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Bus blues
... a little after 3am as I write this, I don't think it's going to happen: the passenger next to me is sleeping with ease, taking up half of my seat in the process, and the bus is emitting a high pitched beep that got triggered when the bus made it's first stop several hours ago. I don't think anyone knows how to make it stop, and my earplugs are buried somewhere in the depths of my rucksack. It's going to be a long ...
Manic Manilla
... sad about. We fell for its charms and is definitely a place we want to come back to and explore many more islands around here.
We booked our flight with the lovely budget airline – Air Asia – and when booking, its said the flight leaves from Manilla... Luckily I noticed the small print and found out that it leaves from Clarke airport, not the main Manilla International. OK – so 2 airports, it can't be that far away... Wrong. It was a 2 ...
Manila
... that has erupted many times killing up to 6,000 people. Currently the volcano is on alert meaning that there is danger of it erupting, so when we went we could not climb up it to see the crater which was a downer, but there was nothing we could so about it. It still was very beautiful, we took a bus an hour away to Tagatay and then took a "trike" which is a motorcycle with a sidecar attached down a suuuper steep hill to the lake and then took a boat out to see the ...
A Hidden Gem in Southeast Asia -- Philippines
... Southeast Asia's beaten track, so its endless beauty in its over 7,000 islands is a real treat to explore without hordes of fellow travelers. The fact that it seems to be a secret destination afforded to only the few who 'know' left me feeling as though I was in one of the first waves of non-Filipino travelers to discover this simply awesome place. Additionally, the country's skill in producing caregivers makes it a very hospitable country to ...
Travel Concern: Earthquake, Tsunami, Volcanic Erup
... who have relatives residing somewhere in Japan.
Then monetary aids from international groups started to accumulate. International rescuers scampered around the country to find survivors the soonest time possible. Some of them even endured the freezing climate as well as the dangers of radiation contamination.
But despite every criticism and question, the land of the rising sun ...


