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Travel Blogs from Manila
Arrival at Ninoy Aquino Airport Terminal 3
... good.
After about a 4 hour flight, we landed in Manila! We were very excited to finally be in the Philippines and met some friends that we hadn't seen in a few months. We passed through customs and met our friends Chad & Charlet at the very distinctive big glass wall. They helped us load our things into Tito Rolly's car and we were off to Pasig City. Going through Manila was a bit shocking for me because the city was as developed as I had previously ...
AWCP Chinese Cemetery Tour
... in death regardless of their means.
Bear in mind, it is not a permanent resting place since residents are only given a 25-year lease. After that, your family needs to renew the lease or exhume the body and move it to another place. However, if you fall behind on your lease payments, the cemetery administrators will not evict you by digging up and disposing of your remains. That might attract bad luck into their life. Instead, ...
Manila Ocean Park
... was basically just a giant freezer with decorations, but I loved it! I have been sweating like crazy for almost three years, and the freezing cold air rejuvenated my soul. My hands and ears were numb, but I didn't want to leave. It really reminded me of my hometown during the winter.
Lastly, we had a nice Filipino dinner before returning back home.
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Manila Day #2
... Plaza Hotel adjacent to Paco Park. It was 12:55 p.m. when I deposited my stuff in Room 146 and 1:15 when I finally was able to set out sightseeing – making for an abbreviated second and final day exploring the Philippines' capital.
And I couldn’t even head straight to my first sight because I was hungry, so I popped into the Jollibee fast-food joint for some fried chicken, rice, and french fries. Jollibee is like a Filipino version of KFC. My meal with Coke ...
It's more fun in the Philippines!
... it was quite moving for me to witness such hospitality and kindness to a person they have just met and I felt quite sad because at that time I was missing my family (even though I didn't know it!)
Everyone I met during my stay was so friendly, warm and welcoming..every house I went to I was treated like I was family and it was lovely to see the respect that the children have for their parents/elders. Every time they leave/enter the room they would ...