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    • День 3

      Chinatown

      9 декабря 2022 г., Филиппины ⋅ 🌧 26 °C

      Manila claims the oldest Chinatown in the world, dating to 1594. The area is also known as Binondo, and was established by the Spanish right across the Pasig River from Fort Santiago in Intramuros (see another post). Binondo has historically been a center of commerce in Manila, and that continues to this day.
      These 5 pictures are in Chinatown. They give a flavor of the area.
      The 4th picture is of a community cross where local people stop by regularly to pray. Most of the people of Chinatown are Roman Catholic, and a cornerstone of the neighborhood is the Binondo Church, more formally known as the Minor Basilica and National Shrine of Saint Lorenzo Ruiz.
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    • День 83

      Philippinen - Brunei

      23 декабря 2022 г., Филиппины ⋅ ☁️ 27 °C

      Über Nacht ging es dann mit dem Flieger in die philippinische Hauptstadt Manila, welche doch tatsächlich mehr als 4 Stunden Flug entfernt war.
      Demnach kamen wir dort mitten in der Nacht an. Die Einreise verlief dennoch sehr entspannt, unser Gepäck kam auch unversehrt, aber etwas feucht vom Regen, an.
      Schnell noch das erste Geld holen, die restlichen indonesischen Rupiah in Pesos tauschen & Sim-Karten beschaffen, bevor es dann zur Unterkunft geht.
      Übrigens wird hier jedes Mal beim Geld abheben wieder eine Gebühr erhoben, was schon echt nervig ist. Zudem wird einem das Internet hier nur so hinterhergeschmissen, sodass die günstigste Sim-Karte mit 98GB Datenvolumen + 3GB extra for free knapp 17€ kostet.
      Wer braucht bitte so viel Internet innerhalb von 30 Tagen?!
      Selbst in Indonesien haben wir unsere 30GB nicht aufgebraucht...

      Mit dem Grab fuhren wir dann zum Apartment, welches knapp 20 Minuten vom Flughafen entfernt lag und wo auch schon auf uns gewartet wurde, da sie unsere Ankunftzeit etwas missverstanden haben.
      Gegen 6 Uhr morgens fielen wir dann todmüde ins Bett.
      Am heutigen Tag gab es noch einen Tagesordnungspunkt und zwar den Länderpunkt mit einem Spiel der Südostasienmeisterschaft einsacken.
      Frühstück gab es dann verspätet bei McDonalds, von wo es mit dem Grab oder Taxi oder TukTuk oder oder oder direkt zum Stadion gehen sollte.
      Denkste!
      In dem Moloch von Hauptstadt herrschte am heutigen Tag absolutes Verkehrschaos und es war unmöglich ein Transportmittel zu bekommen.
      Die Taxis und TukTuks wollten nicht so weit (wir reden von 10 Kilometern) fahren und Grabs waren weit und breit keine da.
      Na klasse, also Beine in die Hand nehmen und erstmal zu Fuß los, irgendwann wird uns schon einer fahren.
      Was wir auf dem Weg vom Flughafen schon erahnen konnten und auch vorab schon oft hörten, bestätigte sich dann.
      Manila ist einfach nur dreckig, es gibt teilweise keine richtigen Straßen und die Armut ist krasser, als wir uns vorstellten. Es leben hier teilweise ganze Familien auf der Straße, es wird sich zu 5. eine Hängematte geteilt usw.
      Das erste Mal, dass wir uns echt nicht wohlfühlten, aber gezwungen waren hier zu Fuß durchzulaufen. Nach 2-3 Kilometern bekamen wir dann endlich ein Taxi, welches natürlich übertrieben teuer war und der Fahrer sich wahrscheinlich eine goldene Nase zu Weihnachten verdient hat.
      Egal, am Stadion angekommen trafen wir einen weiteren Hopper, der die Tickets vorab für uns besorgt hatte.
      Zusammen ging es dann ins nicht ausverkaufte 12.000er Stadion.
      Vor und im Stadion wurden fleißig Pocari Sweat und AFF (Sponsoren der Südostasienmeisterschaft) Klatschpappen verteilt. Ein absoluter Traum.
      Es gab tatsächlich ein wenig Support von ein paar Philippinern, aber nichts wirklich nennenswerte.
      Wie erwartet ging Brunei auch hier ziemlich unter, schoss aber immerhin ihr erstes Tor im Turnier.
      Somit endete das Spiel, welches auf keinem guten Niveau war mit 5:1 für die Hausherren.
      Ich denke keiner von beiden wird die Gruppenphase überstehen, da selbst die Philippinen einfach nur schlecht waren.
      Zurück war es dann zum Glück leichter ein Grab zu bekommen, da wir auch nicht wirklich hier im Dunkeln rumirren wollten.
      In der Unterkunft unterhielten wir uns noch kurz mit dem Gastgeber & bekamen sogar noch ein paar lilane Kekse, die recht lecker waren, wobei wir immer noch nicht wissen, was drin war, geschenkt.

