Philippine Travel Notes

Let the walk continue! This was the last segment of my sight-seeing walk for the day, and just a short one, likely only 600 meters from the National Museum to the Royal Palace of Cambodia. Yes short. The shortest distance in fact, of a cumulative 5 kilometers I have already walked earlier. But as I've told you in that previous story, it was fun and educational! Fact: Cambodia's National Museum and Royal Palace are actually right next to each other. However, the vastness makes their visitor entrances about 600 meters apart! Veal Preah Meru Square From the museum, you skirt half the Veal Preah Meru Square perimeter. Ano yan? It is a very wide park-like, well-maintained grass field, with no permanent structures. Weh, bakit me building sa picture? Ah eh.., depending on the date/period of the year there can even be a lot. Not just 1, 2 or 3, but many! And sometimes those can even be bigger/taller, than what you see in the photo above. But, everything is temporary...

This is Part 1 of the Sights & Scenes On My Iloilo To Cebu To Tacloban Flights. The final 2 legs of my Circle Trip , that brought me to Luzon, Mindanao, and back to the Visayas! Yep, flying back home to Cebu , but just in-transit to Tacloban . Let's Go! This was fun "so far" . An uncommon route. 'Di lang lamyerda , me kasamang work ! It went TAC ✈ CEB ✈ MNL ✈ CGY ✈ CEB ✈ CRK ✈ EUQ 🚌 ILO ✈ CEB and ✈ TAC. Ah, I said "so far" , since it's not really done yet! I'm writing this at the Cebu Mabuhay Lounge, waiting to board the last and final flight of this 'circle trip' back to Tacloban. I should be able to post this story tonite , when I have finally arrived. For who knows, other interesting sights and scenes may still occur from now until my arrival, right? Check-in: Iloilo Alright, continuing from the previous story, I went to the PAL check-in counters and got my boarding passes. Plural yes, because I had 2 flights: ...

My flight took off ahead of schedule, I was sure of that. My ticket said ETD was 1655H, eh at that time I was already looking down at south Cebu area. This meant arrival in Singapore just in-time for dinner! First "bad trip" of the flight, I prayed it would be the first-and-last disappointment! Did you notice that? Yes, the window! I was looking at a wonderful sunset, but could not take a good-enough picture due to those many scratches. Anyway, I wasn't sure where we were that time, but my guess would be Carcar. Okay, nothing to do but tunganga . The front of my seat, rightfully claimed my attention! And I smiled! Yes, that illustration on how to open the emergency exit window, in cases of emergency. As I looked at it, somewhere in me was saying " asus, memorized ko na yan ". Yet another part of my brain was saying " bakit, nasubukan mo na ba "? Hahaha, a thing that no one would like to apply "practice makes perfect"! Yes, some of the...

Previously, we covered my transfer-bus experience from domestic terminal T1, until I got off here! Anyway, I walked to the terminal itself. Hmm, it was brighter this time. 10:34AM kasi, not 05:03AM! Yes I looked back,  dahil ang hindi lumingon sa pinanggalingan, ay di makikita ang nakaraan ! Hahaha? And forward again... saying " Terminal 2, here I come for the second of many times... kaya umayos ka "! Hey, these overhead signage are clearer this time. I could read them all. Unlike the last time hehehe! I also said in that last time , that their Check-in Islands (Check-in Rows) are identified from right to left, arranged D, C, B, A instead of ABCD! Walay magbuot! Walang basagan ng trip! Arabo ang gumawa eh! And yes, I turned left again to enter, since I was flying on Air Asia again - even if to SIN, not KUL. The guard told me though, it doesn't matter where you enter - as long as you have proper documents. Wait... isn't something the matter with the flo...