Philippine Village Hotel
Travel Blogs from Manila
And Then We Went To The Philippines
... call it a night and go to sleep. Next morning we find out that we are sharing the en suite bathroom with a small bird which has pecked away the wood of the window frame. The floor is covered in pecked out wood and our new bird friend tweets away at us happily. We need to get out of here. We check the web, there is a flight to Palawan leaving in 2 hours. We pack up and leave before the building has a chance to collapse on us.
We make the flight and land ...
Manila
... tapas dish, and didn't disappoint. The meat was flavoursome but not overly salty as is the case with a lot of hams, and a generous serving. Very good value for $10.
Had the Almejas al Horno next - oven baked clams with garlic and Parmesan (250 pesos). This sounded like it would work as a dish but was strangely unappetising, the clams a little tasteless and chewy, and the topping more like oily breadcrumbs than melted Parmesan.
A three piece band ...
Staying with friends
... evening chatting.
The next morning went too fast and before we knew it, we had to get going to make our bus trip back up to Clark Airport. Due to heavy traffic, it took nearly an hour by taxi to travel just eight kilometres to the bus station … and we only just made it in time! A couple of hours later, we reached Clark, checked in and were off to Borneo … Kota Kinabalu to be ...
El guatazo de Manila
... en la zona, en una callecita pequeña y como tal no era tan malo…pero el entorno daba demasiado miedo…ni hablar de sacar cámaras de fotos, las calles con barro, basura por todas partes, casi todos con cara de flaite…uufff…no es que seamos clasistas pero esto no era precisamente la forma de inmersión en la cultura filipina que esperábamos…anyway, llegamos al hostel, nos recibió el recepcionista y nos dice “estás son las calles donde ...
Walled in and chased by a tricycle!
... at the entrance and one could see they had been placed on portable "trays" and had been paraded in the streets during Holy Week. I bet that would have been very interesting to witness. The ceiling appeared to have been painted as it once was sculpted and done very well (it took a couple of glances to see effect). The nave and altar were really nice even if only seen from a distance. Across the street is the Casa Manila, a ...
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