Angeles City We came, we saw and we got the hell out as fast as we could, hahahah!! Seriously the place was a dump. One of the first thing you notice when in Angeles City is the streets lined with red neon signs. We called this the Street of Shame. It was full of girlie bars and massage parlors. One large sign showed a montage of pretty girls' faces with the slogan: The Sexiest Girls Await Your Pleasure! Unfortunately this was no exception, the streets were t...

Puerto Galera - Sabang We definitely needed an escape from Manila and Angeles. Nearest "beach resort" is Puerto Galera in Mindoro, so hopped on a bus to Batangas, a little town south of Manila and from there went over to Sabang. That night we slept ok until the generator turned off at midnight, and there was no ocean breeze to cool us down, and not to mention non-stop karaoke few meters away. (Filipinos actually seemed to take karaoke very seriously!!...

Puerto Galera - Sabang We definitely needed an escape from Manila and Angeles. Nearest "beach resort" is Puerto Galera in Mindoro, so hopped on a bus to Batangas, a little town south of Manila and from there went over to Sabang. That night we slept ok until the generator turned off at midnight, and there was no ocean breeze to cool us down, and not to mention non-stop karaoke few meters away. (Filipinos actually seemed to take karaoke very seriously!!...

Manila The airport looked half built, with one tiny Maccy D's and not much else. Even in part of the check in area, there were chairs still with their packaging on. Outside the airport a bunch of taxi drivers tried to get us into their cabs, as choice of transport into the city was very limited we headed in a taxi for the nearest LRT station to city. In the taxi we got our first glimpse of Manila which felt like we had got off at the wrong airport and were dropp...