Makati Palace Hotel Manila

... a stop over in Manila to help me get a little R&amp;R and recuperate.<br><br>As we had both been to Manila before we didn't really feel the need to explore the city so we took things easy. Paul has also visited Manila regularly over the years through work so our unexpected day here gave us the opportunity to meet up with some more friendly faces who Paul used to work with. We had planned on meeting at the end of the trip to the ...

... fruit. But then the friend changed into smelly durian. The princess didn't go near it ever again.<br><br>Then we played Chinese Whisper.<br><br>We went to Robinson's mall for lunch. I and Mum had japanese food while the two others had dumplings and some kind of soup. It was delicious. Then we went home and watched TV.<br><br>I liked the children's meeting it was very fun.

... short time on how I don't like to use the word &#8230; blog. That made me feel dirty but I had to do it otherwise any new readers might wonder which rude word beginning with a 'b' I was having such a problem with. Now you know. To make my feelings clear; every time I hear the word b*** the connotations I get are of a whiny, self-interested idiot blathering on about what they had for breakfast. I've even been travelling with some people - and really nice they were too - and it came ...

... a half. A quick application of color, let it cook for a while, wash, cut, dry and out the door you go. At the salons here they are not so quick to get you out the door and they are sticklers for details. The hair color is applied with a brush like your hair is a canvas they are painting. While it is cooking you get a really nice neck and shoulder massage for relaxation. Since the color and cut are ...

... the tub. Instead it accumulates to the point where it works its way around the back of the tub to the edge and onto the floor. We've been able to control it somewhat with barriers of wash cloths to keep the water from flowing over the edge. How they are going to resolve the problem permanently I'm not sure. But other than those annoyances and the frustration of trying to get settled, we love this place. We have all the shopping and ...

... all of our things from home. At this point we don't even remember what we own. We haven't seen it since June. Since we haven't missed it we're not sure why we even bothered to ship most of the stuff. But it's on its way now, bobbing over the ocean with Jebus watching over it. At least we think Jebus is watching over it. We're still not sure if he got packed with the computer stuff but we haven't seen him since it was all hauled away.

... that I was leaving, it was rather anti-climactic. It was more like "Enough already. We said our good-byes. Now would you please just leave?" It also probably helped that Russ was staying behind for a while. Half of the Russ and Jane team is still there at this point. It's kind of like I'm on a business trip and coming right back; except I'm not. Reality set in for me at about 4am of the morning I was leaving. I suddenly woke up and had a small ...

... kom om bord viste det seg at jeg (Olav) nesten var den yngste ombord. Bortsett fra 3 danske gutter var de fleste andre passasjerene fra 50 og oppover. Men de aller fleste var veldig morsomme mennesker. Seilingsruta var ned vestkysten av Mindoro og saa vestover til noen smaa oygrupper og saa tilbake til utgangspungtet. De forste par dagene hadde vi fint vaer og var innom noen flotte strender med suveren snorkling. Svaere ...

... it. On Monday though I had decided to start planning my trip a bit more in detail around the Philippines. I booked myself 2 nights in a group of Islands called Batanes, and then I would travel through the north of luzon. I booked this for a few weeks time. I wanted to spend atleast 2 weeks more in Manila.<br><br> For the next week I continued to venture around Manila. I saw some cockfighting with Juan and Javi, which was pretty full on. But basically my time in Manila was the ...