Country Info
- Manila
- Capital
- Philippine Peso (PHP)
- Currency
- 82,841,518
- Population
- PH
- Country Code
Manila Slideshow
Manila
Travel Blogs from Manila, Philippines
Final Entry
... Thailand, Malaysia and Laos although much closer to extreme affluence. Infact it lies just at the back of a holiday resort. The Philippines have the widest desparity between rich and poor than ive seen anywhere on my travels, or maybe its that they live ...
manila airport security
... head to the immigration officer when a uniformed man stops to hand me one of the forms. As I will be leaving the Philippines again, I took another form from him to hopefully save time next time I pass through here. Immigration took only about ...
Touring the Bay of Manila area
This Saturday Patrick and I decided to venture out on our own and start seeing the sites. After a long week of work we needed some down time and it was forecast to be a beautiful ...
Cyclone day
... . So once again I start the packing routine, checking out and leaving early for the airport just in case, as I know that Manila immigration and customs are slow and tedious. As predicted they are 1.5 hrs for immigration then I'm told it will be ...
Manilla Time
After some very long adventures, we will end our trip spending time with our family, THE JACKSONS!!! We are so excited to see them and see their beautiful home.... Also, we will be doing some fun work for Deseret International, we are happy to do ...
Philippino Hospitality
Our first stop on our 6-week tour of Southeast Asia landed us in Manila, The Philippines, at the lovely home of Reena Ermitano. Reena, a former classmate of Jill's at Columbia, showered us with the hospitality Philippino's are known for. She arranged for ...
Clarity
We drove all the way back to Manila to see John Mayer live. It was a 13 hour trip that started at 5 am to get here, with a live chicken (Mark decided to call her Chiquita!) and for me, excitement bubbling inside. Now, I'm at friendly’s, ready to ...
Smoke and Mirrors in Manilla
... but good old SO-GO hotel also hire out their rooms in 3 hour slots, which was great for us as we kept our room on until 6 PM. That night we left the Philippines on our 3 hour flight to Indonesia. I have wanted to see Indonesia for years and now I ...
Party Night in Manila!
... help so..let him be. it was dens organisation that had the party with free food, beer and make up for some models who then went on the catwalk. thats why so many girls have perfect makeup hahah :) it was a fun night but already my last one in Manila :(( ...
Mouse in the House
... class lounge to sit and wait for my plane. I have flown out of Manila twice before and both times we have gone to the "transit" lounge where for a small fee, you can get in and have a ...
Meeting more mates in Manila
... has truly won us over and I'm sure we will be back again. So many things come to mind when I think about the Philippines. Amazing beaches, fabulous diving, the mighty jeepney, tricycles, smiles, crazy driving, awe-inspiring rice terraces, palm trees, palm ...
Took the Midnight Train Going Anywhere
... don’t like to be stuck somewhere. I like to be able to go around and be free and do what I want to do. So this manila trip is a nice distraction from the monotony. So, like I said, we (Me and Eddie) took a midnight flight from Jakarta (the ...
Manila
Manila - meeting up w/Arriane, partying with Will, playing poker at the Manila Club, Malls, Rizal Park, High Rollin' at Manila ...
Manila, Philippines
... on the Philippinos during the war--he said he's seen the movie, Holocaust, and there were equally horrible happenings in the Philippines. With there being some Japanese currently running for office, he said: 'Some people think we have short memories, but ...
An Evening Stroll In Manila
... mall. Lets see if that is true when I visit that place the day after tomorrow. Malls are a national culture in the Philippines. Most people spend their time here. Outlets are plenty and varieties are wide. As far as garments are concerned, they are ...
Leaving Manila
... genommen werden, aber meist eben nicht, und dort liegt dann massig Abfall... Bleibt bei 11 Millionen Menschen auch nicht aus. Manila wurde im zweiten Weltkrieg ja ziemlich zerstoert, und nicht so recht wieder aufgebaut. Es gibt kein rechtes Zentrum. ...
Vacation
Hello Everyone, I haven't written in a while because I have been visiting my friend Chris in Manila for the week. I left really early Monday morning. It was before the jeepney's ran so my host brother took me on his motorcycle. It was ...
Manila #1
... Lisa went to the convenience store and bought them a liter of milk and several glasses. Milk is relatively expensive in the Philippines, so this was a nutritious treat for them and Lisa has a lot of new little friends. One of the kids ...
Plane Flight
... to meet my host family today and see Tacloban. Chris's Mom and Brother tell me it is a completely different side of the Philippines from Manila. So I am anxious to see what they mean. I'm not sure when I will beable to make another entry maybe ...
Phillipenes
... phillipenes with asbjorn just to see the whalesharks... and it was worth it!! more about the big fish later... When we arrived in Manila, we discovered that we didn't arrive in manila, but 3 hours away from manila. A minor deviation on our plan... we ...
El guatazo de Manila
... esa estación) y desde allí tomar el bus hasta cerca del aeropuerto y después un triciclo o taxi directamente desde Manila …y allí privilegiamos seguridad, la elección fue un taxi…que salió más caro que la CTM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.... ...
Thrilla in Manila
Mabuhay from Manila in the Philippines! We arrived safe and sound in Manila around 1pm this afternoon! That's 5am to you in Ireland. We had a slight hiccup since neither of us had any pisos (local currency) and none of our bank cards would work but we ...
In between day
... showered while my Dad was still asleep. We went to Strbx at 8:30AM - I bought a "Starbucks Manila" mug that has a Jeepney on it, as well as a Philippines Barista bear that I'm going to give to my Strbx in Wilmington, I think. We went to the ...
Sunset over Manila Bay
As promised, I'm posting the second half of the pictures we took today. As I watched a beautiful day, come to an end, the first strange site was this giant boardwalk along the bay. First it was completely empty, but shortly before 5pm it started ...
Back to Manila
... working she was a chat room moderator / match maker / agony aunt. Wilma's friends were girls from her barrio working in Manila. She had agreed to meet up with them on her way back home so that she could take things back to their ...
Stopover Manila
... 't really do too much except for some shopping and t'internet. I did however make to the famous Chinese graveyard. 15% of the population of Manila are Chinese and so there is a real history there. They have a huge plot in the north of the city and due to ...
Manila: Didn't miss much Dad.
... literally have no room in any bag for extra stuff. We spent some time trying to plan our short stay in the Philippines, but with a desire to get out of Manila ASAP, the only option was to fly (really didn't want to keep flying). Flight booked and a bit of ...
Fun in the Philippines!
... film Wall-e, kids playing in it and men fishing in it!? In fact Anish learnt that there are dozens of rivers in the Philippines that are biologically dead from pollution. There are so many homeless people in the slums and all over Manila, unafraid to grab ...
Sunset at Manila Bay2
Another VBL guy (Chris Steele) is here in Manila with me and so we went to see the ocean as he had never seen it before. Thought we'd introduce him to the culture slowly rather than too much too fast leaving the city. Sunsets, good food and ...