Welcome to Manila. It’s hot. But a massage helps.
After 26 hours of travel, I arrived in Manila, Philippines a few days ago. I was greeted by my brother at the airport and my first impression of the city is that it is HOT. Even at 11PM, it was brutally HOT. The view out of the taxi window from the airport to the apartment was a bit grimy and very chaotic. Once we arrived in the vicinity of his apartment building, Two Serendra, it was as if we stepped into another world–a clean and cozy bubble... Read More
The “Last Minute Booking Discount”
How I saved 75% off a hotel room in Africa I recently returned from three months in Africa where we enjoyed a nice mix of staying with friends, slumming it in crappy hotels (ok this didn’t happen too often, but it did happen), camping on the roof of a Land Rover and staying in some pretty spectacular (yet affordable) lodges and hotels. After a full week of camping in the bush (meaning very little showering, a freezing cold tent, sleeping... Read More