      Die Unterkunft war übrigens ok, aber wir werden uns hier etwas drauf einstellen müssen, dass die Preise deutlich höher mit weniger Standard als in den vorherigen Ländern sind.
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    • День 15

      24 hours in the Philippines

      4 января 2023 г., Филиппины ⋅ 🌙 4 °C

      We left our Bali accomodation at 5.30am on Wednesday morning. Mum came to see us off and we had coffee together before we checked in. To our surprise (sarcasm intended) our flight was delayed by 3 hours and then we circled Manila airport on arrival as the air traffic was so bad. Longest 3 hour flight ever - not a good start.
      Once we had landed, the ground traffic was even worse. It took us around an hour to get to our hotel. We finally arrived in Manila late on Wednesday night, we grabbed a bite to eat from the rooftop restaurant and then went off to bed.

      Since we only had 24 hours in Manila, I had planned a full day of sight seeing. Disappointingly, the weather was so rubbish we decided on a late start. We started researching the rest of the Philippines and realised that the weather was unseasonably crappy just about everywhere. Island hopping in the sun just wasn’t going to happen - so we decided to can the Philippines and head to Japan!

      We spent the rest of the day and night frantically shopping for warm clothes (we won’t be needing our swimmers for Japan in winter!) at second hand stores. We got some cheap flights using Qantas points and boarded our plane at 1am on Friday!
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    • День 3

      Arrivée à Manille, Philippines

      5 марта 2023 г., Филиппины

      Après 21h de trajet et 7h de décalage horaires, nous voilà enfin arrivés à Manille, capitale des Philippines.
      Grosse douche et sieste à l'hôtel tous les 3 puis petite visite à pied à Manille. Food court dans une énorme galerie marchande spectaculaire à Manille ! Auguste est toujours de bonne humeur mais ne préfère pas s'aventurer à goûter ^^Читать далее

    • День 4

      Journée de visite à Manille

      6 марта 2023 г., Филиппины ⋅ ⛅ 32 °C

      Journée de visite de Manille express.
      Nous quittons l'hôtel pour prendre le taxi et aller dans manille Intramuros, le quartier de la ville fortifiée. Visite du fort Santiago, la cathédrale de Manille, l'église San Agustin. Retour à l'hôtel vers 15h ensuite pour aller à l'aéroport pour le 1 er vol interneЧитать далее

    • День 20

      Day 20

      30 марта 2023 г., Филиппины ⋅ ⛅ 34 °C

      I didn’t sleep as well as I would’ve liked due to a sore back, but I still felt like I slept enough. I did need to get up and redirect all the air conditioning vents though as every one of them was blowing directly onto my face!

      Today involved a lot of waiting again, as our flight to Manila wasn’t meant to depart until 6.10pm. As we weren’t required to check out of our hotel until 12pm, our morning was somewhat uneventful! We went down to enjoy the beautiful buffet breakfast which we’d enjoyed at this hotel before, and relaxed in the room until it was time to check out.

      Fortunately the reception area of the hotel is equally beautiful so it was easy to relax there with a decent coffee, which went perfectly with the egg tart I bought at KFC last night. The seating area has a view of the swimming pool which, Ted is convinced, he saw a couple making whoopee in it! We wanted to eat lunch somewhere other than the hotel so we braved crossing the highway of hell to see what was on the other side of the road.

      We are both over Asian food at the moment so going to The Pizza Factory, which was offering two for the price of one, seemed like a good option. We did some more browsing through the shops and bought some clothes for the gym before heading back across the highway to our hotel.

      At about 3pm, we ordered a Grab to take us to the airport. The check in counters hadn’t opened yet but did shortly after. Thank God Ted noticed the tagging on the bags - we have a 20 hour layover in Manila, meaning we have a hotel room for the night - and the check-in agent had tagged our bags all the way to Melbourne! In other words, we would’ve spent the night and morning in Manila with little more than the clothes on our back.

      We were given passes to the Miracle Business Class lounge before the flight which was a nice place to relax beforehand. Our flight ended up being delayed though due to the late arrival of the aircraft, so we ended up spending even more time in the lounge than expected. When it was time to board, it was a long walk from the D gates to the F gates, and when we arrived, they had already began to board the Economy class section.

      Our aeroplane seats were wonderful as always, and I definitely think the Business Class product on Philippine Airways is far superior to a lot of other airlines. The staff and food were both wonderful, and the 3 hour flight seemed to, well, fly. Unfortunately we didn’t arrive into Manila until very late, which was delayed even further by the really long immigration queue.

      Our pick up driver was messaging me whilst we were in the queue so it wasn’t difficult to find him once we were outside the airport. One thing we found surprising was how busy Manila was even around midnight. Our hotel is definitely below the standard of the past hotels we’ve had on this holiday but it was adequate. The booking has caused endless hassle too, as they kept emailing us saying that both our credit cards had been rejected and then after a lot of correspondence with booking.com, told us that it was finally okay. In other words, it wasn’t until we actually arrived that we knew for sure that we had a room for the night.

