Posts Tagged ‘philippines’
(Whoops… sorry for the delay. I’m frantically quenching my internet cravings during a six hour layover in Singapore -eeks- after a severe lack of internet access in Bali.)
Woke up early today to catch a 11am budget flight to Singapore. All of us proud to be up given the strength of last night. We hailed two [...]
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Tags: asia, singapore, zouk, tiger airways, manila, philippines, clark, naia, philippine airlines
We took a tour around old Manila today, Intramuros, meaning “within the walls”. The original part of Manila first built by the French, which gave Manila its nickname “the Paris of Asia”.
Carlos Celdran was the tour guide. And a great one at that! A performance artist-come-tour guide that gives an enlightening yet entertaining historical review [...]
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Tags: carlos celdran, clubbing, embassy at the fort, manila, philippines, superman that oh
Day 36: corregidor island
We arrived at 4am this morning and headed straight to the docks to catch a tour around the island of Corregidor. During World War II, this island took turns being occupied by the Americans, then the Japanese, then back to the Americans. And most recently? By Yellow Chocolate in all our glory! (Or lack there [...]
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Tags: asia, corregidor island, malinta, manila, philippines, world war 2
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