Philippine Travel Notes

So VietJet arrived ahead of schedule at Singapore's Changi Airport from Saigon. My "a little more than 5 hours" transit time became almost 6 hours of a leisurely transfer to my next flight to Kuala Lumpur! But what else haven't I seen and told you about this airport? Let's continue my previous story anyway. My Vietjet flight landed at Runway 20R, therefore (I think) this must be T3, along Gates A15, 16, 17, etc. Ah, another fascinating thing at Changi Airport are the airlines that come and go, many of them we do not even hear about in the Philippines. In that photo I can see 2 Lion Air planes in different tail colors and design, a Myanmar Air plane, and that nose of a plane at left edge of the pic is Garuda Indonesia ! And here is something else that we do not have - the taxiway passes over their highway and railway! It may look like I was on any land vehicle when I took that photo, but actually, I was still on the plane as it taxied from Runway 20R goin...

Homeward bound! My route today was SGN-SIN-KUL (Saigon to Singapore to Kuala Lumpur) instead of what I incorrectly mentioned when I left Tacloban na SGN-KUL-SIN ang pauwi ko. Sorry na tao lang po. Ayan, the red arrows from Saigon to Cebu were my actual flight routes per booking. Mali yung yellow. And as said earlier, the route is like so because, it was cheaper and convenient, than all other routes. As always, let's start from the very beginning! From Ho Chi Minh City Center To The Airport This was the dashboard of the taxi that I took from InterContinental Saigon to the airport. I must say Vietnam is more advanced than the Philippines gadget-wise when it comes to taxi services. Look at the rightmost gadget, it's a POS. They accept plastic money (credit card) for payment. Eh tayo? Naku, hindi bale na! Kung sa department store at restaurant nga me credit card fraud, sa taxi pa kaya? This ride (7 or 8kms) took only 17 minutes. Maaga pa kasi. When I arrived, it was m...