      The room is definitely not that great either, but since it was already 1am, we didn’t really care that much. We have the whole morning in Manila to explore but to be honest, I’m not that excited about it.
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    • День 21

      Day 21

      31 марта 2023 г., Филиппины ⋅ ☀️ 31 °C

      Despite being exhausted when we arrived last night, I really didn’t sleep well. I was still thinking about all the happenings from yesterday, not to mention that this room has a noisy air conditioner. I did manage to get another hour of sleep in, but we also needed to get up before the breakfast time was over.

      One plus about this hotel are the friendly staff, and the breakfast served was pretty good too. We asked the receptionist if we could possibly check out later due to our late arrival last night, but she was only able to give us an extra hour. It was better than nothing, so we thought we would explore Manila before needing to come back and get ready before our flight tonight.

      As it turned out, Manila wasn’t as great as we would’ve liked. For starters, our hotel is not in the nicest area as we noticed quite a few beggars. This was made more difficult when two young girls came up to us and begged for food whilst we were waiting to cross the road by pulling on our clothes.

      We walked towards the waterfront which wasn’t as great as it sounds, as it was more industrial. On the way, we saw a demonstration of fire trucks, complete with sirens blazing. Since it was so near the American embassy we initially thought it was some military emergency! Across the road was Rizal Park, which was a large open space of parks and Chinese gardens. We then headed towards Intramuros, which is the historical walled part of the city.

      To be honest, that wasn’t the greatest either. Anything historical usually interests me, but the area was neither beautiful nor appealing. When Ted suggested returning to the hotel, it seemed like a great idea since the heat was getting worse anyway.

      When we got to the hotel, we showered, changed and packed up before organising a Grab to the airport. That wasn’t the most pleasant experience either, as we saw plenty of shanty housing, as well as a woman with a baby who kept tapping on the car window when we were stopped at the traffic lights. It was certainly an eye opener, and unfortunately not a pleasant one.

      The airport experience wasn’t as easy as we’d expected - when we went to check in, we were told our bags had to be security screened first. Apparently this is a requirement for all flights to Australia, Canada and the United States. After waiting half an hour for screening to open, the process involved opening our bags so they could do an explosives check on the content. After that, we could finally check in our bags, although we did wonder if we would’ve had to go through this process if we had our bags checked all the way to Melbourne yesterday.

      We had about three hours until we needed to board so we went to the Mabuhay Lounge. As far as lounges go, it was not the greatest as the selection of food was poor and the bathrooms weren’t that clean. But it was still a quieter, less hectic place to pass the time. When we went to board, our boarding passes were checked, and we were told we needed to put our bags through security screening (apparently there wasn’t the right stamp on our boarding passes). We tried to explain that we had already done this, but we were still led downstairs to do it again.

      Sure enough, our bags weren’t there and we reiterated again that we had already done it. Fortunately the lady who checked us in was there and confirmed our story so we were taken back upstairs to the boarding gate. When we went to board we were told - again - we couldn’t board as our bags needed to be screened. This time, the same guy who took us downstairs had to tell the boarding staff we had already been checked so, after all the initial hassle, we were finally onboard.

      Business class on Philippine Airways again exceeded our expectations as everything was wonderful. After dinner had finished, I settled down to sleep and managed a good four hours. I started to watch the new Doctor Strange movie during breakfast but didn’t quite get to see the ending before we arrived in Melbourne.

      The differences of being in Australia compared to many other countries was so obvious, as the immigration process was so fast and easy. We did however stand nervously at the baggage carousel wondering if our beloved bags had actually made the flight (they had!).

      As I type this last day entry on our flight home to Adelaide, we are very grateful to be back in Australia. We have seen some beautiful destinations, but the trip has also opened our eyes, and made us again grateful for what we have.
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    • День 1

      Intramuros - Manilas Altstadt

      8 апреля 2023 г., Филиппины ⋅ ☀️ 34 °C

      Als nächstes ging es zu Fuß weiter in die Altstadt, wo man noch sehr viele Spuren der spanischen und US-amerikanischen Kolonialzeit vorfindet. Die Altstadt hat viele schöne Ecken und bietet tolle Foto-Spots.Читать далее

    • День 2

      Abendessen im Bayleaf Rooftop Restaurant

      9 апреля 2023 г., Филиппины ⋅ ☀️ 31 °C

      Am Vortag waren wir nicht in den Genuss gekommen, im Bayleaf Rooftop Restaurant zu essen, weil es komplett ausgebucht war. Dieses Mal kamen wir mit Reservierung und konnten so ein fantastisches Essen mit leckeren Cocktails bei schöner Abendstimmung genießen.Читать далее

    • День 1

      Abendstimmung in der Altstadt

      8 апреля 2023 г., Филиппины ⋅ 🌙 30 °C

      Die Stimmung in der Alstadt nach dem Sonnenuntergang war wirklich sehr schön. Die Ostertage sind in den Philippinen die höchsten Feiertage und so kamen wir noch in den Genuss einer Abendmesse inklusive Prozession. Der Nachteil war, dass viele Restaurants ausgebucht oder geschlossen waren, und wir an unserem ersten Abend leider auf eine Touri-Absteige angewiesen waren, in der das Essen furchtbar war.Читать далее

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