Country Info
- Manila
- Capital
- Philippine Peso (PHP)
- Currency
- 82,841,518
- Population
- PH
- Country Code
Philippines Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Philippines
The SM Experience (Jane)
... We had alerted them before leaving the US that we were moving out of the country and would be using our card in the Philippines. But this alert has an expiration and since we were making big purchases for our condo they flagged us for potential ...
Narita to Manila
A nice daytime flight from Narita to Manila. It was raining pretty hard in Manila and we had to wait 30 minutes for the weather to clear enough for us to get ...
Happiness and Giggles
... The international school decided to get new uniforms and so they collected all of their old uniforms to the school here in the Philippines. There were 6 of us international volunteers so we each took a grade (1-6) and and began sizing up the kids ...
Sagada
We then made a four hour trip to the tranquil mountain top town of Sagada. The journey brought better weather and eventually blazing sunshine. Sagada was beautiful with amazing mountain backdrops, not many tourists and hardly any ...
Echo Valley Monster
... first bunch we have seen since the roof garden in Manila. This isn't a complaint more an observation, again we chose the Philippines knowing there would be less white folk. Plus you only yearn to see familiar coloured faces when the locals are staring, ...
Car delivery and driver interviews (Jane)
Our car was delivered this morning. It's a blaze red Toyota Innova. I wasn't too keen on having a "mini van". It conjures up images of soccer mom's with loads of kids in the back. Not the image we're looking for. Luckily ...
Motorbikes and Birthday Parties!
I had some strange dreams and woke up at 6:45AM. I showered before breakfast and then we waited for Julius. While we waited, I tried some tihol [warm soybean puree with vanilla and tapioca] and some local rice cakes. YUM! ...
Aftermath of Tropical Storm Ondoy
It's now Wednesday and 4 days after the flooding. We spent most of Monday trying to contact everyobody to make sure they are ok. By the end of Monday many were still not accounted for including some of the people I work with directly. Our ...
things that go bump in the night
Hi there! Don't worry, reading these next few blog entries won't take you long since really not much is going on here! There isn't much to update on when all we do is eat, relax, play with the babies and of course drink beer. It's a tough life ...
A Sunday Drive to the Mall of Asia (Russ and Jane)
... around actually using a u-turn slot in the middle of the road (a special traffic control system unique to the Philippines).Again using some "filipino" driving skills we get turned around in the right direction and finally make it to the ...