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The thriller from Manila!!
As soon as you approach Manila you get good summary of the city, vast areas of shanty town slums, large clusters of hi rise skyscrapers and modern malls (of the size that would make London weep!!) The sea and harbour, and the volcanic mountains in the background! Our flight arrived in the morning, and we made the mistake of thinking its better to …
Destination: Vietnam - Situation: Aaarghhh
... have four hours to find an ATM and print out our approval letters. Shouldn't be that difficult.
We land in Manila and claim our backpacks before finding an ATM. After trying two cards we finally squeeze some money from the damn machine. It's another small victory. So now we have money and can pay to leave the Philippines, our only job left to do is print our visa approval letters. Manila airport is massive, there has to be somewhere we can print. ...
Food & Floods
... or Foursquare without it? What a bargain. Unlimited data at 100 pesos a day (that's $2.50 AUD). Ok, next...Landmark, Glorietta & SM. 2 pairs of jeans, a pair of heels, earrings, a karaoke serenade or two and it's time to meet Lola and Tito Pol. You guessed it, more food! How are people so slim here I don't know.
It's around 6pm that we jump in the car and head to Robinson's - Ermitas ...
Day 40: Starting A New Routine
June 2, 2012
8:40 PM BRT (GMT -3)
7:40 AM PHT (GMT +8) 6/3
I woke up today right beside my bestfriend, Krizelle, looked at the clocked and it was still so early! I slept at around 3am and woke up at 8am. I am messed up! I knew this was going to happen but I wasn't really prepared on what to do when I'm awake at a weird time. I just got my laptop and kept myself busy for 2 hours. I was getting pretty hungry but I set that aside for a ...
Manila is horrible
I had a horrible night's sleep last night on the bus. The seats are just not big enough to accomodate someone who is over six feet tall. And it didn't help that the person in front of me had to put their seat back to fully lie down, which just made it that much tighter. I was pretty sore from the caving and the hiking from yesterday, so I couldn't get comfortable at all. It just wasn't the most enjoyable bus ...