Perla Mansion Condotel Makati
117 Carlos Palanca Street, Legaspi Village Makati, National Capital Region, Luzon, 1200, Philippines
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Home isn't where my heart is
A lazy last day in Manila today, letting my legs rest from a very active, and thoroughly enjoyable couple of weeks. One thing is for sure, the Philippines deserves your attention, and it's a place I hope I am lucky enough to be able to return to again one day soon. I feel like I've only scratched the surface of this incredibly diverse archipelago. This evening I headed for an obviously more ...
Manila - Metropolitan Mania
... and he came here to present a huge Wagner musical piece to be performed in one week’s time. So, the background music seems to be a fitting finale to my 7 month trip to Davao.
People keep asking me what the future holds and where I intend to stay. I honestly have no idea at this stage. I love my teaching work in Motueka and I love being in the Philippines too and our work with the orphanages and Blissful community there. I am not ready to sacrifice ...
Manic Manilla
Sunday 5th June:
4:30am the alarm went, and taxi at 5am for another early flight. Flew with Cebu Pacific again, and yes they did play the game again. But no, we didn't win any prizes!
We arrived in Manilla and went to stand in the meter taxi queue. Not sure if its because it was a Sunday, but the immense traffic that we were expecting,wasn't there. Thats what everyone talks about when they mention Manilla – the traffic.
The taxi took us ...
Manila: An American Ghetto
... set. After dinner, where we broke down and resigned ourselves to paying too much for restaurant food (at a place full of working girls), we caught a cab for the bus station. This time, we knew better than to count on locals for directions. We showed the cab driver a picture of the intersection and streets where we wanted to go and he got us there no problem. We waited about an hour before it was time to board our bus and then, mercifully, it was time to exit Manila.
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The hottest day forever...
... until ‘opening time’ which was 9am. A few staff ensured that we were all processed and passed through customs with only one hiccup and that was that I had not sufficient local currency for the ‘terminal tax’. After a while I was told I could use US Dollars so I used that begrudgingly especially as the TERMINAL ….looked terminal !
We waited for the plane to leave and I really was very happy to see the plane door close behind us. Phew I live to tell another ...
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