Blogs from Philippines, Asia - page 5

Jeepney You can find these colorful graffiti-splashed Jeepneys in every town and city! It’s a form of local public transportation. Jeepney is something like a small minibus mixed with a Jeep. Believe it or not, an incredible amount of people can squeeze in one Jeepney. Or not just IN, even on the roof! There are no paper tickets. You simply pass the money to the passenger next to you and he or she passes it again and again until money reaches the driver. If you don’t have an exact amount, the driver passes you your change the same way back. The journey within 5 km will cost you 0,15 $. Tricycle The whole Luzon island in Northern Philippines is full of Tricycles everywhere. Tricycle or so-called “trike” is the most common transportation in the northern Philippines. ... read more

We touched down in 45 minutes from Manila to Coron in a tiny plane, seating no more than 60 people! Coron is one of the islands that make up the Calamanian group. After a 20-minute winding ride through the rolling lush green landscape, we arrived at Acacia Garden situated in the town of Coron. As we chucked our backpacks down for lunch, the sky turned grey, and a powerful thunderstorm passed through, bringing enormous amounts of rain and heavy winds. Once the storm had passed, we hitched down a tricycle and rode into town for a mere 15p per person! This was our first experience of Coron town, which is vibrant with colours, people, smells and in every direction there is something to look at! We manoeuvred our way through the crazy traffic, over unstable drains ... read more

I haven't written anything in a while. Since my last entry about Spain I've been to Italy, France, Belgium, Singapore, UAE, Ethiopia, Egypt, Israel, Palestine, Turkey, Indonesia, and I've also been traveling a lot in the Philippines lately. I've been incredibly busy lately and haven't found time and energy to write. But today I found myself looking at properties in Dumaguete after my recent trip there. It's a coastal city in the island of Negros in central Philippines. I've been born and raised in Manila and I thought I wouldn't exchange it for any other city in the Philippines because it has the most vibrant art scene. You can't find theater, symphony, ballet, international touring casts of wold famous musicals, and other music acts in any other place outside of Metro Manila. I've traveled to many ... read more

Tato krajina asi nikdy nesklame. Pekne scenerie, filipinky, lacny alkohol, priatelsky ludia. Nuz ale bohuzial cely moj pobyt bol ovplyvneni zbytocnin zranenim (oskretie nohy), ktore prepuklo az do infekcie. Takze som si tuto krajinu nemohol vychutnat naplno. Treky nesklamali, potapanie bolo ok ale ak porovnam sluzby s indoneziou tak horsia kvalita. Cs som mal dve, obe uplne genialne. Prakticky som neminul ani cent, starali sa o mna ako o krala. Zrejme by bol byval aj bonus ale neboli moj tip. Mindanao v pohode, ziadne naznaky terorizmu som tam nevidel (teda az na jeden pohreb). Pred kazdym vacsim mestom vojenske kontroly ale pohodicka. Prekvapili lety, ani jeden nemeskal, skor naopak, vzdy startovali skorej. Na mindanao a cagiyan island sa isto niekedy vratim. Prve kvoli mt.apo co sa mi nepodarilo a super cs a druhe tiez kvoli jednemu ... read more

V ubytku behnutie nad recepciu kde stoliky, kuknuty net a navrat na izbu. Tu problem, karta na dvere mi uz nefungovala, tak nazad na recepciiu nech mi ju zas odblokuju. Z izby mimo mydla beriem aj toaletak. Na ranajky v hrncovni ako vcera. Po jedle este kupa kolacikov na letisko a pesibus smer mini letisko. Vonku dobru hyc, nabuduce radsej zobrat motorolu za 10p nech sa drbat 20min po slnku. Letisko skutocne miniaturne. Prva kontrola letenky, ok, dalej rontgen. Za nim hned natlacene dva check iny a hned dalsia kontrola ku gate. Vsetko od seba vzdialene max 3m. Pred gatom klima na plno a dost ludi. V priebehu 45min odlietali dva lety do cebu. Jedno s philiphines airlines a druhe moje cebu pacific. Bolo zaujimave sledovat prvy let. Lietadlo vrtulove. Obsluha dala najskor signal na start ... read more

K vcerajsku. Pri bare sa zislo osadenstvo z dormu. 2chalani, jedna baba. Spoznali sa niekde na ceste tak cul cestuju spolu. Prisla aj skotka. Uz boli trochu pod paru. Monolog vacsinu viedol span. Neskor sa rozhodli ist do hot springs. Tak som tam ostal sam. Neskor dosol fra, ten sa najedol a siel spat, zajtra ide potapat. Potom sa dovalil izraelsky par (najskor som myslel, ze su span). Ti stratili kapsicku s dokladmi ale nastastie len tu v areali tak im ju majitel uskladnil. Inak ludia a ani ja som sa s nimo moc nesocializoval, bol to moj posledny vecer, pit som nemohol, a noha nahovno. Neskor som si dal este na neskoru veceru konzervu s chili tuniakom. Vecer nebola voda v sprche, byva to kazdu nedelu, bo je na okoli velka spotreba. Rano som slohol ... read more