Anito Prince Inn Halina Pasay

... my flight had been delayed 30 minutes and she would tell me when it was my flight. So 30 minutes later I was walking through the gate. At the end of the gate the gate person had me stop at the top of a flight a stairs, as the passengers were boarding a shuttle bus at the bottom of the stairs and busing out to the plane. The bus took off, and I noticed it was not in the best repair, the doors would not close and it sounded rough....very reassuring before I ...

... the alcohol caught up to both of us rather intensely and we went back to our hotel without saying good-bye. For our third day in Manila (Easter Sunday), we decided that it would be an excellent time to see the tourist sites of Manila that we wanted to see. Manila is a city famous for traffic congestion, but on this holiday the streets would be about as empty as they could be and we wanted to take advantage of that. We started by walking along Roxas Blvd, a road ...

... know what you did" was his only reply. "Why no, don't think I did anything wrong" "Can I see your license; didn't you see the yield sign back there?" was all he said. Now first of all, I wasn't merging onto EDSA, I was on EDSA and the only place I could imagine a yield sign would have been off one of the side roads so of course I said so and that's when he said it was a hugh sign. Well, driving in Manila is always an ...

... des philippins a moins de 25 ans, et ilks sont plus de 90 millions de bouches a nourrir ! Les philippins sont presque des lapins, qui ont uner moyenne de 6 enfants par femme dans certains endroits, des dames du planning familial tentent de faire comprendre qu'il faut soit s'abstenir, mais comme ce sont des lapins, soit utiliser une contraception, et etre rigoureux. Bon voila le topo, mais le resultat est qu'il y a trop de monde pour les capacites, et que les tres riches investissent ...

... before the fight, the place erupts into a betting frenzy, like the trading floor of the stock exchange but louder. Using hand codes and loud, indistiguishable noises, odds are set and bets taken (how I don't know, seems to me you could call for your mates attention and accidently bet 6 thousand Pesos on Erwin the Rooster). The money is exchanged very sensibly and gentlemen like...screw it up and throw it 10 rows away where the bookie is ...

... of sleep since we woke up Saturday morning at 6AM in Olathe. We just ate breakfast. We're on our way to Puerto Galera, an island south of Manila. It's a cheaper place to stay than Manila and should allow us to relax as we prepare for our mission work. We don't know if we'll have internet access once we get there...we'll see. If you don't hear from us until Thursday, it's because we don't have internet access. On Friday, we fly to ...

... people riding bicycles. It was already close to five-o clock and we rushed to the airport for an evening flight back to Zhuhai City. Years from now, I'll always remember that evening in Zhuhai because of its disturbing silence. While Guilin City was noisy, discordant and rowdy, Zhuhai was unusually quiet. So quiet in fact, that except for the sound of vehicles on the streets, one could distinctly hear the humming of crickets. Ms. Chen and I made a leisurely stroll near the hotel ...

... plan for the next week is to kick what has now developed into acute tonsolitus by chilling at the hostel then head back to Bontoc to see the Karaoke girls, then head south for some island hopping. OK...it's official now...the Philippines is my favourite country so far (sorry Colombia...c'est la vie). I think the Filipinos are the Latino's of South East Asia and the country has the rough and readiness of Africa...so for me it's just purrrrfeck. Just to think I nearly skipped it and went to Bali instead (phew).

... It is a chaotic place and getting from A to B takes a long time due to the absolutely terrible traffic situation - probably one of the worst I have ever seen - it is really badly congested. We got around by a combination of taxis and jeepneys, which are old jeeps or vans that have been lengthened to accommodate passengers on two rows of benches at the backs. Some are decorated really individually with lots of crazy designs and colours, as well religious ...

... a towel. Allan bought a bunch of stuff for family at the duty free. Then through customs.....and we picked up baggage...(well two suitcases, and two big boxes of gifts for Allan's family) We went outside into the evening air in Manila. It was a comfortable 25c or about 75F. The security was talking about how cold it was...LOL was like ...