June 17th, 2009 
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The bus from Clark airport to Manila is 350 pesos per person ( 1 euro is aboyut 67 Philipino Pesos) and a 1.5 hour ride. This should give enough time to decide where you are going to stay because at 11.5 million people Manila is no easy city to be tamed.
Using ould LP guide we decided to check out a hostel in Ermita, not far from intramuros, which sounded good. But upon arrival it was a bit to pricey for what it ofered and we tried several hotels close by that for a small amount of money more you got a much better value. Cherry Blossoms Hotel (odd name I must admit) was our pick and we called it come for 2 days.
Unfortunately Manila (city) does not have much going on. The city is exactly what I imagined and reflects what most movies portray of it. Traffic, noise, pollution, poverty and fast foor restaurants (probably the US biggest cultural impact) are all– or almost– over, except in intramuros , the area surrounded by a wall built by the Spanish during colonization that has changed very little since. There is an interesting volcano to explore nearby, but we did not have time for the trip because of the cheap flight we had found for just a day later.
Realizing that there was not much more to enjoy we checked transportation to Donsol, a small town in SE Luzon that doesn’t have much going on except probably being the best place in the world to see whale sharks. However despite only being 450 km away the bus apparently takes about 14 hours to get there from Manila. Liza was not too pleased about another long bus ride, so further research said that Moalboal in Cebu was also a good spot to see the whale sharks and sea turtles. Cebu is the main hub of the Visayas, a stretch of islands world famous for its beaches, plus it was a good place from which our trip south. We booked a cheap flight with Cebu Pacific Air (the Philippines LCA) and the thankfuly smooth flight had us there by mid morning of the following day.
Jeepney in Manila
Street parade
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Hola primos!
Veo que os va todo muy bien y me alegro mucho por vosotros. Dáis mucha envidia con todos esos lugares que estáis visitando y que desde luego que las fotos son preciosas…supongo que en la realidad será aún mucho mejor
Yo aqui sigo con los exámenes finales en la UJI y dentro de poco el veranito y a disfrutar el mes de Julio en la playita…
Que os vaya muy bien y disfrutad a tope!!
Abrazos desde Oropesa
muakis a los dos y q sepáis que se os echa de menos
Kaixo Koki!! He estado leyendo un rato tus aventuras…que fuerte lo del rayo en el avión y tu diente! Keep on movin’ my friend!!!!
Qué pasada de viaje!! Qué envidia
Saludos a Liza!
Nice!