Philippine Travel Notes

This ride of only about 5 kilometers, took exactly 26 minutes. Yeah, that long! Ah yes, the world-famous Metro Manila traffic hahaha! Yet, I secretly wished for this ride to crawl a little bit slower! I wanted to see more. This was nostalgia time for me! Resorts World Manila and NAIA Terminal 3 Were Part of Villr Airbase How and why is that? Well, in my younger years, I often passed via this vicinity. This area we were departing-from was part of Villamor Airbase (earlier Nichols Airbase), until a big portion was expropriated in 1995 to become NAIA T3 and Resorts World . I do still remember many things here. For example, diagonally across HIE is PAFAM or the Philippine Air Force Aerospace Museum . It is technically just across the road. But I don't even know now, if one can go there by just crossing the road, as there are now three flyovers leading to, or from, various expressways and urbanities like BGC! Well, if you can cross from HIE (Holiday Inn Express) or

In just 6 days, here I was, flying from Cebu to Clark again, as transit passenger again, though not going to Boracay this time. I was on my way to Panglao Island, Bohol. Hectic? Nah, not really. I'm enjoying it! As they say... if you love what you do for work, it does not feel like work at all. True! But, why did I fly to about 700 kms northwest, when I was just going to about 84 kms southeast? Ah eh, I already mentioned in a previous story , that those circumstances happen when you know what to do! In fact, for this trip, I had not just 1 but 2 same-day flight transfers, and it was all worth the while! TAC-CEB PR2237 0935H/1020H 06D P3,654 CEB-CRK 5J0606 1150H/1350H 01A P2,569 CRK-TAG PR2871 1500H/1620H 53A P2,386 See that? I flew Tacloban to Cebu to Clark to Panglao (3 flights) for a total cost of only PHP8,609 which already included prime seat reservations for each flight! That price is comparable to any other means. And if you're meticulous, you would have not