Manolo in Manila

March 18 just barely 3 days after my birthday, and vesper of the Fiesta of San Jose ( my patron saint). People in my birthplace are busy preparing for the fest, while here am i packing my bag.


I have to depart for Cebu to catch my next day flight for Manila. I was booked for a Cebu Pacific flight 5J 564

Before we check-in our luggage, there was a commotion by the entrance of the domestic departure of Mactan Cebu International  Airport (MCIAA). A senior American guy was escorted by the police. I later found out the he was mob by hes co-passengers of another airline. He had a tantrum, and broke the window of the plane 15 minutes before landing. Luckily it was the inner window.      

I was with Cebu Association of Tour Guides(CAT-G)  president Al Cuizon and PR Work's Doris Mongaya. We are on a study tour, co-sponsored by Department of Tourism 7 and PR Works. We are to observed to of the best Walking Tour Guides in Manila, in the hope we can learned from them and apply it to the Walking Tour in the Queen City of the South. We are booked on tour of Carlos Celdran's IF THESE WALLS COULD TALK! and Ivan Mandy's the BIG Binondo Food Wok!




The weather is Cebu is just perfect and the window by my seat isn't broken. I don't know every time i check-in, its automatic to ask for the window seat, ohh well the dream of flying always push me to the window seat. Don't you?

I was overwhelmed but the size and modernity of the Terminal 3 of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport. I just hope Cebu would have the type of Terminal soon.

We stayed at the Manila Pavillion courtesy of Department of Tourism on our first night and our second night was sponsored by Pan Pancific Travel.

Luneta is just around the corner, I was able to coerced Doris and Al to take a walk rather than wait for our room in the hotel lobby.

We walk toward Luneta Park, in a strange coincident, Tere Romones of Pan Pacific, passed by, i was able to thank her for the room.

As we walk Doris got the fell of being Tourista, taking picture with her digicam and so is Al.

The Luneta walk was just part of my greater plan, i was really aiming at the Manila Ocean Park which was quite a far walk by Doris' standard. After Rizal's Monument, i could hear her complaining of the heat, her  feet started to blister, among others.

To be continued...