Blogs from Manila, Philippines, Asia - page 11

Hannah and I went at Seri Fantasy World last week which was located inside Manila Ocean Park. I availed of the promo from Metro Deal since last year and it was only now that I got to use the voucher. The P250 voucher is for the entrance to 3 attractions which are Trick Art Museum, 3D Cinema Plus and Mirror Maze. We enjoyed Trick Art Museum out of the 3 because the pictures looks so real when you get to see it! The gallery features 3D art paintings freehanded painted by famous Korean artists. The second one was the 3D Cinema Plus that marvels and tickles your imagination with a 3D movie. The movie that we watched was Rilley’s Sky Adventure. It’s an ok movie but I guess Hannah did enjoy watching it. Basically it’s really ... read more

I wake to the thud of the air plane landing. Total shock, I went to sleep in Amsterdam mildly sedated. 12 hours later, I'm in the Philippines. I would be lying if I told you that I know exactly why I'm here - I don't. But what I do know is that through some random psychological process I decided that the Philippines is my destination - I can't believe I didn't think about coming here sooner. A $5 and half hour cab ride later, I'm at the hostel in Ermita. After 28 hours of traveling, time for some pampering. Hair cut, massage, nap and socializing with peeps from the hostel. Later, dinner, drinks, and some live music. Tomorrow - climbing a volcano at lake Tal.... read more

Estimados amigos, no os he podido mantener muy al tanto de mis andanzas por falta de internet y demasiadas horas al volante. En Tailandia creo que la media debio ser 5 al dia y unos 2000km en 4 dias. Eso si estuve en lugares increibles, ruinas de templos budistas que te hacian volver en el tiempo y hacia dentro en el alma encontrando esa paz que anhelamos, arrozales y comunidades que viven una vida mucho mas tradicional, con una paz que rodea sus pequenyas aldeas al atardecer y por supuesto la megalopolis de Bangkok que es mas multicultural pero igual de poco anglofona que el resto del pais. Tengo que decir que perdi mi avion a filipinas porque me confundi entre vuelos, pero como una insistencia educada llega muy lejos y mas en estos paises consegui ... read more

Ello ello We're now in Manila in the Phillipines and life is much different. Not the best of place if I was honest. Poverty is everywhere, Bangkok doesn't come anywhere near close. Children looking after children and sleeping rough. Beggars are a plenty and seems like everyoneis out to get your last Peso. Soon clued ourselves up after paying 3 times as much for our initial cab journey, only cost the equilivant of ten pounds for an hours journey though. So musn't grumble too much. We've been here for three days now, one more than expected as there were problems with our flight to Palawan today (paradise- google some images). But we fly tomorrow for definite. We went to the Philly embassy today and have extended our visa for another month as we are desperate to ... read more

We left for the airport at 8:00 pm on Friday because our flight left so early in the morning. We got caught in a blizzard on the way, which was our first big snow of the year. On our bus on the way to the airport, Joel called me and said that he had booked his flight for 24 hours after he thought he had. Whoops! Hilarious, though. So he had to make sure he was on our flight from Manila to Puerto Princesa, because that’s the scarier one to do by yourself. Luckily he got to have the extra day by himself in Seoul instead of Manila, since he’s very comfortable in Seoul. Unfortunately, I couldn’t sleep at the airport so I just explored until the gate opened at 5:00 am. It was disgusting. And ... read more