I used to go to Manila once a year, fun place to visit, but… Watch the jeepneys closely - each one of them has a specific religious theme of some sort, at least most of the ones I saw did. Amazingly, they’re unregulated but the primary means of transportation for the masses. They each run a regular route of sorts and have regular stops, at least that’s what the locals told me.
Dan > On Jun 11, 2015, at 7:52 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > Greetings from the Philippines! I'm here for the next 8 days teaching a class > to new co-workers. Apparently it makes more sense to send me here than 8 of > them to the states. After traveling for 26 hours (thats door to door) I can > see why.The highlight of the trip was when I scored a bulkhead seat in the > 787 from BOS-NRT. The 787 is amazing and the huge legroom in a bulkhead seat > is nice. JAL gives nice wide seats too although the bulkhead seats get small > TVs.From NRT to MNL was a 767 and although I had and aisle seat I was cramped > almost to my tolerance limit the whole way, of course that was after the 12 > hour flight BOS-NRT and a 3 hour layover... > Anyway I'll be working 10pm-7am local time which corresponds with 10am-7pm > EDT so other than for the next 3 days (remember its Friday morning here right > now) I'll be working just 1 hour off my normal US schedule. > Driving to the hotel yesterday I noticed that diesel is about 30 PHP > (Philippine pesos) a litre, there are about 45 pesos/USD so about $0.66/l. > The car from the airport was a Camry (boring!) but I got to see loads of > "jeepneys" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeepney which are pretty wild. They > remind me of the route taxis that Angie and I rode in Barbados but are > decorated more in a style I'd relate to India which isn't a big surprise > since India isn't really all that far away. It was dark last night or I'd > have tried to get a picture. I'll try to spot one today but I'm staying in > Makati City which is pretty high class and I'm not sure they're allowed > here... > -Curt > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
