Mabuhay! Philippines (Manila, long beach I.)

A week of vacation is over.

Monday morning to work, to pass by the Bund, inadvertently see roadside even ads, my mind seems to have been brought back a week before the Philippines ...

We start talking about LD: this year, and intended to Samui holiday (this is the so-called Island plots, huh, huh! favorite: a song lyrics: go to the tropical islands for swimming), but the collection is not to go with the listening of youban three years ago and we go to Phuket's classmates couples going to Philippines for long beach I., just before you have seen the promotion Web sites, even on long beach pretty good, so they decided August long beach tour.

Everyone started their work before outing.

In addition to the various tourist class website for travel gonglue predecessors, do visas, tickets and hotel is a top priority. As usual for overseas tours, we start to provide hotel website query hotel prices, find long beach I. prices are not on the hotel, just a little famous hotel. As for air, we know the price of an airline ticket agent to be around 3200 per person round trip. Hold a try, I even found on the website of the Philippine Airlines, Shanghai representative office, ask what discount price, but PAL price and the agent to the price the same. I did not give up, and asked a question: is there a ticket hotel set canjia? PAL gave us a ticket agent on the phone. Call the ticket agent, it is clear to the people of the Philippines, the agent is not very familiar with the relevant travel and price, but we have a homework before you do, then I'm afraid to speak with duck and chicken. Finally, the Agency had announced a quote to me, were around 10 long beach I. hotels of machine wine (two days accommodation), and each additional live day prices, due to the need in Manila, quotations on there in Manila stay accommodation prices, there are three grades 6, 7 Hotel optional.

According to online booking hotel prices basically determines the merits of the hotel, taking into account the geographical location and the absolute price, we chose the Southern White Beach is located in the Lorenzo South, price is 2700-tickets and two nights lodging, and per stay one night per person plus 210 (equivalent to 420 a night).

Manila, we intend to stay two nights, the Heritage Hotel, the first night after 210 per person, per person per night, 140 above rates are inclusive of breakfast and airport transfer. In addition, we are going to be the peak period of time, you need to add 330 per person, plus 574 fuel tax, so that all four Cheng (Manila back and forth and Manila to caribou round-trip) ticket plus 7 nights hotel, totals $ 4584 per person. In addition, because back in the Philippines for domestic flights and flights received back to Shanghai, must be in the Manila stay one night, PAL also sent the Century Park Hotel one night accommodation.

As for the Philippines, Visa, ticket agent here is 500 one agent, as long as the turn of two photographs.

We also ask the Philippine Consulate-General, to the Office, be cheaper, but the procedure is more complex, but also to in-service certificate and other documents, and also check out, so we ended to the agent.

Air tickets, hotels, Visa all get, we wait until August 6, start!

5 August, we start has one day, get "Maisha," coming to Shanghai, the evening begins to winds, heavy rain is pouring down, we are on the second day will take place and worried.

August 6, and 5 in the morning, Daddy, telephones, said he heard the news, Shanghai's two airports all flights are cancelled, still dreaming we also some ignorant ignorant understand.

To 9 a.m., awake, he saw a great outdoor wind, the rain was only lightly patter of Lek, then still have hope. Turn on the TV, see Shanghai each bed has a typhoon black early warning signal that news is also confirmed by the airport to the afternoon to resume flights as appropriate. We call PAL, PAL Lady said that has not received any flight delay or cancellation notification, even if the flight has been cancelled, to the airport confirmed after train departure, we only reluctantly started finishing things. Flight is four o'clock in the afternoon we had lunch, around half past one, then taxi also gradually big rain.

2 pm, we got to the airport, the prospect is not optimistic, airport in black are waiting for the flight information, and sign up shows our flight was cancel! wait point, PAL do ticket counter finally someone, we are told, because the typhoon, PAL plane didn't come to Shanghai, so the day is in any case cannot fly.

