Philippines

Feb 13th, 2007

Up to Manila, down to Borclay Island

What a day! I got up very early to fly to Manila, then got a taxi to the domestic airport and bought myself a ticket to Borclay Island. The airplane as the smallest I’ve ever been in, seating 24 passengers and one crew member! Lading was scary, but fun. I then got a funny looking

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Feb 13th, 2007

Down to Puerto Pricesa

Today I got up at 6ish to get a flight to Puerto Pricesa , the main city in Palawan, an island to the south west of Manila. When we arrived we went to our 7pound per night hotel, a little different from staying in the Peninsula but it’s okay, apart from no hot water. During

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Feb 13th, 2007

I got mugged in Manila

As the title suggests, I did indeed get well and truly mugged. It started at around 5pm when I decided to go and have a look at the old town here in Manila. I got a taxi there and started to walk inside what can be best described as a court yard when a man

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Feb 8th, 2007

Arrived in Manila, Philippines

Okay, so I got my refund and like I said, I got myself a flight to the Philippines. Just a usefull bit of advice: Always check different routes to booking tickets (for flights and hotels) I always used to say that booking over the internet is cheaper (Well, it should be shouldn’t it? that vuts

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