Philippine Travel Notes

Let's continue my story from where I earlier finished! Delayed departure from CGY for about an hour. ETD was 1505H , but at 1607H here I was with my fellow passengers still walking to Laguindingan Airport's Gate 3. GoRa! If you noticed, there's an aerobridge at left, but this flight was not boarded that way! Boarding Propeller Planes At Laguindingan We went down this way: via the stairs, to the tarmac, and on to our tiny little plane! Hey, some of you (including me 'sometimes') may hate the thought of walking down stairs and on the tarmac's pavement, just to board an aircraft. But I liked it this time! It's Best When Not Raining or Sunny Hot Late-afternoon orange sunrays, wide field and sea views, gentle warm breeze. Nice! I said warm , not cool - that is because this airport vicinity is far from mountains or hills. That said, you know what that means, right? Yes, the air has that "beachy" feel! Why I Like Propeller Pl...

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...