Philippine Travel Notes

Some say: West Lake because it is Hồ Tây . Others say: Westlake since it is easier to write. Me too, I like the one-word word! Weh kung tutuusin ang Hồ Tây is Lake West! West Lake or Westlake, it's the same place! But I haven't heard anyone say Tây Hồ. Anyway... No chance to roam the usual places-to-see of Hanoi (para sa iyo sana dear readers). But I was up early one morning, so I went a walking around Westlake from my hotel. Not the whole Westlake ha? Just the area of P. Từ Hoa , in Quảng An, where Intercon Westlake and Sheraton Hanoi are at. This lake is about as wide as San Juan City eh. Westlake is the biggest freshwater lake in Hanoi. Mga half ng Caliraya Lake ang size nya or halos kasinglaki ng Lumot Lake (adjacent to Caliraya). But Westlake is urban. What is there to see at Westlake? Nothing yet that the world goes gaga about. But the local government is promoting it as the 'Creative Cultural Space of Westlake' - di ko pa alam kung ano ang...

Let's continue on that previous story... Domestic Arrival at Siem Reap So I arrived at Siem Reap via a domestic flight from Phnom Penh, Cambodia. I was only transferring at this airport - to an international flight bound for Hanoi, Vietnam. A lovely day. Most passengers (include me) could not help but shoot a pic "or more"! This red roofed building (the original) is now called Terminal 2 - Domestic Terminal . Expansions were done in 2006. The newer structures are to the right (not in photo). I looked to that right for this "from the tarmac view" of T1 - International Terminal . Nostalgia-evoking, as it nears closure, in favor of their new airport rising farther east . You probably didn't know... As of this writing, this airport is " the last remaining " in all of Southeast Asia, that is: " purely single-level " (horizontal edifice, no escalator nor aerobridge, what for anyway?) ; still used for " international fligh...