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16 April 2017
Above: Jeepney near Alona Beach. I had bought three mangoes and a box of papayas last night. I have two luscious ones remaining for breakfast which went well with my muesli and milk. With a midday flight to Tagbilaran, I checked-out at 0930 allowing plenty of time in case of long queues at the airport […]
15 April 2017
I had a relatively late wake-up today without the alarm around 0730 and took my time with breakfast of mueli and milk before checking out at 1030. I had asked two receptionists during the course of my stay about buses to Manila and they both said I could easily get them at Starmills Robinsons mall […]
14 April 2017
Evening processions at San Fernando At about 1700, I took the jeepney back to San Fernando by myself (the Poles had moved on). I saw a few beautiful floats along the way. In the Cathedral courtyard, there were a small but growing number. Close to 1800, the courtyard was full and it was a glorious […]
14 April 2017
Today is the big day of my trip. It is the day of the gory Good Friday crucifixions. At the Cathedral (Whippings and Cross Bearers) Szymon (whom I met yesterday with his wife-to-be Magdalena) knocked on my door at 0800. He had read that we needed to go really early as Cutud was near Angeles […]
13 April 2017
Even though my alarm was set for 0600, my bodyclock woke me at 0530. My flight to Clark near Manila was at 0945. I checked out at 0615 and managed to get a bus at 0640 after having just missed one. At this time, there wasn’t much traffic and I was at the airport around […]
12 April 2017
I woke up at 0600 after 8h solid sleep. With the gloomy weather, my plan to go for a hike on Lamma Island was scrapped. That meant I could do everything in slow motion today and didn’t leave the room till around 1000. Actually there isn’t much point going out early here as very little […]
11 April 2017
In Hong Kong, we were lucky to pull into a gate very near to immigration. I do dislike the airports multiple escalators to get down/up the trains that take you to/from the gates. Immigration queue was long but fast-moving. I took the A11 bus to Causeway Bay and hopped off for my short walk to […]
11 April 2017
The highlight of this trip is to see the crucifixions near Manila on Good Friday. While this had always been an idea, I decided to make it happen when Air New Zealand announced flights to Manila. Eventually, the proposed service quietly disappeared into the ether. But I decided to continue with the idea when Qantas […]
12 February 2017
We landed into Gold Coast about 25 minutes late despite leaving KL only about 10 minutes late. Perhaps we tried to avoid some turbulence. The transit was done in the one hour timeframe except we lost a passenger. While we were retrieving and offloading her luggage, she turned up. Poor little old lady; bless her. […]
11 February 2017
Above: Peeling my mango like a banana, for breakfast. I finished my last mango this morning, opting to peel it like a banana. It was juicy and I had to eat it over the sink. Muesli followed later after I packed my stuff away for the last leg home. Checkout was 1100 so I went […]