Purple Sea Slug

Back To The Philippines

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September 4th 2011
Getting from Singapore to our hotel in Manila turned out to be more interesting than we’d envisaged. First off, a basic error with the terminal (reading the arrival terminal rather than the departure one) resulted in a dash across the building to the sky train, then a shuttle bus to the budget terminal. Luckily, we’d left enough time. We had sandwiches at O’Brien’s Cafe which also offered ... read more

Asia » Philippines

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The Philippine Islands became a Spanish colony during the 16th century; they were ceded to the US in 1898 following the Spanish-American War. In 1935 the Philippines became a self-governing commonwealth. Manuel QUEZON was elected President and was ta... ... read more