“Is there a doctor on the plane, please report to the front cabin?”
Hello all, hope everyone is keeping warm in La Cross. In Manila it’s been constantly been in the 80’s.
My 36 hr journey to the Philippines went well. All the flights tookoff on time and I actually caught the early flight out of Madison to Chicago O’Hare airport.
On the flight from Chicago to Hong Kong, the lady that was sitting next to me forgot her insulin after our first meal. This is when the call for the doctor went thru the plane intercom. I was right in the middle of the commotion. Since only a doctor can open the insulin kit, the call was made. They were then transferred into business class, which left two empty seats next to me. This was a blessing a disguise since legroom is a precious commodity in economy class. I was able to stretch and get some “shut-eye.”
Later on a drunk filipino sat in my seat while I was looking out the window. He was hiding from the flight attendants. Apparently he had thrown some drinks to another flight attendant. He was eventually discovered by his friends and later I saw him taped-ducked in the back passed out. Later found out he was an alcoholic returning to the PI while travelling in the high seas. He is a merchant marine. He was detained in HK by the Police.
Cleared thru immigration at the NAIA airport fairly quickly and waited for mom and dad for 3.5 hrs. They finally picked me up just past midnight. Manila highways was still busy after midnight as it took us nearly and hour to get to the hotel.
What a journey, but we got here ok.
I took some amazing pictures of the north pole, siberia, northern china. But not of the guy duck-taped.
Until next time, “bahal na.”
Tags: D 2006 Phillipines Trip, Philippines
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I wouldn’t have guessed you’d have a problem with legroom EVER!