Manila, Philippines (87)

Arrived into port at 7:00 - sunrise
Hubert helped us off at 8 with Scott and Carol and luggage. Alex, Laura and Wayne (group of 7) connected with Jaime’s transportation.

Park, much like Central Park
National Museum
Santiago Fort
Cathedral
Robinson Mall for lunch and grocery

We had Raymond as a driver fir the day. It was exhausting when I pulled up the routing he took from the Mall back to the port. Normally 1/2 hour or 45 minutes at best, but his routing was excruciating. It took us 2 hours. Uncalled for!

Picture shows the mall bottom left hand corner. He went around. And this was in standstill traffic with lots of motorcycles, jeepneys and people. I don’t know WHAT he was thinking!!!

Back on board and praying for Scott and Carol to make it to the airport for their 11:45pm back to Chicago via Doha.Read more