Posted by Gringograss on Jun 16th, 2011 | 5 comments
We’ve had this trip in mind for months. I thought it was all drunk talk at first, like “yeah, yeah, Coron, yeah, yeah..” But a week later, Pipoy calls me on my phone: “Gring, I’ve booked the flights. Are you in?”. And I was like “Okay!”. The flights were cheap (P2000 return) and the season was perfect: the monsoon has passed and summer wasn’t...
Posted by Nordic Nomad on May 29th, 2011 | 3 comments
I decided to do a proper piece on places to go in the Philippines. I’ll only write about the places where I went, and my own experience. You might want to read my summary of the Philippines before you read this.
Manila
Manila is the capital of the Philippines. It generally has a bad reputation, and it is not difficult to see why: it’s polluted, crowded and dirty. The only sight...