Hi all. Not much to report yet. Had a great flightof just under 7 hours - Matt Wilsondid his best not to throw up, Jordan Dossel was super excited about his first plane trips since he was 2, Sam O'Neill looked extremely dodgy and was appropriately singled out for a special screening at customs and the half the boys were celebrating getting a 2% better exchange rate than the rest of us.
As soon as we stepped out of the airport we were smashed by the jet and humidity. It's soaking wet everywhere and apparently Manila has just experience a "perfect storm" where two typhoons have merged through the city.
We had a really exciting cab
Ride to our hotel and got a taste of the culture shock we are about to experience driving through some of the little side streets with people and all forms of transport crowded everywhere. Onarriving it took Lachie O'Reilly a good half hour to realise he had left his bag with camera, wallet etc in the taxi! Luckily the driver had given it to us so after letting him sweat it out a bit,we presented a very relieve Lachie with his valuables again - lesson learnt we hope.
We met Fr Dom Nolan who has spent 42 years living here and who is a great man and then finally got to be around midnight local time (2 hours behind).
Looking forward to a great trip. See you soon.
Mark Ellison
As soon as we stepped out of the airport we were smashed by the jet and humidity. It's soaking wet everywhere and apparently Manila has just experience a "perfect storm" where two typhoons have merged through the city.
We had a really exciting cab
Ride to our hotel and got a taste of the culture shock we are about to experience driving through some of the little side streets with people and all forms of transport crowded everywhere. Onarriving it took Lachie O'Reilly a good half hour to realise he had left his bag with camera, wallet etc in the taxi! Luckily the driver had given it to us so after letting him sweat it out a bit,we presented a very relieve Lachie with his valuables again - lesson learnt we hope.
We met Fr Dom Nolan who has spent 42 years living here and who is a great man and then finally got to be around midnight local time (2 hours behind).
Looking forward to a great trip. See you soon.
Mark Ellison
Best photo so far - lots more to come
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