Manilla
Travel Blogs from Manilla, Philippines
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GRO and hobbits
... for comfort are getting really low now. I was just thankfull not to be creeping along a bumpy dusty road. Our first night in Manilla we stayed with Leo a guy a met from the internet at Globalfreeloaders.com We stayed with him 1 night and the next day his ...
Wrong airport
... into. My ticket says Manilla. Well it turns out that it really says Manilla-CRK which really mean an airport 2 hours away from Manilla. found this out only a couple of hours before we flew there and was barely able to sqeeze off an email alerting him ...
Manila and Banue
... around in our bathrobes for a bit we checked out a couple of the local malls. Malls are big business in the Philippines and they contain everything you'd ever need for shopping and entertainment. That night we watched Casino Royale which was ...
upgrade on flight!!!
woo hoo i have arrived inthis absolutely buzzing city! moreor less hanging out the windows of the taxi into town to see everything! basically an entry just to let you know i have arrived safely! well who wouldnt when you are upgraded to business class ...
Manila, Philippines
... heat, suddenly wakes one to the reality that this is a hot place even in winter. The main mode of transport, in the Philippines appears to be, Jeepney, tricycle, bus or taxi. A Jeepney is a long vehicle, resembling something akin to an old troop carrier, ...
Only one beer starts true Philippino friendships.
... , and political situation of the world. For someone without television or newspapers, he was quite well opinionated. Apparently, people in rural Philippines also agree that Bush is in Iraq only for oil! In any event, my interaction with the elder was a ...
And onto the Philippines
... peso and yet this one was about 1200 peso, hoe hum, only for one night! This just made us want to get the hell out of Manilla even more, so we went to sort out getting bus to Baguio, up north, the next day, and called the Red Lion Hostel to book in ...
Phillipines
I flew to Manilla, just before the Typhoon. I was stuck at Friendies Hostel where I did alot of reading and deciding where I was going to ...
Manilla - hos Martin og Lise
Hej Med Jer Allesammen! Jeg ved godt at jeg desværre ikke længere kan skrive om hvordan det er at bo i Kina, men det skal ikke holde mig fra at fortælle hvordan det ellers går. Det var meget mærkeligt at komme hjem til Danmark. Det første jeg ...
Miscommunications
Made it to the Philippines, proving all you worriers wrong. Arriving at the airport I texted Carl to tell him I'd arrived and got a worrying reply 'arrived where?' Why Manilla of course I texted back. 'Oh, I didn't think you were coming until ...
Mc Rice Burgers
That's right, I've jumped in at the deep end and embraced the Philippino culture by visiting the local McDonalds! As well as the more traditional foods you'd expect to see in this established restuarant it is possible to get rice with just about ...
We zijn vertrokken naar manilla en dan kom ...
We zijn vertrokken naar Manilla en dan kom je van de hemel in de hel. Een verschrikkelijk gekkehuis en een ritje met de taxi vanaf het vliegveld naar het hotel kost ongeveer 1,5 uur. File heen en file terug gewoon 6 banen heen en terug dus, en dan denkt ...
prelude
I am waiting for my assignment for Peace Corp so when my brother mentioned some tropical island trip I quickly made the trip a priority item on my schedule. I consider this my pre service trip.... We decided to go to Manila, Boracay, Singapore, and ...
Day 1...I think
... a full moon, it was amazing. In LA I checked in with the Asian airline Cathay Pacific, the man who checked me in was from the Philippines and was excited to see that was where I was going and asked some of the places we would be traveling and when I said ...
Night stay at Manilla
Stayed at Manilla, met up with other travellers from Australia. Stayed at the Shalom Centre. Went shopping briefly in the morning, and took it easy for a short ...
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