http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Philippines/Manila/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Asia , Philippines , Manila en-us Wed, 25 Nov 09 10:59:11 +0000 Wed, 25 Nov 09 10:59:11 +0000 It took a while for me write about my trip made to the Philippines last August for a very sad reason. We travel for a lot of different reasons and for whatever it is it will be always be an enriching experience. Living abroad for most of my adult life an untimely call from my home country always sends anxiety attacks. But on the early morning of August 10th the message was sent by my sister i http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Philippines/Manila/blog-452543.html Mall of Asia Manila PhilippinesMy last day in the Philippines was spent exploring The Mall of Asia the fourth largest mall in the world. I didn't really have anything I was looking to buy I did want to demo a new camera that came out but I had several friends going so I decided to tag along with them. We ended up spending the majority of the day checking out the camera computer sports e http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Philippines/Manila/Mall-of-Asia/blog-448594.html It's near Mall of Asia but not really it's near the US Embassy everyone knows that landmark. It's called Ocean Park. Ronnah and I went there. We had a lot of fun. The fish eat the dead skin off of your feet. At first you want to scream coz it's like an annoying tickle but after a few minutes you start to relax and enjoy the fish spa.Again this is from earlier this year. I'll be returning in http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Philippines/Manila/Mall-of-Asia/blog-443891.html Typhoon Ondoy hit Manila last Saturday September 26. It has been a week since but the debris and heartbreaks left by the recent typhoon remain.......just as we braced ourselves for yet another typhoon.The days that followed the September 26 typhoon and flooding in the metropolis were blurred. I am writing this now as I nurture a bad cold and cough while cooped inside the house hoping and pra http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Philippines/Manila/blog-440766.html Pasay City our family homeA family portrait http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Philippines/Manila/blog-440560.html The trip got of to a bad start on Monday morning as I couldnrsquot for the life of me find the gadget for accessing my Internet bank. After all I had gotten the incredibly clever idea of moving most of my money from the bank account connected to my bank card and thereby limiting the amounts that skimmers and other miscreants can access. However without the gadget I would be just as cut off fr http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Philippines/Manila/blog-440343.html While the actual trip that Irsquoll cover in this diary begun on September 21st the nature of the trip means that it begun in early spring this year. Irsquom going to the Philippines to perform field research for my Masterrsquos degree in social anthropology. I will be researching the Reproductive Health Bill a law that is being pretty heavily lobbied both for and against in the Philippine http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Philippines/Manila/blog-440339.html Trip starts Sept. 8 from Hartford Ct. to Newark Int. Airport. First leg Chicago then Hong Kong and Manila. Plan to visit WWII historic sites. Stay tuned for an exiciting adventure. http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Philippines/Manila/blog-430073.html This does not pretend to be a travel blog. But I feel compelled to write about this. Some of you may have visited Manila this August 2009 and may have wondered about the recent events. This is our story.Today marks the 26th death anniversary of Benigno Ninoy Aquino Jr. whom many believed to be the only man who could have beaten the country's dictator for 20 years Ferdinand Marcos. Ninoy http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Philippines/Manila/blog-429975.html After my around the world trip in 2008 I felt that I've done enough sightseeing and travelling around just for fun for a while. Instead of being just a bystander and a spectator I felt that during my next travel I would like to somehow be a part of the local life learn something new and actually maybe be to some use. So when I heard about the Global Health course I immediately applied and luckil http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Philippines/Manila/blog-428581.html One night stay in Manila to visit the University of Philippines Diliman. http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Philippines/Manila/blog-413763.html Photos were taken last November 12 2007I went to Serendra twice my cousin was raving about this new hip place to see be seen. It's more packed at night unfortunately no photos because it was raining that night. Decided to come back again during daytime for lunch a bit of shopping. We had dessert at Conti's I had the blueberry cheesecake. The servings are smaller compared to western standa http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Philippines/Manila/blog-408636.html Photos taken on the 5th of November 2007In the morning we went to Greenhills to do a bit of shopping. Didn't really find anything worth buying. I did buy shoes but it didn't fit me when I got back to Australia did it shrink lol so I just gave it away. I also bought a bag for my mum which didn't last long the handle snapped. Note to self do not buy there again or at least triple check it.We ha http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Philippines/Manila/blog-407935.html OPMONLINE YOUR ULTIMATE MUSIC SOURCE Your favorite OPM artists are just a click away REGISTER and DOWNLOAD your favorite OPM songs just visit www.opmonline.comCheck out songs of Sarah Geronimo Rachelle Ann Go Mark Bautista Regine Velasquez Ogie Alcasid Sharon Cuneta Up Dharma Down and much much moreLet's support OPM Thanks http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Philippines/Manila/blog-398231.html Voici maintenant le premier chapitre de cette nouvelle aventure dans l'archipel volcanique des Philippines. Par sa position gographique on obtient un pays teint de l'orient et de l'occident dchir entre le christianisme 90 et l'islam. propos de la capitale Ah Manille Mtropole effrne pollue et assourdissante comme bien d'autres grandes villes de l'Asie. Dans son trafique tern http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Philippines/Manila/blog-397422.html intramuros the walled city of manila http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Philippines/Manila/blog-396118.html We left Beijing midmorning Sunday for our overnight train to Guangzhou AKA Canton and pronounced ldquogwong JOErdquo in southern China. We could have flown for about two hours to make the connection for our next flight but then wersquod fly over about half of China north to south. We opted instead for a sleeper train where we could at least look out the window as the countryside and the http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Philippines/Manila/blog-391553.html Well after taking a tour of Manila yesterday I must admit for someone who usually is a hermit all of this travel is starting to wear me down so after buy some cheap dvd's yesterday I decided to spend today sitting in my hotel room ordering room service sitting on my netbook and watching dvd's.Manila is an amazing city where you can go from advanced and new buildings to poverty the likes I have n http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Philippines/Manila/blog-391527.html 02.01.09 The journey from L.A. was a bit of a nightmare as we arrived at Singapore at 1.30 in the morning and then had to kill around 11 hours until our flight to Manila. Fortunately the airport is amazing so we were actually awake for most of this time exploring its many lounges ponds and shops.Manila. Good God Manila. I really can't think of much positive to say. We got a taxi from the airpo http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Philippines/Manila/blog-386643.html Just a quick note before we get down to business we've noticed this website has been pretty temperamental of late so if it doesn't let you look at our blogs the first time you click the link wait a few hours or until the next day and it should work again. Apologies for this if you missed our last monster blog you can still find it by searching our blog history. It is a rather long one so http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Philippines/Manila/blog-384841.html