Time Traveller's Tourist Inn
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Metro Manila
... the meter when we were in the middle of nowhere, ******* ****.
We arrived in the area recommended by the LP. The first hotel wanted to charge us for two nights because it was 7am. **** that. We eventually found a place which cost about £11 and is without question the worst room we have stayed in. It was a bed in a concrete room behind an alcove with no window and just enough room for our bags, nothing else. By that point we just wanted to sleep so that's what we ...
Sightseeing day!
... to take us through Intramuros, this was a pleasant way to see the area, as we could get on and off the buggy to see different sights. We stopped at the Manila Cathedral, which was built in 1581; it is considered the Mother of all churches and cathedrals in the Philippines. We also went to San Augustin Church, built in 1571, it is the oldest Roman Catholic Church in the Philippines, it is 441 years old, and absolutely magnificent. We visited a home that ...
The thriller in Manila
... and you just dont get that riding in an air conditioned taxi. The jeepney routes are hard to work out especially if you dont know the area, they have a sign on the side with a destination but you may need to jump off half way there, for example I got a cubao to quiapo jeep to get to Intramuros as there are no jeeps that say Intramuros on the side so you have to get the quiapo jeep then jump off at intramuros, easier said than done when you dont know the place, ...
Room with a view - Not!
So, the Philippines it is then, cheap flight with Air Asia again. Now, as with some of the cheap airlines in UK, Air Asia don't technically fly into Manila which is the capital of the Philippines, they fly into Clarke International Airport, which is a two hour bus ride away. So once landed and passed through the easiest immigration of this trip, we find the bus to Manila and set off. Our first thoughts are how green the Philippines are, especially after Australia. As ...
Filipino Story
... live in squatter settlements on the street or in shantytowns. This staggering number was a little easier to believe as my taxi ride to the bus depot passed through an endless sea of shantys and poverty housing. A very sad sight but the people seem quite happy and there are plenty of smiles despite the fact they are either unemployed or working for basically nothing. You know that labour is cheap when there is a man on a stool in the elevator to press the buttons for you.
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