I decided to spend a few days in Manila before heading to Boracay, a beach resort. Singapore was the epitome of order and Manila was pure chaos. The traffic is horrible, taking over an hour to get from the airport to my hotel.
The Peninsula Hotel is beautiful. In Hong Kong it runs $500 a night. The breakfast is amazing. They have regular food plus sushi and best of all gelato.
I was with a friend today who took me by train to a national monument. The train was packed like sardines. And then I got in trouble taking a picture of the US embassy. I hope I can get back in the USA.
I got a real old fashioned haircut. My hair was beginning to look like bozo the clown. I included a relaxing neck and back massage. The price was about $4.
We then cooled off in one of the many air conditioned malls. What a relief. After lunch we took the train, still packed, to the hotel.
We made it back just before the skies opened up. It was as bad as a violent Orlando thunderstorm.
I never got to ride in one of these little buses.
Yes it was fun.
The next morning I spent time at the beautiful pool before heading to the airport.
The Manila airport has to be one of the worse. The line took forever with the lady in front of me yelling at the agent for 30 minutes. I'm sure many people missed their flight.
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