My facebook has lots and lots of pictures . 1000+ of them for all the 8 days i was in The Philippines. So , have a look at them . this will be mostly in words =)
So this was how the 1st day went....
Had to wake up very early , 315am to be exact . Headed to KTSN , KTDI and lastly to the LCCT in sepang. Our Air Asia flight was scheduled at 720am . We arrived almost just at time , and that means no breakfast =\ Had to buy some pie from the bakery which cost me RM7.90 ( which i bet i can get for RM 4 perhaps...) Well...this is my 2nd time on the flight but still very excited about it . The last time i took one was in 2006 when i headed to Kota Kinabalu with my family.
We arrived at Clark , Philippines , with a nice cloudy weather welcoming us at the Macapagal Airport. The climate there is totally the same as in Malaysia - hot and humid . The fresh air that surrounded me just gave me the feel of home =) Dalvie and co were there outside waiting for us anxiously. Seriously , the 1st day in the Philippines wasn't that awesome yet , partly because i was quite tired due to the long traveling from one place to another. Never did i know that this program was so awesome in the next few days.
So we went to the Nayong Philippines in where the replica of the American and Spanish Colonization can be found. Its location in Clark makes it the 1st place we will visit after touching down. In the process of sightseeing and having lunch together ( we had McD , but in Philippines it is called McDo {pronounce it as 'Mc Duh'} ) . The icebreaking session somehow cleared the gloomy mood around me and i started to be more attentive. I am a person who is a slow starter , always...So i needed some time to be able to mix around freely with other people. But the lunch session cheered me up at least =)
Headed to Subic where the Night Safari is located . It is the home of the white tigers. Since the zoo is in Subic , it is hence named Zoobic . The journey was a long one , lasting around 2 hours . Along the way , i managed to see the green hills , the paddy fields and of course , the remains of the volcanic larva , as it made a trail from the mountains , crossing the green fields heading towards the other side. The landscape is no different than in Malaysia where you can see green hills and paddy fields in the outskirts of the city. The road leading to Zoobic was quite a small one but we managed to reach safely. I managed to get a glimpse of the white tigers close up by 'venturing' into their 'home'. We took a jeepney , which had metal grillings around it to protect us inside. There will be a feeder who will bait the tiger so that it will get near to us. I was just less than a foot from the tiger anyway !
Darkness quickly set in at around 6pm . And by 630 , you can hardly see the trails (imagine 8pm in malaysia) . In the Philippines , the day brightens up early and darkness sets in early too , although there is no time difference with Malaysia. We went to the museum as well as the crocodile pond. We also saw the native tribe dance before heading out of the zoo. This was the 1st time i was so close to wildlife as i live in the cities of Georgetown and Kuala Lumpur. Superb experience anyway~
We travelled (again~) to Gerry's Grills , which took another 1.5-2 hours . Tasted the sisig and bangus for the 1st time in my life. They were awesome Filipino food. The sisig can be cooked with either chicken , fish , beef or pork while the bangus or milkfish , is the national fish of The Philippines. It really tastes like milk although milk is not added in preparation of it. All of us were so full and satisfied tnx to Dalvie and co =)
Heading back to Manila{travelling again...} where i will be staying took us another some 2-3 hours but luckily Dalvie was there accompanying me chatting throughout the whole journey. We talked a lot , from academics to personal hobbies and to politics. It really helped ease the traveling boredom that i had for the last 2 trips (cause everyone was simply busy catching 40 winks =P )
We stayed in Manila Monor Hotel , which is not too bad for the night. Lights off at 1am after a tired day.
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