Philippine Travel Notes

After Check-in, Go Up to Go In ! That's what we said in the previous story, right? Ah Pinoys are familiar with this kind of airport setup like DVO, ILO, CGY, etc. - where you go up a floor level after check-in. Look, the directional sign says Departure Lobby is up there. So ano itong nasa baba? Abaw, ambot ah! Maybe let's call it Check-in Hall (wala kasi siyang lobby eh) . Pwede! It differs from our airports though. In here, everything so far, is publicly accessible ! Yep, let's clarify that... everything downstairs (check-in counters etc.,) is open to the public. Anyone can go in/out down there , plus the 2 nd floor Departure Lobby up here ! In all these areas, walang blue-guard, white-guard, lady-guard, djagwar, gwardya, chief at kung anu-ano pa! Samantala, ang mga malls natin, ay, me jaguar every entrance! What is/are at this second floor anyway? Aw, restaurants and shops. Parang sa ILO at DVO nga, mas madami lang dito! I even saw stairs going to 3 rd ...

Let's continue my  adventure from the previous article... I was thinking, the title of this blog post should have been " my bumming around the Noi Bai International Airport Terminal 2 ", since that is just what I did this afternoon! As usual, I enjoyed it. Maybe I was born to live among airports and airplanes! This was the last picture in that  previous article . I arrived at this airport 12:18NN. Yes my prayers were heard, that the drowsy driver don't sleep on the road. Salamat! I may probably have been too excited to have arrived safely - since I took that photo while driver was still offloading my luggage from his taxi (at left, not seen in picture) ! Well, it's been long since I was last in a life-and-death situation hahaha! Anyway... Departure Curbside Let's interpret/annotate the photo above. That's the foyer and lobby, by the curbside (left edge of pic) , where passengers walk, to enter the check-in area doors (D1 & D2). Loo...