Tropicana Apartment Hotel
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We only had a few nights in Manila to start the trip off, i spent most of it getting over jet lag and exploring Robinsons Shopping Mall haha.
Im not a big fan of Manila due to the pollution but its still an eye opener to poverty and other global issues.
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Back at the Tropicanna Hotel in Manila after another week in the field. It almost feels like home. We get a warm welcome from the staff, throw our bags in the room, quick shower and then, if not too tired, head out for some music and drinks. Meseret and I had a good week. Covered alot of turf and got our second wind because the campaign was …
The experience begins...
... too friendly black lab guard dog, searched the cab for what I guess must have been explosives or something but he seemed happy after a couple of minutes and the taxi driver told me that they do it for every major hotel in Manilla but didn't mention why.
I finally laid my head on a very comfortable double bed, after a shower and a quick ganders at facebook, at around 1 30am Sunday morning and was out like a ...
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... booth about taxis - she recommended the ones that charge a fixed fare, not the metered ones.
A guy waived a price list at me as I left the terminal indicating the fixed price to Manila was 950 pesos. I said that seemed high as I read somewhere that it was around 450. I eventually got it for 800 but probably still got ripped off.
The driver told me their had been a typhoon last night and there's still some rain around, but not nearly as heavy as it was ...
Kick Back Day in the GreenBelt
... we went back to our hotel and we sorted out our room arrangements. As mentioned we were upgraded to the Penthouse; which was very spacious, super modern and had plenty of room for all of us. Walk in robes, full kitchen; massive lounge room with two bathrooms; it was well worth the stuff up of the previous night. Really schmick.
From there Mick met us over here and we went for a swim in our hotel pool. It was a ...
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