Asia

A Beach Lover’s Nirvana, El Nido, Philippines

Posted by on Feb 21, 2012 in Asia, Philippines | 8 comments

A Beach Lover’s Nirvana, El Nido, Philippines

Wow! Where to start. How to describe how much we loved this place… Ahh! We shared a tour boat with 2 chinese people. We took more pictures than them. That should get the point across.

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Chinese Cemetery in Manila

Posted by on Feb 19, 2012 in Asia, Philippines | 1 comment

Chinese Cemetery in Manila

We heard the Chinese Cemetary in Manila was worth a trip. We squeezed into an overcrowed metro and headed for the cemetary.

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Funky Smells and Weird cars…welcome to Manila

Posted by on Feb 17, 2012 in Asia, Philippines | 0 comments

Funky Smells and Weird cars…welcome to Manila

We noticed right away that the native language, Tagalan, sounded very similar to Spanish. This was the perfect city for our transition from latin america to south east asia.

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Our Flight to Asia…

Posted by on Feb 16, 2012 in Asia, Taiwan | 0 comments

Our Flight to Asia…

We flew EVAAIR from LA to Manila, Philippines with a layover in Taipei, Taiwan. We got these nice nifty chinese-size slippers. They didn’t fit my feet but Leah loved them. Our meal was unexpectedly normal. Except for some fish floss. Not sure what it’s for, but it smelled and tasted very fishy. In college I always watched “The Most Extreme Elimination Challenge” Where Japanese people would run through an obstacle course. Everything was in Japanese but then there was English commentary dubbed over. It was a hilarious show. Well, on our flight they had the same show! Except. It was in English with Chinese dubbed over it. And instead of Japanese people making fools of themselves, there were Americans. It made me chuckle. And our terminal in Taipei was a Hello Kitty terminal. Fully equip with pink hello kitty chairs, a hello kitty playroom, and hello kitty boarding instructions. The flight wasn’t too bad. EVAAIR was a nice airline. The seats were spacious, the services friendly and the price...

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