Tuesday 18 April 2006

09:26 -- Hello from the Philippines. We arrived late yesterday afternoon after a loooong day and a half trip.


Suyen did a great job booking us flights and we saved some money too -- however, our travel required 5 different planes and a stopover in Denver, San Francisco, Hong Kong, Manila and finally Cebu.


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The tranfer from the International to the Domestic Terminal in Manila and the long wait in the Domestic terminal with all the aircraft clogging the one active runway was the worst. I guess by that point we were tired, and a little delay (turned out to be 2 hours from the advertised) was the final straw. Suyen chewed out the poor manager of Cebu Pacific -- it wasn't his fault. There were hundreds of people clogging the domestic terminal as they were all heading to prime vacation spots in the Philippines and were all dressed like vacationer tourists. We decided to go to San Francisco's airport after last years fiascos at LAX. SFO was a much more pleasant experience. We packed last minute Friday night after my working 7 days straight. I had to clean out the dog feeder as the bottom had gotten wet and rotted -- it was gross. Saturday we got up early and I mowed the lawn. We finished packing, went to the Post Office, then went to parents. We had an easter brunch and relaxed a little on the back patio as Dad was working on the Air Conditioner. Then, at 13:00 we headed to the airport. Mom drove us and saw us off. We took off at 15:30, just as some rough weather was popping up. The turbulence was terrible and Suyen about bit my arm off. I told her to pray instead of hurting me and I later figured out if I squeezed her ring hand tight enough when she started grabbing/biting me she would quit as she would be in too much pain to do anything. Here is a link to the Fox 4 weather blog on Saturdays weather:

When we were in Denver we caught a glimpse of CNN and they were talking about tornado warnings in the KC area. It has been a rough spring.

On our first full day in Compostela, we got up early and walked into town to get some pandesol for breakfast. Then on the way back we met Orley, and I got my chance to try out a tricikad.

Also, we had our first brunch in the Philippines.

This gives you a good idea of our route in and out of the city and how much traffic there is...