Manila Travel Blogs - Page 2

April 8 has always been my favorite day of the year as I am made to feel that my birth day can launch people around me move all for my favor..  which luckily includes a boss approving a weeklong vacation leave on a peak season. And with good hotel deals, and some convi…

I really dont want to go back to UK....thats how I feel about working over here and all the people I have met and been in contact with.....I hate to have to leave. :-( Wednesday morning I picked up Becky on the way into the office. She is an 18 year old volunteer from UK who will be helping out at…

After months of preplanning the Grand Manila Meet-up, it was a relief that it has come through successfully! Another chain of friendships with our fellow TravBuddies has been made and it never stops from there.The meet-up was held in Dencio's Restaurant, Harbour Square, around the Malate area of Ma…

Attendees: the_bloodsucker, laineeey, 1agrace, jennethm, ryan_84, planisphere, ted and kickasstunner. ;) Even if the meet-up, as expected, was not really loaded with people, we definitely had loads of fun. ;) Ha! You should have been there! :P So, anyone up for another round of macho mug? :P

Although it's helluva fun missing flights, it changes when more money is involved. Therefore, I decided not to miss this one. So, I got up at 2AM with my bag already packed, and left the house 30 minutes later. My flight to Tagbilaran was at 5.30, but being way early won't hurt anyone, would it? Be…

Today I met trav/beer buddy Philip(profile: Deats) who popped up in Manila on the first weekend of March. Coming from Hongkong, he is actually bound to Taiwan, but he decided to  pass by the Philippines so he can go back and  scuba dive and swim with whale sharks in Donsol, drink bee…

I had a late arrival into Manila on the 16th and got to Kabayan Hotel just before midnight.  I woke up at 4am. Darn jet lag  I was bored, couldn't get an internet connection in my room and tired of watching some Korean tv show so I decided to slip a note under Yheleen's (bestblog) room.&n…

So after arriving from Corregidor on Sunday afternoon, my family picked me up from SM Mall of Asia and we went to the strip of the restaurants across it, facing the Manila Bay. The family had dinner at Hawaiian BBQ restaurant, in celebration of my only brother's birthday. My aunts, uncle and cousin…

I left Singapore very early in the morning. It felt weird that after seeing Yangon devastated, I am back in a place where everything is normal, where everyone is apathetic to each other.I arrived in Manila peacefully. My mom called from the province, she was delighted that I am okay. My dad asked m…

How can you love and hate a place at the same time? Someone told me about Manila - either U love it or leave it..I didnt like the traffic chaos and also disorganized developments in Manila and its outskirts, but when you look deeper you will see the politeness and kindness of the people, warmly wel…

In March 2008 I traveled for 18 days in the Philippines. I visited Makati, Manila, Coron (Palawan), Lemmery (Batangas) and Las Pinas City.

How nice it is to travel with no destination in mind. Flew into Manilla a fun and busy city with it's own charms and stayed a couple of nights at the rainbow hotel in the Ermita & malate erea. The hotel was nice, clean and well located and very modestly priced. With my Lonely Planet book i…

A week or two before the meetup:  Wowowee is a noontime variety and gameshow in the Philippines that I almost never watch (aside from the fact that I seldom watch TV).  That's why when Leah (princessleah123) first mentioned about going to Wowowee and asked me if I want to go I just s…

Before I took the domestic flight to Tuguegarao I went into Manila once more. There isn’t that much to see. Manila is a crowded place and there are jeepneys everywhere (old American army jeeps, nowadays produced exclusively in the Philippines), decorated with paint and amulets and all sorts of me…

This afternoon after a tiring day at work, I logged into my email, what a refreshing feeling to find an email from Park Hyatt Saigon: Dear Nastassja, We are excited about your arrival on 08 April 2009 ... blah blah blah... I have 2 and a half days of work to go before I start my vacation a…