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Phoning the Philippine Airlines call center is an exercise in patience and repeating yourself to confirm what you just said, and that yes you do still accept their Ts&Cs despite already confirming...

You're right, I stand corrected. Maybe because I'm learning short words so it feels like it's the 2nd syllable!

I have lived in a foreign country for years and I make no effort to find expats. I'd...

Wifey speaks English, Tagalog, Visayan (aka Cebuano and others), and Ilonggo / Hiligaynon and interchangeably switches between at least English and one of the Filipino languages in one sentence. For...

Thanks, GreenBud. I hope that the records do show a failure to give cash. I was only reminded to ask about this as I got a notification from the bank that I'd been temporarily credited (10 days). I...

Anybody had an ATM refuse to dispense cash but your bank claims it did? I feel I'm in a no-win situation sadly.

So I needed cash in a small city in the Visayas. Each of three ATMs attached to...

Ah right. Looks like the current service is JFK-YVR-MNL on a B773,4 x a week. Timetable shows a change on Oct 29th to 5 x a week with a shorter duration ( 4 hours less) which makes sense if it...

In a post on the Makati thread, Breadman said NYC has non-stop flights to Manila. http://www.internationalsexguide.nl/forum/showthread.php?1006-Makati&p=2201747&viewfull=1#post2201747. Transferring...

Ah, so it wasn't a mistake that I inadvertently took half a bottle of water through that second checkpoint (500 ML bottle) and nobody batted an eyelid. At the 3rd checkpoint they had unopened bottles...

I was, just last week, but it's the only time ever (I've done a few trips via the Philippines on separate tickets instead of out and back on one ticket). First asked by the airline in the departing...

Not quite the same category but we've had the Filipino in-laws over in the US. We were on green cards at the time but they still ended up with multi entry, 10 year B1/2 visas. Entirely dependent on...

I should have regaled my first time driving there. So the remnants of a typhoon were still in effect and I'm driving in a foreign country on the wrong side of the road, driving my Filipina wife and...

I have no doubt that is true. Even as a pedestrian the difference between Chicago and LA is vast: LA you cross the road and cars give way (and pedestrians step out with this knowledge, so often don't...

I would add that it's a courtesy thing too: having brake lights glaring at you in front when stopped at traffic lights can be painful, so using the hand brake (as they usually are in UK cars, in...

I'm not disagreeing at all, but it's worth pointing out many foreign banks will charge their own fee for this so that should be factored in. I think my bank, Wells Fargo, charges US $5 which, on top...

Anecdotally again, OFWs here in SoCal are keen to say that PI is safer now than before, because the extrajudicial stuff is against the druggies, not tourists. This is more worker to co-worker "I...

AirBnb: both apartments I've rented have had 4 meg down, 1 meg up kind of internet speeds included as part of the cable TV package. Not 100% reliable but occasional drop-outs of a couple of minutes...

September 1st in SM Aura. I jokingly asked one of the department store assistants if it wasn't too early? "No sir, we need to be ready" was her deadpan and serious reply.

Thanks, will give Badoo a try. Location not so important (I think) as I'm here already.

How is Badoo and Tagged compared to Tinder for you, if you have tried the latter? I'm new to this online matching up thing. Spent about 3 hours on Tinder for the first time last night idly swiping...

Agree with the other suggestions but if he insists on hanging on, at the very least change rooms and keep a low profile. Hopefully a large enough hotel with more than one entrance.

Idle thought:...

He said PAL and they are usually expensive, but are the only direct (non-stop) airline from the US west coast to Manila or Cebu. Having said that, next month PAL is running $854 for many dates, and...

Yeah, I've had stomach issues for years and 2 weeks in the Philippines last year cleared it right up within a few days. Never felt better. Until I went home and it started again. Who'd've thunk it....

http://www.internationalsexguide.info/forum/showthread.php?1004-General-Information&p=1911352&viewfull=1#post1911352

Forum software breaks the URL at the # symbol, unfortunately.

That makes sense, re weather. In this case though the time was moved up between check-in and departure, ie less than a couple of hours before the flight when I was already at the airport. I guess...

That happened to me for the first time ever last year. And on a Delta flight from MNL to NRT. When I checked in the flight was to leave at 10:30 am IIRC; later, after security, I checked the monitors...