After a 14 hour plane ride to Guam, then another four ride to the Philippines, all through the night. We were ready to get off of the plane. But we made it! More than we expected for Philippine Airlines :-)
the airplane had set us up with a hotel a wash up and a ride to and from the hotel. We expected a airport cube or something awful, but instead we were transported to the luxurious Century Park Hotel!
We spent the day running around, visiting the intramuras historic Spanish fort wall and visiting their national pride park. We walked the whole way, being accosted by homeless people and taxi drivers every step the way. Everyone rides around in a funny Chrome buses. I have no idea how it works.
Our favorite part was on the fort wall, there was a massive bonsai garden - hundreds of miniature trees. they were amazing. It was so lush and beautiful! We were a little confused what time it was, and went back to the hotel for a nap, which ended up being more like a coma and we almost missed our ride to the airport. Yikes!
It ends up that people do not take torn cash in exchange for another currency, so we thought we were out of luck when we could only convert 8 US dollars for the Philippine currency. And we only spent five of that! Good day. Good day.
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