adventures in Manila

Posted by Kevin in Travel on Jul 9th, 2008 | no responses |

Episode 2 of my travels in the Philippines with friends Jonathan, Susie, Chris & company.

Our 1.5 week stay in Manila was booked at The Mabuhay Manor, a pleasant hotel situated nearby the airport and the Mall of Asia. They won’t tell you that the Manor is located right next to a slum area and a jeepney loading zone, but hey that’s welcome to Manila for you! Overall the hotel was excellent, my highlights are the outdoor pool, morning breakfast service, and freshly prepared buko (coconut).

Fast food in Manila is wonderfully convenient and delicious (Americans thought we had it fast and easy!). Most places like McDonalds, Pizza Hut, Greenwich pizza, and JollyBees deliver food throughout the city and orders can be placed from their website or from easily remembered phone numbers. You can call 911-11-11 for pizza hut’s delivery hot-line until 1 am even on weekends. It is interesting that the number for emergency service or fire department was really long and unintuitive.

Check out the all the photos from my trip here