Country Info
- Manila
- Capital
- Philippine Peso (PHP)
- Currency
- 82,841,518
- Population
- PH
- Country Code
Manila Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Manila, Philippines
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 ...
Toilet Paper (Jane)
I must belong here now because I got my toilet paper allowance at the office today. The guy came by with a big box and gave me three rolls. Toilet paper is not available in many restrooms unless you are in an upscale mall or restaurant. ...
Ensaymada (Jane)
Just when I was beginning to think I was losing my tastes for desserts, along came ensaymadas. Ensaymadas are the Philippines answer to Krispy Kreme doughnuts only better and you don't have to wait for the hot sign to be lit for them to be at their ...
Computers and Phones (Jane)
... even if I haven't yet won the war. I finally have a new computer at work that is 95% functional. I arrived in Manila with my laptop from the US. I could connect to the office network in Manila but it was excrutiatingly slow. Every ...
B-day in Manila
... found ourselves heading towards the complete opposite scenery - Makati city (a part of Metro Manila), the major financial, commercial and economical hub in the Philippines. Clean streets, elegantly dressed crowd (wearing shoes!), huge, chique, modern ...
Last few days in the Philis
... catch up with Hanne for a few days before moving on - had such a great time and really did not want to leave the Philippines, boo hoo... but had I'd arranged to meet a friend in Indonesia on 26th June, plus I had onward travel booked quite some time ago ...
Hello, I Must Be Going (Jane)
... zone we can crawl back to. A fellow expat told me that the first time he traveled back to the US and spent a few weeks living out of his suitcase, he realized his "home" was now in Manila and he looked forward to getting back here. We'll ...
Condo Rental (Jane)
Temporary housing is ok, especially when it comes with daily maid service. My nails have gotten quite long from lack of dish washing and chores to do. That will come to an end when we move since we don't want a live-in maid. I guess we ...
Civilized Health Care
We're spending way too much time at medical facilities. When we signed up for this gig we envisioned an adventure filled with discovering new cultures and exotic travel. But we seem to be having a lot of adventures involving how the health ...
Jane's Big Hospital Adventure
... you who cares and who doesn't. I came home to a nice flower arrangement and fruit basket from people I work with in Manila. That meant a lot. I also came home to a big doggy bag of middle eastern food some friends put together from the AWCP ...
Our Ship(ment) Has Finally Come In (Jane)
It is obvious from all the boxes and stuff laying around the condo that our shipment was finally delivered. They actually arrived early with 3 small trucks and 5 guys who had it all in the condo by lunchtime. By 3 pm they had the boxes opened ...
We were not supposed to be here!
... four hours? After meeting a friendly gentleman who adviced us (the very stupid tourists) about these basic things we headed to Manila City. We learned that the armed policemen are everywhere, and people seem to follow rules and orders as if they were ...
Catching up again (Jane)
... ; On one of our visits to the US we'll make it a point to get there and bore you all with stories about the Philippines. I'm sure you can't wait for that. Once we were back from Florida we resumed sorting, fixing and selling things at a frenzied ...
Happy 4th (Jane)
Happy 4th of July!!! Since I'm still confused by the day/time difference I kind of missed it. Not that there was much to miss. It's not like I'm in the US so there's no big celebration going on anywhere. I read in the paper that ...
Procession of the Black Nazarene
... . The black color is said to be the result of damage from a fire that broke out on the ship transporting it to the Philippines. It has survived earthquakes, bombings, and fires. Every January 9 it is taken out of the Quiapo Church and paraded ...
World Slasher Cup
... World Slasher Cup is advertised as the world's biggest cock fight and tonight is the Ultimate 4 Championship. Cockfighting in the Philippines is called "Sabong". While cock fighting is illegal in many countries, it remains one of the Philippines' national ...
Yee Ha! It's a Hoedown! (Jane)
... name comes from the letters of the ingredients BEef, pORk and manGO. It's a hot, chipotle flavored chili with a bit of the Philippines thrown in. It earned a lot of votes but not enough to take home the prize winning trophy. And it ...
The View From the Other Side (Jane)
Living outside of the US gives you a different perspective on what is going on inside it. There are so many people from all over the world that you meet and form relationships with and the world you live in becomes a lot more global. But, of ...
Not in Public Please! (Jane)
Now I will write about another issue that bothers me. I know it also bothers other people because there was an editorial about it in the paper a while ago. Why is so many guys feel they can urinate out in public and not bother to look for a ...
Three Flights Left
... of Toronto, Canada. They will all happen, hopefully without event, tomorrow on Christmas Day, December 25. I fly first from Manila to Hong Kong then change planes and fly to Chicago, Illinois, and then change planes and a little hop over to ...
Christmas in Manila (Jane)
... to the dining table. The web cam is great. The only issue is that it seems the timing of the calls is always morning in Manila when I've just rolled out of bed with no makeup and my hair messed up. But I find if I sit far enough back and ...
Furniture Shopping (Jane)
... mattress even though it's a familiar brand we know we like. We settled on a more reasonably priced mattress assembled in the Philippines. It seemed pretty comfy compared to the Sealy I tested and it was close to half the price. And Russ ...
The hottest day forever...
... to take us to the mall so as to buy a bus ticket to Clarke. By the time we were out in the bustling streets of Manila we had been advised that the bus station was not near the mall but in completely the opposite direction. Could this be possible? Could ...
The Guy Who Lights the Streets (Jane)
... so they go on and off with one flip of a switch. Apparantly that's not the case on our street here in Manila even though this is one of the most recently developed areas with street lights that were probably installed in the last two years. ...
Mom's Excellent Adventure
... Pie purchase on the way home. -Three trips to Healthways clinic for a glimpse of health care in the Philippines. -Two AWCP Bazaars including helping with the 5:15am vendor registration. -An AWCP coffee morning with insight into the life of ...
Russ gets a license (Russ)
... it seems to have current information which is not always the case when we've looked at sites for information here in the Philippines in the past. There's even a page of downloads with the license application, in either pdf or excel formats no ...
Let Them Eat Cake
The first time it happened was at a christening where a brightly decorated cake was proudly displayed on its own table beneath a banner. Lunch was served and afterward someone came to put it back in its box and take it away. We were served halo ...
Rocking and Rolling (Russ)
... side of the ring of fire and tempt fate, that's what. That's right, we've experienced our first earthquake here in the Philippines, two of them actually, one last Saturday and the other just last night. The epicenter of both were about 85 miles ...
Things are moving along (Jane)
We had our bedroom furniture delivered and it looks really nice. So now we have something to sleep on. It looks really nice with the sheets and comforter that we bought. I was concerned that after such a frenzied shopping experience I ...
Short visit
... took a taxi to Intramuros – the city’s fortress to have breakfast and walk around. Immediately we were stuck in Manila’s traffic jam’s. Lucky us that the driver was a really funny and friendly guy that was curious about ourselves ...