After a 13 hr flight and a 2 hr swine flu inspection in Japan we finally arrived in Manila late in the evening. The plans were to drop my mom off to her province of Pangasinan, a small fishing town 4hrs north of Manila. My stay @ Traders hotel was great,especially waking up to the sunrise view of Manila Bay. I found the staff at Trader's to be very accomodating and friendly, everyone from the security guard with his cool german shepard to the personal trainer at the gym. Please, also consider the Philippines is a developing country, so this being said it would be unfair to compare this hotel to those of the US or Europe. Its my observation that most locals are doing the best with what they have and what they know.
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