things are progressing

All right everyone, now for a much anticipated update. Traversing through the airports of Chicago and hong kong proved to be uneventful, wih the exception of Hong Kong when i asked for the best way to make my way to the national track, in unison the three reservations ladies from philippine airlines screamed NO. I asked why, i had a 5 hour layover and the MRT only took 30 minutes to the track...for those interested i wanted to go to the national track as that i where the olympic equestrian events are being held, they have also set up a really nice museum to equestrian events on the site. Much to my dismat i headed the advice of he people who probably new more and did not go, i did however get some pictures of the Olympic propaganda peppering the airpor.

landing in manila was easy, got through customs in as much time as it took for the immigration person to look a the white guy in front of them and stamp them through. From the airport it was off to the hotel where i met up with my brother and met his asawa (taglong for wife, even though they are only technically engaged). In the spirit of jet lag i was not in the least bit tired, so we found a nice bar with local bands playing 80's and 90's US rock hits. It was a great time. I did not go to sleep as I just simply was not tired and watched tv attempting to at least nap for a little bit. I waited for andrew and brenda to wake up and had breakfast from their is was off to the Mall of Asia (the biggest shopping mall in all of southeast asia) where i picked up a phone, sim card, and cell load. We met brenda's brother alvin for supper and had a really good meal at an all you can eat sushi place with the colored plates and the conveyor belt. between alvin, andrew and I we got our monies (Peso's) worth.

From Manila it was off to Pampanga and Subic, and then back to Manila. Next stop from manila is Singapore and still debating on Indonesia or Kuala Lumpur.

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