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18 April 2017
Above: Dinner by the sea. It was good that I had picked today to go diving (read about it here). I started getting a sore throat yesterday and today it was starting to burn while a little bit of mucous was starting to trickle down my throat. No sinus congestion, blocked nose or ears yet. […]
17 April 2017
All I wanted to do today was see the Tarsiers. However, to get transport there just for that was prohibitive. I didn’t want to rent a motorbike. The best remaining option was an all day tour covering a number of other places I hadn’t wanted to visit but am quite happy to. Cost was PHP400 […]
16 April 2017
Above: Jeepney near Alona Beach. I had bought three mangoes and a box of papayas last night. I have two luscious ones remaining for breakfast which went well with my muesli and milk. With a midday flight to Tagbilaran, I checked-out at 0930 allowing plenty of time in case of long queues at the airport […]
15 April 2017
I had a relatively late wake-up today without the alarm around 0730 and took my time with breakfast of mueli and milk before checking out at 1030. I had asked two receptionists during the course of my stay about buses to Manila and they both said I could easily get them at Starmills Robinsons mall […]
14 April 2017
Evening processions at San Fernando At about 1700, I took the jeepney back to San Fernando by myself (the Poles had moved on). I saw a few beautiful floats along the way. In the Cathedral courtyard, there were a small but growing number. Close to 1800, the courtyard was full and it was a glorious […]
14 April 2017
Today is the big day of my trip. It is the day of the gory Good Friday crucifixions. At the Cathedral (Whippings and Cross Bearers) Szymon (whom I met yesterday with his wife-to-be Magdalena) knocked on my door at 0800. He had read that we needed to go really early as Cutud was near Angeles […]
13 April 2017
Even though my alarm was set for 0600, my bodyclock woke me at 0530. My flight to Clark near Manila was at 0945. I checked out at 0615 and managed to get a bus at 0640 after having just missed one. At this time, there wasn’t much traffic and I was at the airport around […]
12 April 2017
I woke up at 0600 after 8h solid sleep. With the gloomy weather, my plan to go for a hike on Lamma Island was scrapped. That meant I could do everything in slow motion today and didn’t leave the room till around 1000. Actually there isn’t much point going out early here as very little […]
11 April 2017
In Hong Kong, we were lucky to pull into a gate very near to immigration. I do dislike the airports multiple escalators to get down/up the trains that take you to/from the gates. Immigration queue was long but fast-moving. I took the A11 bus to Causeway Bay and hopped off for my short walk to […]
11 April 2017
The highlight of this trip is to see the crucifixions near Manila on Good Friday. While this had always been an idea, I decided to make it happen when Air New Zealand announced flights to Manila. Eventually, the proposed service quietly disappeared into the ether. But I decided to continue with the idea when Qantas […]