The Residence Inn Tagaytay

... again. We had arrived in the country experiencing some real culture shocks and tough moments but had no choice but to deal with them and sort it all out. Although this place wasn't quite our cup of tea we made the most of it and grew in confidence and have come away with a feeling of both achievement and a kind of conquering. I can say we prober won't go back again but will take from our time some positive things, especially that the people are generally very friendly. Borneo here we come!

... the PARADIZOO. How to get there: From Tagaytay highway ( from the rotonda ), turn ...

... and made it a point to tell everyone..even the staff at the hostel. He even started showing people his todger to prove the point. Before it got out of hand we dragged him out for the night. The nights action was a place called 'Disco' on the main road. It was a nice and cheap place to just have a boogie and watch how the dancing should be done. They are pretty good dancers the Filipinos. Paddy had the hump because we were winding him up about his ...

... 2008 02:59 Manila - Philippines, The Clearance delay You got it! Place your bets! I depart this Friday, 15th of August, at 10:30 PM as it is currently 8:25 AM Monday 11th of August there are five days, counting today, to see when I will receive the package. Place your bets! Place your bets! It is still early though so I guess I could receive the package today...

A fairly quiet Sunday going on today, I didn't do much yesterday, I didn't feel like doing much yesterday actually. I had a sinus headache so I took some medication and the next thing I knew it was dark outside and one or two in the morning, so yes, I basically slept the day away yesterday. I don't feel any better though so today I figured I would get out and get some fresh air and that maybe it was the A/C air that I have been breathing that is ...

... and could not repair the M90. Once more I asked if there was a place and the technician simply shook his head and pointed to the other shops in the mall that were located on the third floor. You know there are scenes in some movies where a character goes in and out of stores where when they go in they look somewhat hopefully, but when they come out, they begin to look more and more dejected. Yah, that was me and I only went to three other ...

Arrived to bright sunshine and humid conditions here in Manila. Same hotel and room as the last time so everything is set and I'm at the office just getting settled in again. I heard on the radio that it is going to be 36 degrees celsius today which is roughly 96.8 degrees fahrenheit so it is going to be a bit of a scorcher. After work, a quick run to the grocery store to get some water, snacks and then get myself acclimated.

... It worked out really well actually. We woke up, got in the car, fell back asleep, and there we were!) To get to the lake, you need to take a long and extremely steep path down to the water level. We decided to walk this road to wake us up and to keep our van away from the engine-exhausting climb it would have to endure to get us back up. It took about an hour and a half, but we reached the bottom and began ...

... and then went to 7-11 type of place and then started to head back to our guesthouse, whilst looking out for a jeepney to flag down, typically no Jeepney really came past at that time of night, so we actually ended walking about 5 - 10 kilometers back to our hotel before we literally fell into bed. 10-02-08 Taal Volcano - Mum ans Lisa's birthdays Well after not a lot of sleep due to family fun and frolicks of karaoke next door, but as we looked over ...

... we thought we'd at least go to the "largest mall in Asia" and at the very least we'd catch another cheap movie at the cinema. Taxi ride from our region to Manila, a route we've become pretty familiar with, we arrive at what visually is a pretty darn big building. We get out at the main entrance which is pretty impressive, gaudy but impressive. While spending ...