Country Info
- Manila
- Capital
- Philippine Peso (PHP)
- Currency
- 82,841,518
- Population
- PH
- Country Code
Manila Slideshow
Manila
Travel Blogs from Manila, Philippines
More strange food
... , this isnt strange at all. Its normal chicken and rice plus gravy. The strange part is the McDonalds packaing...but yes. In the Philippines you can get chicken and rice at Mc Do! As I already mentioned in another entry, you can also get spaghetti! How ...
manila
well after having gotten stuck in coron with no cash i am now in manila waiting for my visa renewal which should come back in a few days, in the meantime there is quite alot to do in a city like manila but is the same as any large city. well hpoefully ...
A former American colony
Had to buy extra ticket Hong Kong Manila return. Tried to get China Air to modify my tix back to LAX to go Manilla Taipei but they ...
Bus blues
A very lazy day for most of the day today, simply flicking through photos to upload to my website (if I ever get to a fast enough internet connection) and planning stories for the books that will make me famous ... Ahem. The day picked up pace as it ...
Philippines - Actually..., like that!
... , I had given up my grand plan of stewardessing on a private yacht before venturing on through South America to backpack through the Philippines with a guy I barely knew! Very un-Amy like – but that is what felt so good about the decision! And while ...
The Philippines - Manila
After a few weeks of hasty planning, Christine and I headed to Incheon airport for our summer holidays in the Philippines with much excitement. I managed to pack my backpack with only 9.5kgs of luggage which was a good start. In the check-in queue we met ...
Mabuhay Pilipinas!
... this update brief, i'ce finally found some time to do this as i have about an hour and a half to kill, When Anna & I arrive Philippines weather was jus crap, it was cloudy, and jus started to piss down as soon as we went out! We arrived @ Clarke Airport ...
A Philippine Odyssey
... and Taal in Batangas), old cemeteries (Paco Park in Manila and the Underground Cemetery of Nagcarlan), old fortresses (Intramuros in Manila, Corregidor and Fort San Pedro in Cebu), museums (Villa Escudero's AERA Museum and San Agustin Museum) and ...
Dirty Old Manila
... Harbour then landed at Luzon island and drove the Filipino and US troops to the Batan Peninsula, opposite Manila, where 75,000 troops from US and Philippines surrendered to the Japanese. From 1942-1945 a brutal Japanese rule followed and by the ...
Manila
... of history to the city. The old Manila Hotel housed General MacArthur on the top floor during his time in the Philippines. The five-story Manila Hotel has been replicated, including the "MacArthur" floor-and a 15-story wing has been added to accommodate ...
Discovering The Historical Past Of Manila
... to do. There was also so bicycle race happening on the same street. From Rizal Park, our next destination was the Manila Cathedral, the main church in the city. Such a beautiful architecture. Hope I did do some justice here by ...
Wikipedia Has Failed Me
... better from here I'm sure. Moral of the story is don't ever underinterpret the statement "With a population of 1,660,714 and a land area of 38.55 kmē, Manila has the highest population density of any major city in the world with 43,079 ...
On my way to the Philippines!
... a roof top view of manila, it was wicked to be up there and watch a polo game!! One day I was shown around some sights in Manila, the cathedral, a park..but it was so hot that we drove to a mall quickly and I got my Hard Rock shirt! want to thank noelle ...
8 Days of Captivity...
... Stephen and his family. Long story short, we ended up arranging for an emergency ambulance flight transfer out of Bohol to Manila since the Bohol hospital wasn't able to provide the necessary medical services to meet my needs and situation. Stephen's mom ...
Food and flattery
... Jolibee and Chowking, to fusion restaurants serving a mix of Japanese, Western and Filipino tastes. Max's is apparently famed in the Philippines for its chicken, and the girls took charge of the ordering (and I happily let them). The table was soon ...
Great Mall of Asia
... and we got some pretty amazing shots of the area, the people and of course the bay. Looking for pictures of the Sunset? Look for the next Blog Entry called "Manila Sunset!" It was just too good not to give it, it's own entry... God Bless ...
Not Ready to Merge
... full of banks and insurance companies and high rise hotels and mega malls. I have landed in the midst of downtown Manila with the expensive shops and hotels and businesses. And there is still traffic everywhere. We have to circle the ...
homesick
Homesick It's such a small thing that tips you over the edge to missing home and being totally ready to chuck everything and go home. Of course too much money is invested in tickets and ...
A Drummer Girl's Wedding
... significant roles in the body of Christ both nationally and internationally, has been part of recording some Christian albums in the Philippines, her humble and sweet spirit is so evident once you meet her. I'm describing no other than Jerilyn Viray, the ...
So it begins...again
Restarting this Travel Blog b/c Trip Tracker site UI was slow and clumsy. Had Jolibee meal # 1 - Fried Chicken + Spaghetti. Courtesy of cousin Chicken ...
Welcome Back to Southeast Asia!
If you happened to read my last blog entry you can probably imagine that I arrived in Manila extremely tired. I fought the urge to sleep on the plane because I was determined to adjust to my new time zone. After a hot ride through a lot of traffic with a ...
Christmas Eve Manila Style
... nbsp; If there is an economic downturn, it is not reflected in this part of Manila where the shopping is going on still, very heavy and fast and furious. I headed out of the hotel today around 11 ...
Let me out of here.
... bit of a disappointment for me. There's not much to see or to do from a touristic point of view. I arrived in Manila around noon and covered all the main attractions walking that afternoon. I had planned on staying for three nights but I went to the ...
Passing Manila, Again
... Moloch. Eine Mischung aus Jarkarta (Klima, Menschen, Essen), Kuba (verfallende Haeuser) und Indien (meiner Einschaetzung nach schlaegt Manila Indien noch was Schmutz betrifft, bettelnde Kinder gibt es hier auch, wird aber nicht so ernst genommen, die ...
prison break
... on the beautiful island of palawan (thanks to the coaxing of my friend brian), about an hour flight west of manila (the capital of the philippines)... the adventure started off regularily enuff, with me trying to see what i could sneak past customs, ...
A Gridlock brick city!
Gridlock, gridlock, gridlock. Dirt, dirt, dirt! Your average metropolis in south america but in the location of asia, complete with beggars and all. I'm gettin the hell outta here! Go south young man! Iswhat they tell me bye ...
It Was Manila But Not A Thriller
... did, all kinds of junk. Yeah, so we gained a few pounds I'll be honest. Our Cebu Pacific flight got us into Manila early afternoon. We caught a shuttle bus into town for a matter of pennies. We got off at Taft MRT (mass rapid transport) station. ...
A taxi ride between airports..
So my "crazy" travel day started alright... Really well, actually, since my Air Asia arrived in Manila some 25 minutes early (yay Air Asia). I then asked the bus/shuttle service into town how long it would take, and it was 2 hours, which was pushing ...
Fake goods and food
... being sold. I had always thought the UAE led the way in a national love of shopping, but it would appear the Philippines isn't that far behind. The market was huge - and heaving with shoppers snapping up bargains. Everything conceivable was being sold ...