The Y.C. James Yen Center

The Y.C. James Yen Center is an international traiing and conference facility.  The Yen Center is home  to the Inernational Institute of Rural Reconstruction (IIRR). The facilities sits on 50 hectares in the middle of Silan, Cavite, Philippines. Surrounding this serene piece of land is a busy city with traffic, markets and noisy neighborhoods. There are nature trails, a swimming pool and the Yen Museum on the grounds. The accommodations are cottage-style rooms laid out along outdoor hallways that face expanses of green.  Large frogs greet you as you walk along the corridors at night and the reception hall is home to a ten inch long geiko that trumpets out its name in the early evening before scurrying behind the pictures on the wall.  WIFI is available and the staff goes out of its way to provide adequate space to work.  Then we have the food.  Delicious and plentiful, we are served three buffet style meals a day plus two merianda.  I cannot stay much longer or I will have to take up jogging and my knees are not up to that task.