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Gold Digga...that digs on me!
Oh man, so another flight with AirAsia and yet another delay. This time 2 hours - we got the text/ SMS as we left the hotel which was really helpful! The journey to the airport by mini-bus was a nightmare: we had been on it for over an hour and were still picking up other passengers and just going round in circles. Luckily, there was no rush due to …
San Miguel light, das ist gut.
... in places. The population is 11 million and is a conglomerate of 17 different cities, it feels a bit haphazard with no defined centre. The reason for this is that it was completely destroyed in World War 2 and has never fully recovered. As soon as we arrived, we were glad we took the advice to lock the doors of the taxi as every time we stopped at traffic lights, someone
seemed to want to get in. We had a couple of sleepless nights here as our hotel seems to be next ...
Filipino final farewells
... so that I could carry it all.
I walked to the Manila Doctors Hospital and had my typhoid injection that would hopefully put me in good staid for another 3 years, before I headed over for food at the Philippines chain of Jollibee. After walking on to the National Gallery of Art, a place that reopened in 2008 after being renovated, I first saw some local 18th century images and icons, tutored by church friars. There were incredible ...
1/7/2012
... were literally pulled from the garden and wrapped in plastic and put on the shelf. We came home from shopping and looked at what each item cost to make a meal to compare if it was cheaper to make our meals or eat out. The result was a meal for 2 consisting of: Raw green beans, raw carrots, raw potatoes, raw onions, raw green onions, raw leaf (not sure what it was, but it was high in fiber), 3 chicken breast, ...
Greetings from Manila!
... is a lot like the United States, there are a lot of malls and fast food restaurants. The people are just a lot shorter. After a warm shower at Chris’s and indulgence in my new favorite fast food, Jollibee’s I think I’ll call it a night.
I will write again once I am settled in Tacloban. Hopefully it will be a much more composed entry than this.
Goodnight! (or Good Afternoon to those ...