Philippine Travel Notes

I just finished the first leg of my three-legged air-travel. This time, I was transiting in CGY . You know what that means, why and where, right? If you still don't.., go review ! I think I said in the previous story, or previous other stories, that this was a first time I transited at CGY, in modern recorded history! OMG I did not?! So I'm saying it now! At ano nanaman iyang history-history na yan? Well, in the past, I think even as late as the '90s, CGY was already a mini-hub (meaning it had flights to many destinations), so we could transit at that airport. An example would be: MNL-CGY-DVO, two flights . But unlike now, none of the flights I took before were recorded via pics or videos, as digicams & cellphones weren't yet around! Camera film was still too expensive then. At walang pang blog noon! So, therefore wherefore, nothing was really recorded - as far as I was concerned! And, all those were at Lumbia , so this was really a first time. O sya,

Excited? Naah... not really, but okay lang! There are times in my travel life where it starts with all the excitement, then suddenly falling flatly soo uninteresting, that I wish it could get canceled, or that lightning strike me hard, so I do not have to go! That was exactly what I felt going on this trip to Marawi. Bakit Why How? Ganito... One day, I received word from a Lt. Reliable Source that some pre-cleared, pre-identified personalities that included me and a friend from an NGO were being allowed to enter a specific area of Marawi City, under very strict pre-conditions, and only under the guidance (and control) of Lt. Reliable Source. Yea! Excitement was a gross understatement. I was ecstatic I immediately contacted the two personalities who were given that special privilege. With Lt. Reliable Source, we all agreed on a date of visit - today ! As if nothing else was important in my life, I prepared for this day , I booked my tickets early, followed all other pre-conditi