Homeward bound
After two weeks of a lot of fun, it was time to head home. I told the doorman that we were flying on ANA, so he told our taxi driver we needed to go to terminal 1. We got our luggage out, got our tickets checked, went through security, and then found out that we […]
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Exploring Makati
Staying in Makati was like staying in a little version of the USA. After going around Northern Luzon and Bohol, Makati didn’t feel very Filipino at all. We still had a great time meeting with friends and exploring a different side of Manila. It was a fun way to end the trip, but I still […]
Staying at the Manila Peninsula
In Makati, we stayed at the Peninsula Hotel. This 5-star hotel is part of a very old, luxury hotel chain. It seems to be the place that ALL the foreigners on business in Manila stay. It also has a bit of history. In 2007 some officials attempted to overthrow the president of the Philippines. They […]
Touring Bohol – The creatures
The churches and Chocolate Hills were great and all, but let’s be honest–there’s not much that can compete against two inch tall monkeys. I was super excited to see the little Bohol tarsiers from the second we started planning the trip. I have an affection for strange, small creatures and our tour was filled with […]
Touring Bohol – The Sights
There were a lot of things we wanted to see in Bohol and the resort was pretty removed from anything else so we decided to book a tour through the hotel. Our tour guide, Gigi, was excellent and we got to see a lot of interesting sights with her around the island. There was so much […]
Bellevue Resort
The Bellevue Resort in Bohol (it’s actually on the island of Panglao) is the nicest place I’ve ever stayed, and I’d definitely go again. We paid $180 per night, but the list price is $365 per night. The place just opened a month or two before we arrived, so the weight room, some restaurants, and […]
Beautiful Bohol
Our flight to Bohol left an hour late. The island only has one airport and that airport only has one runway. It’s such a small airport that if you’re flying there and there’s already a plane there, you have to circle around until that plane leaves. But everybody was excited to tell us that they’re […]
Mall and Taal
After our stressful time getting from Alaminos to Manila we decided to take it easy for a few days. Our first day back in Manila we decided to go check out the SM Mall of Asia. It’s a huge mall that has a ton of stores, an indoor ice rink, ferris wheel, fireworks on the […]
By-the-hour hotel again!?
We had originally budgeted three days for Lucap and Hundred Islands, but after the first day we decided that we had seen everything we wanted to see there. We were exhausted from the dry ocean heat and I got tired of so many people trying to get our money. We stayed for the night but […]
Homemade Soy Milk
When we went to Colorado for Christmas my parents had homemade soy milk. It tasted just like soy milk from a Singaporean hawker stall and I decided I had to have it again once we returned to Seattle. It’s not all that hard to make actually. It’s way cheaper than store bought soy milk too. […]