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December 9th 2006

Published: December 12th 2006

The Philippines has, so far, been nothing I had expected. Somehow I'd imagined it was a country full of nurses and smiles. It appears, however, that the nurses have all gone abroad and I've been worried at times that they've taken the smiles with them. I met up with Bindal in Manila. Since then we have had a succession of sleepless nights on buses and stressful days organizing buses. Over that ti... Read Full Entry

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I met Bindal 2 years ago in Vietnam and its been great to do some traveling with her again!

Banaue

These are one of the main forms of public transport around here

Jeepneys

More local transport - Baguio

Selling Fruit in Baguio

The banana lady who didn't want to look up

Corn

Bindal

The Hobbit House

A bar in Manila that employs all midgets. A fun night out but beware of all the extra charges that get added to the bill!!

24 hours no sleep

After the first overnight bus from Manila to Baguio - we were in the front seats and the bus boys refused to close the door to shut out the cold

48 hours no sleep

Waiting in Manila airport (flight delayed). After the second overnight bus trip where the bus broke down and we thought we'd miss our flight!

60 hours no sleep

Just before we finally went to bed. Wouldn't recommend attempting to experience the Philippines in only 10 days!!

"Comfort Room"

The toilets here are only toilet bowls which means you can't sit or squat, you have to hover! Hardly to be considered a comfort room!

Girls in Manila

12th December 2006

John Abbott
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I don't know if you are aware that Andrew and Jenny (jenny was a nurse at Citimed) spent some time in the Phillipines lately and said that it could be a bit "crappy". Keep the updartes coming both Kelly and i enjoy them

13th December 2006

Catherine
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That's the Philippines!
Very similar to my experience - it's a funny place!

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