Blogs from Manila, Philippines, Asia - page 8

Just some pics i thought were interesting - apologies if there's some repeats in here... read more

So it's Sunday morning and pretty much everything in the city is shut (except for the bars of course), so we head back to the airport to the Philippine Airlines (PAL) office to re-ticket. The guy behind the counter seems pleasant enough and asks how my day is (it's JUST after 9:00am). I tell him and explain why and he says "Well let's see if we can do anything to change that for you." It's at THIS point that the pleasantries cease and the sniveling little sycophant does absolutely nothing except stick to the rule book showing NO willingness whatsoever to budge one iota. His first solution was going to cost an additional AUD2,500 in air fares and airline penalties alone. it was until Squish started questioning and negotiating in Tagalog that we found there were ... read more

BUdicek v pohode,rychlo som este dal nabijat mobil kym sa pobalim a umyjem. Nabil sa mi aspon na 60% a potom smer bus stanica. Cestou som si dal ranajky,kupil par kolacikov. Ranajky mi nestacili tak som si dal este jeden burger. Bus Genesis do Manili,stanica Avenida odchadzal o 9/00,cakal som na nho len 10.min. Bol uplne prazdny iba 10 ludi. Cestou som pospaval. Denis mi odporucal do manili victory lines,v nom je vraj free wifi,lenze na stanici mi povedali,ze ziadny nejde,mozno chodi z original stanici victory lines a nie z tejto.Inak je tu kopa bus spolocnosti. Tato bus stanica sa nachadza pod novym obchodnym centrom Surplus (na severzapad) resp nad univerzitou cordileras (na severovychod),chodia odtialto busy aj do viganu. Zacaitok cesty bol fajn,este hory ale nesor uz len rovinka,policka a mesta. Cesta ubehla rychlo, o 15/00 ... read more

Pristatie bolo hladke,zatial som s cebu pacific spokojny ale ktovie ci by som s nimi bol aj keby nemam spiatocnu letenku a nepustia ma do lietadla. Po vystupeni z lietadla stal v chodbe doktor s termokamerou a sledoval ludi. Razitko na pasovom mi dali bez problemov na 21 dni. Po vyzdvihnuti batoziny,ktrou som potom opat prebalil nech nevlacim v malom batohu zbytocne kila,som odovzdal na prepazke colne vyhlasenie. Colnik to len zobral a hodil do krabicky,vobec to nestudoval. Na letisku su dva bankomaty,jeden nefungoval a druhy daval len 500p (p= filipinske peso).Som to vybral,dobra blbost,cul budem muset robit dalsi vyber v meste,ktory uz budem mat spoplatneny. Kazdy na okoli mi odporucal aby som si do mesta zobral taxi,no ja som cakal na bus co premava medzi terminalmi,po 30.minutach cakania som sa na nho vysral a vydal ... read more

Our time in Melbourne was short but sweet, with only two days to spend on it's beautiful streets. We spent our time walking throughout the downtown area, seeing the sights and eating as much of the delicious food our stomachs could hold. With so many little streets filled with shops, restaurants, musicians, artists and other interesting sights, there was never a time that we had nothing to do. The city seemed to be a piece of art with so many old buildings, trams running through the streets and tall buildings scattered throughout. Our hostel was actually built in 1812 and had previously been used as a homeless center before being turned into Nomads Backpackers. After our two days in Melbourne, we bid farewell to Australia and headed for the Philippines. First, we had a 7 1/2 ... read more