We can only train departure the next afternoon flight, then notify sister to take us home. Our holidays are falsely reduced by one day. Airport came back, we asked sister brother-in-law to eat buffet, also went to see the number seven swords ", makes up for my bad mood mood.

The next day woke up, and sunny outside, the "Maisha," Miss finally gone!

PAL with airport staff confirmed that the flight is no problem, we set off again

Arrival at the airport, successfully completed a boarding pass, checked baggage, it began to wait for the plane takes off.

But since the previous day's delay or cancel flights, airport were crowded plane, many aircraft are left in the fall, our flight and the departure delay!, and was told the boarding gate. We also met to Turkey to participate in the University Games sport athletes.

At the airport for about 5 hours, finally boarding the aircraft during take-off runway! "in front of his team, and finally to 7 points off.

Who sat delay the whole 27-hour plane?!

As a result of the cancellation prior to the flight and delay, however three hour flight would make me somewhat restless, airplane headphones broke into film cannot see.

At 10 p.m., we finally arrived at the Manila airport, found PAL scheduled taxi companies, car rentalSecretary, Miss in the counter for the 100 dollar peso (55) 11 points to a Heritage Hotel, have people trapped horses spent. The hotel concierge to the students leave Message (classmates couples is a pair of a fire, July 31, first to the Manila), easy to wash the comb after discussions at the second day in Manila trip, your sleep.

(The Philippines law and order, no imagination is not secure.

Manila is the gate of the police, banks, shopping malls and even convenience store entrance gate are loaded ammunition of the police, the police entered the shopping centre will ask the bag open and see, simply search the body, but also through security doors, into the market after many stores will have police at the door. The door into the hotel will also have staff with handheld scanners scan your whole body, some hotels also will be asked to open the bag check. Long Beach I. only occasionally see the police, there is no strict inventory. Overall, the Philippines is a safe, just the way they dress worn, moocher, begging and more. Night try not to walk alone on the road. ）

Due to the late into the day, in Manila day half-time was shortened to only 4, 5 hours, it is necessary to look at the downtown of the city of Manila and going is a good idea, great bargains, time is very tight, we only got up early and take advantage of shopping centre 10 point open two hours before see Manila.

According to the students to stay in Manila Gonglue, we at the hotel door directly taxi to Manila Bay at the northern end of Intramuros.

(Taxi to sit playing tables, depending on the student experience, about the price to Intramuros as we play table 100P only 85P.

However we give taxi driver 500P notes, the driver only 370 change, no place in the morning for small change, finally took only 370 change. In addition, even if playing table, most of the taxi driver would not change unless you give is just good, they also asked. ）

Intramuros is Spain in Philippines political, cultural and commercial centre, surrounded by the walls around the city, so there is in walls, the city's architecture and Manila is very different from elsewhere, or worth watching.

We first of all to's is the northernmost of Intramuros Fort Santiago, it was Spain and later the US military, the Japanese military headquarters, World War II is also used as a prison, Philippine national hero Rizal (Rizal) that is held in this and execution.

We arrived too early, it hasn't been opened yet, no. (Excerpts from students for a period of travel: Santiago Castle is the symbol of Spain reign. Rizal has long been prisoners in this and eventually sacrificed. Rizal memorial inscribed inside the Barisal writing farewell books and five Word form translated into Chinese, read and written with the wife of linjuemin many common, it is summertime)

From Fort Santiago out to the South a street, Manila Cathedral.

90% of Filipinos are Catholics, we arrived in Manila, the Church is 8 points more, see a lot of people take before going to work here to do simple prayer. The church door still have the police entered the Church, visitors need to register before, I finished the police stormed my registration said anything, I am not understand a fright, police said, I found to my hat off further South through several Street, the San Agustin Church. This church built in 1571, which is the oldest building in the Philippines, and has been declared a world heritage of UNESCO. This church is not open to the public. To the South through Intramuros, can see a lot of quite characteristic of Spain.

