half years old and yet he’s already called 3 houses home.

Now I wonder if owning an RV here would make better sense than doing all the moving that we did. However, the Philippines is not an RV-friendly country. Not only are the streets not suitable for such a vehicle, but no one would be brave enough to offer any motorhome insurance. In fact, people here only pay attention to car insurance after insanely destructive typhoons like last year’s Ondoy. Very few actually take care of their cars well enough to get them covered.