We arrived early that morning, but our call time was still 7am. I volunteered to wake up first. Our room doesn’t have any towels, and since I’m the first one to get up, I went down to ask. Before doing so I checked my itouch translator application and learned that jin ma was the mandarin for towel. With that, I was able to survive my first mandarin communication-gap.hehe. As planned, we went to Shanghai Railway Station to look for tickets. Anton and I queued up in line, while Xty looked
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Xty finalized our trip, checking the maps and taking notes while we were on board our MNL-PVG flight. The real adventure starts when we landed on Pudong International Airport in Shanghai at 1130 PM. Since our arrival was late, we are unable to take the metro, the Maglev train or the airport buses going to the city proper. It’s great that Xty can speak Chinese, she was able to ask where the buses were, and so, in the nick of time, we’re able to board the last bus, also called the midnight
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Last November 2009, we were able to book a MNL-PVG flight for 4 for only P905/pax. Since then, I was so excited since climbing the Great Wall is one of my biggest dreams. Months passed, Xty and I organized the best itinerary possible. We came up with this: Day 1: Night flight to Shanghai Day 2: Buy train tickets to Xi’an, tour Shanghai Day 3: Half-day tour in Shanghai, travel to Xi’an at night Day 4: Buy train tickets to Beijing, tour Xi’an, particularly the terracotta warriors. Trav
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I haven't realized how much this site has evolved from something that I'm just interested in, into an informative, very direct type of site. What I meant is, there's not much personal touch going on with this site of mine. As you can see, I rarely (not even) post pictures with me or my friends faces on it. I barely tell the 'experience' factor of all my travels. Instead I'm always thinking I'm a new visitor of the site, and I don't want to read about loads of crap how this person's trip went. I'
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Cebu Pacific has a P1 "Piso" fare special seat sale this June to the following routes: Dipolog Zamboanga Cagayan de Oro 'Go Lite' P599 fare are also available for the ff. routes: Cebu - Zamboanga Cebu - Dipolog Davao - Zamboanga The promo starts from June 8 to June 11 2010 only, And the promo's travel period is from July 1 to August 31, 2010. So hurry, visit www.cebupacificair.com for your bookings now.
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After this school year, I promised my little sister that I take her swimming some time, and with that of course I have to bring the rest of the family. Good thing there's always the nearby town of Cavite that has "ok" resorts to pick from. This time we went to Volets resort which is just less than an hour drive from Manila. At a rate of 200 pesos per head (on weekends), this resort features numerous adult slides, the highest is three stories high. It was being fixed when we arrived, so we set
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Philippine Airlines is joining the Philippine Independence celebration fever with a one-day-only seat sale to selected destinations that have historical links to our national and modern-day heroes. For June 3 rd , the featured destination is Singapore, where Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo was exiled in 1898 after leading Filipino opposition to Spanish colonial rule. The $152 round trip, economy fare to Singapore is available only today (June 3) at all PAL ticket offices, PAL website and accred
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Philippine Airlines marks the 112th anniversary of the nation’s independence with major seat sales on domestic and international flights in the days leading up to June 12. International flights promo PAL's latest promo 'Proud and Free' offers discounted fares for flights traveling from Manila to the following international destinations: (This promo runs from May 28 to June 11) Hong Kong Macau Bangkok/Saigon/Singapore Jakarta Guam Fukuoka/Nagoya Osaka Honolulu Brisbane
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