Less than half an hour, we'll walk through the entire Intramuros, next is the Rizal Park (Rizal Park), said that the Park is actually a greening rate very high square.

We continue to the South, going to Ermita district of Robinson Mall (visited Thailand in TX on Robinson does not familiar with it).

Manila malls at the door, we went to the front nine, Robinson nothing good shopping places, at the edge of the best selling sweet ring shops drink drinks, etc. Into the shopping centre, in front of Robinson Bank 1 55.3 for 200 dollars in Peso, going shopping.

At ten o'clock, we went to the Mall entrance, you see the dark one of the local people are waiting for the door, we really surprised: Monday morning people old shopping? anyway I in Shanghai is not seen this battle.

Open the door on time, Robinson point due to the need for checking into the Mall entrance as crowded buses, one by one through the security doors.

Brand, South-East Asia are almost, is nothing more than jeans, cosmetics and underwear cheaper.

To our family LD shopping needs, the Philippines, Thailand, at least for cosmetics as well on this day we didn't buy cosmetics. The last two hours, I bought two Levi's501, 5300P, hop around RMB 750, LD has bought some underwear. Due to some good send airport car 12: 30 in the hotel, we, our students recommended Robinson on the first floor of a Western-style fast food order pasta and salads, hurriedly finished up on to the hotel. Taxi to the hotel, play table 75P, I give the driver a 100, drivers should not get what I mean, I don't get off, only reluctantly counted 10 1P coins to me, I certainly do not promise that the drivers will also gave me a 5P coins, made me laugh, but he gave his 10P tip. --> Manila airport city centre not far away, half an hour by car. We quickly run a boarding pass, see airport exchange rate, 1 55.7, also for 100 dollars to spend on the island. Fly caribou (Kalibo) flightsThe afternoon off, we only have the opportunity to look at the Manila airport, although not large, but still relatively new, relatively clean. We finally got on the plane to fly to destinations Boracay! a bird's eye view from aircrafts, the entire a Manila slums! not point international metropolitan tone! 45 minutes of flight, soon we arrived at the caribou.

Go to the Philippines before students tell us through MSN from Manila to long beach I. This distance is very tiring, 45-minute flight didn't give us any tired feeling.

We get caribou airport, there is a group of Porter with brand rushed in, I have found with my name in pinyin of the Porter, then he will cause us to local SouthEast travel agency registration leads before the extension, and cause our brand and the other to the long beach of tourists on an air-conditioned bus, hard really let us for the next journey experience.

We first want to take the bus from caribou to Pawcatuck LAN (Catiklan), Cali cloth and card tower crane with in Panay Island, and only the card tower crane and long beach across the sea.

Although card tower crane also has airport, but only some small private airlines planes can stop, so PAL only stop for caribou. From caribou to Pawcatuck, although only 63 km, but because of the way, many mountain roads, fully opened one and a half hours, through the numerous small villages, we arrived at the destination. After the bus that you can boat, man, by the people live in a different hotel is assigned a few buses to and from the direction of the road and turn it back on and I joked that the foreigner is not and we sent back to caribou!, minibuses had less than 10 minutes to the beach of the ferry, due to the large boats cannot rely, we sit around the boat, to a distance of a great ship Halo! big ship and had about 10 minutes, we heard the opposite Beach News bursts of music, Boracay! we finally! from 6 August at 1 pm out the door to the final reach long beach I., after the land, sea and air transport, it took us a full 54 hours! we spruce from the big ship under the boat, and then rely on the boat ashore. In fact, this is not finished, we go ashore at the long beach of the beach to the East of the hotel, while living in the West of the island's White Beach, ashore and had to sit on the island's three-wheeled motorcycle, near to the beach is also carrying luggage walking some distance, and also just started raining, we mess. 7 p.m., we finally arrived at the hotel, and students at the baggage claim area.

