Swagman Manila
411 A Flores St, Ermita Manila, National Capital Region, Luzon, 1000, Philippines
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1st 3rd World country for Sarah
We ended up being advised to stay in the Swagman hotel by an old friend of mine from work in Three Rock Rovers Hockey Club(Louis). The main reason we went there is was because we had airport pickup (handy).
Managed to get to our hotel at about 10.00pm and just had a quick walk around hotel. Sarah being her first 3rd world country did not fell …
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Three Days in Manila
... filipino home cooked food, but the chain restaurents are there too, but they all have their own seating.
Our goal was to find a Smart Store (like Rogers or Sprint) to buy a wifi card. The mall adjacent to the hotel had a store but they were all sold out. After Breakfast at Johnny Rockets and lots of wandering we headed to the SM Mega Mall just down the road. There, after lots and lots of seaching we found the SMART store ...
A true Asian megacity
... back to my hostel and join a group of young travellers. A USA girl called Laura, 20 from Minnesota and a young 20 Dutch guy from Amsterdam. They enjoyed ribbing me for my age. I also met a very cool 24 year old Israeli girl card Neeta. We were talking about all sorts but had the amusing experience of a surfer guy from Australia join us a little drunk and was unable to join in the conversation, so he quickly left. I chatted till late ...
First full day in the Philippines
... whilst en route to the hotel. I was to enjoy much travel in them during my stay. First impressions of Manila? Hot, noisy, teeming with people, and the parts wedrove through were run down. Dust and dirt covering unpainted buildings
gave the impression of a monochrome city. The hotel was in what I thought a narrow road, but was typical for the area. Cool air conditioning, a welcome drink, smiles from the friendly staff - and I had arrived ...



