We arrived in Manila airport to the mildew smell of a season of monsoon and the constant tooting of automobile horns. Now we know what horns are used for - not emergencies but a constant chatter of roadside wants and desires. Four "lanes" quickly narrow to one and half as drivers creep and crawl grudgingly. We can see why the filipinos back home like to light up their cars. If you can't be seen here you're going to get hit.
The local taxis or "jeepneys" - half truck, half van, colorfully painted and lighted- are the cheap forms of traveling for locals as they sit on the benches inside, quickly emerging from the rear like city soldiers ready to achieve their objectives. We just fall in line running with the crowd so we can cross the streets unscathed - safety in numbers.
6 hours behind and a day ahead have hampered us a bit and totally confused Ava's sense of time. She woke up at 2 am and kept telling us it was 8 in the morning and she was starving. She refused to go back to sleep thinking the sun was going to come up shortly and ended up watching her IPod for 4 hours.
Until next time.
2 comments:
Did you go by our old house...or I.S.? If you get to tagaytay remember the Ube ice Cream. After tennis at the Polo Club have Calamansi juice and the garlic fries. There are great stalls for shopping at Greenhills.
Grandpa
Hi dad!
We did not go by our old house or by I.S. We did go to Taygaytay and we ate ube ice cream at josephine's.
We also went on a boat and rode horses. We did have calamansi juice and garlic fries at the polo club and went shopping at greenhills.
We are leaving for bangkok tonight.
it has been a lot of fun here in manila and it has been great seeing Wendy!
Nicole
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