Settle down, students take us along the White Beach, to compare the bustling area go to dinner, a road is a roadside 黑灯瞎火, shop are private small grocery opening, while White Beach is long beach's most exciting place, but can't find the Patong Phuket or shadow of Chaweng Samui, not to mention good hotels, even the Haagen-Dazs, Starbucks, or even the KFC, McDonald 's, no wonder students said, this is a desert island! students took us to a vendor in a buffet restaurant for dinner, one 190P, not including beverage.

(Comment: LD spots first glance Boracay, disappointed or somewhat disappointed because we are looking forward to is in fact the second phuket or samui. but for a few days later was used.

Not too commercialized Boracay also has his own special taste!

By the way.

Our room was facing the sea on the making of the hut. Every night the wave sound great and I can't sleep! one evening, I do not know what time is the sound of the waves, because it is too large, it seems that there is water is going to the House flooded feeling, I got up to go to the balcony by the sea, in the middle of the night disarray, who knows a foreigner in the next room is almost completely naked run out of the sea, Shaanxi road meet, everyone quickly hide! after a few days is not afraid to fall asleep easily. The wave sound too big. As an open balcony door, water will drown us. ）

Tuesday night to natural wake up, this is the real start of our island life! open balcony door, blue sea is just around the corner, the wind blowing on the cool sea breeze.

In this kind of sitting on the balcony, the sea breeze blows on bamboo chair, a chat, drink a little wine to drink, and is also a great pleasure in life!

LD's first sight of Boracay's disappointment, to a large extent, contains the hotel disappointment, before we go on the Web query results, long beach although no famous hotels, but the price is not cheap, we live by Lorenzo South price nearly 100 dollars a night, so we are full of expectations.

You can check in on the first day, the front desk of sub-standard then gave us a blow. Then is the breakfast, we look forward to the ABF buffet for a long time, didn't think the hotel supply is set, a finish no

(Like LD said, live live are accustomed, Lorenzo South after a preliminary selection, 10 into 8PK, I'll also be discharged into the long beach hotel 5, and it was built directly on the beach, unique!)

After breakfast, we depart from a line of four people to go to the beach, our first destination was Bulabog Beach to the East of the island, there is a beauty spot Boracay Rock.

After the island's most narrow but 1 km section, and then to pass through a piece of Dead Forest (I wonder if the name is dead trees or death) to get to our destination. The beach some dirty, but are dry branch and palm leaf, no one on the beach to the end-of-life vehicles, but also natural waste no one cleaned up.

Walk along the beach to the North, in Bulabog a United Kingdom man opened small hotel in the English Bakery to eat lunch.

Students before the semicolon in the restaurant lunch and and the United Kingdom have known each other for the elderly, United Kingdom for the elderly to live on the island for a whole 19 years and began by baking bread for his family to go to the beach selling LD to maintainLivelihoods. Old hotel lunch, afternoon only close down, man alone on the beach to repair his ship.

After lunch, we called three-wheeled motorcycle, on a good return on the price of 300P Beach I. Luho commanding point MT.

MT Luho charge each person 50P tickets. From MT Luho South view, this part of the long beach of shapes like root meat bones, across the sea of the big island is the island passing on Caticlan. From Mt Luho down, we sat round motorcycle to White Beach section of the most hilarious. White Beach for some of the most hilarious in Regency Hotel nearby, on the level of excitement surrounding the appearance and the Regency should be recommended by the hotel, of course, the price will be slightly more expensive. --> Regency beach is near the gathering place small traders, uniformed old aunt to peddle Massage, we reached 4 personal 1000P body massage, then to a lying on the beach, enjoy. Enjoy the end of the beach Massage, has nearly five points, the beach hotel's happy hour is about to begin! the hotel is not only happy hour (drinks folded in half), there are very good seafood basket, according to my classmates said: "the Chinese people wherever is enormous", we call it Chinese food culture.

Wednesday woke up in the morning as usual is a heavy rain and winds.

