Coming into Manila was uneventful except I forgot the first visa (28 days) is free and the immigration officer (in military uniform) was shocked when I tried handing him some cash. Oops, my bad! Stayed at Hostel 1632 next to Robinsons Mall in Ermita and the first room was ghetto as hell. I mean a [...]
Its times like this when I start thinking about leaving Boracay, it isn’t very clean. Manila has hot water, electricity, and a lack of people burning trash and fish and chemicals outside your window. The lack of shootings. Service staff that can get an order right. Fully cooked food. Everyday, I see something that I’ve [...]
Yup, I’m in Manila now. As it usually happens, the decision was made after staying up all night drinking. I didn’t eat during that whole day/night and had a cheap sammich (with beer) in the airport lounge. Got to my hotel sometime around 11am yesterday, still drunk. 1st stop: EZ Mart for some booze! Told [...]
I’m back in Manila after a long bus ride and its been raining this afternoon. I was hanging out with some local friends and finally broke down to eat with my fingers….something I swore I would never do. These people are just way too cool and fun to be around. Lunch was BBQ whole fish, [...]
There is certainly a difference between deluxe and the cheaper first class buses of Partas lines. Perhaps its’ due to the time of day, but first class is a step above chaos, a small step. Its not the bus itself but the operations and atmosphere. The deluxe was P805 for a 7 hour trip from [...]
I got a wild hair up my ass and headed to Manila. I don’t really remember much about it but they said I arrived around 7pm. Audie invited me to stay with him in the Manila townhouse where we partied with B1, M, J1, G, S, J2, A, C, B2, and some girl that cant [...]
Today, July 1st, 2008 marks my one year anniversary on Boracay. I had parted ways with Iraq and The Company in mid June 2007. No more contractor for me. They gave me a ticket going to Texas by the most lengthy and impossible route imaginable. I had no intention of going back to the USA. [...]
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