Wait until almost noon, the rain stopped, we set out to eat Pizza, Regency a meat a pigment, the dessert after a meal is recommended Regency is good, have ice cream, pancakes, mango banana boat, etc. After lunch, we at the Main Road of small farms bought a watermelon (20P one kilogram, 7 pound watermelon 70P, giant sweet), and you'll find our hotel is located group of another hotel (Lorenzo Main) to go swimming.

Leisure time is always special fast, nearly went to the dinner time, as usual, is the happy hour.

We all drink beer beverages side cards, next to the table of foreigners are almost always bubble here every day, or three two bands edge coffee chat, alone with a bottle of beer sitting on a night, hotel boss is a European, from time to time-to-end small snacks free to guests. We go to the shop of man always said "see you tomorrow!" day of island life was spent in dining!

Thursday, we offer a sailing to sailing, good price, four people when 1500P, three hours of sailing and snorkeling.

What is wind or rain in the morning, we can not ship directly to worry about, but some good points from one to 10, the sailboat had in our hotel in front of the beach, etc. We: well, it's real sailing, and is the most environmentally friendly way. This boat is pure forward by the wind, two Zhang fan control navigation direction, a crew of Palm fan and the other two crew members in two crab legs up and down control balance. Our side two, sat crab feet on the wooden, hand me a rope attached to the mast.

Just look at the sea, a huge wave will give us all wet.

Due to the wind, the boats have been tossed about in the waves, we also continue to be played, the crest of the waves, but hold the rope, it will be into the sea; long hours and put the foot to the warm sea water, really comfortable. Now, a little dangerous, but this exciting opportunity after all, it is worth to try.

Navigation for a period of time, we went to the southeast of the island in long beach and the sea between the Caticlan, here the best snorkeling, underwater coral very beautiful, a variety of small fish is near to swim, but unfortunately the camera is not waterproof, not filmed.

Snorkeling charge tickets per person 20P money, but the first encounter, also used the ship's crew also snorkeling masks to receive money, and just didn't talk to him before, only 1500 including snorkeling, but didn't say free snorkeling masks. Snorkeling, sailing and take us to a nearby island, the island has two caves, was built in a park, called Crystal Cove, and also received the admission ticket per person 75P. --> Too large because of the waves, the boat trying several times against the wind, eventually gave us back to the hotel in front of the beach. Yacht transfer us to the South side of the beach, then let us take a three-wheeled motorcycle back to the hotel. Car money actually also ourselves out

Because sea dip a small half-day, we returned to the hotel clean before they go out and find food.

On the way to White Beach to find a restaurant solves the problem, then lunch unanimously asked go Regency restaurant dessert, as is the hotel's restaurant, also are subject to 10% service charge.

Small talk over dinner, it actually got to the dinner time (eating is our largest on the island of overhead, where to go or not get out of the pressure of three meals a day!).

We aim at before a House do Teppanyaki shop, see lot of whether Korea or European people are flocking in droves, the door of Teppanyaki restaurant terrace is booming, so just sit inside. The shop is also a Buffet, per person, get a 225P Bowl to get all kinds of raw vegetables and spices, then add meat as desired or fish (in fact, a little shredded meat or fish cubes), then fried in the pan fried on Ah Ah. I had two bowls, why not eat meat was vegetarian dishes to make full

Friday is the last in the long beach one day, our breakfast we ride to the island in the northeastern corner of Lapuz-Lapuz Beach.

This is a smaller Beach, belong to a golf hotel, so come in and have to pay the tickets per person 20P. Borrow a volleyball, you can practise Sandy row. The beach you can eat, but due to the affiliate hotel, price be imagined, but also additional services.

Saturday morning, in order to catch the Kalibo back to Ma

NIRA aircraft, we got up at six, hotel the breakfast to the room. And then we follow the route, when returned to Manila. The entire Saturday afternoon, we went in Manila malls around until 10 o'clock close. In the supermarket to buy some beer, peanut, back to the hotel at the first round of the Premier League!

14 August at noon, we take the Philippines flights returned to Shanghai!