The Cubicle is empty!!!

Hello Everyone,

In response to some comments:  The Heritige Hotel in Manila is very nice, and very close to the Mall of Asia and the Airport.  I was happy to stay there…I guess there were a few incidences, like when I first took a shower the head was spraying water all over and I got the bathroom floor soaking wet…then when Jaime took his shower, it came off completely and he took a shower with the remaining hose.  I thought that was so funny I didn’t really count it against them, they came up promptly and fixed it.  The lobby is beautiful and the rooms are very nice as well.  Everyone here is very nice, and greet you with Sir and Ma’am.  I would recommend the Heritige to anyone coming to Manila.

We arrived in Manila around 10 AM and tried to stay awake until night.  I started to feel like we were in a parallel universe, I didn’t even feel tired, just like I was on drugs and having an out of body experience.  When we finally slept, we kind of passed out.  You close your eyes, open them, and suddenly 5 hours can pass by.  We are just now, almost one week here, getting normal sleep.  We did run into a lot of turbulance on the long flight here, and I was pretty proud that I managed to get through it without meds, and Jaime told me afterward that it was the most turbulant flight here so far.  Cathay Pacific is pretty nice, has enough space in the seating, had some good movies too (that was the first time I experienced the movie screen on the back of the seats-really helps), and really treated you nice, but you can only do so much when you stick a full load of passengers in a tin can for 14 1/2 hours and toss them around at 39,000 feet.  It’s like a pychological experiment.  As everyone told me (on and off the plane), it is worth it when you get here!!!!

Last night we passed out way before 10 PM, and got up at 4 AM, which actually was nice, because we can walk on the beach, watch the sun rise and move around before it gets too hot.  Oh, I think is was JoJo that asked what my first impression was, and you’re right – it’s oven hot here.  We got to Hong Kong at 5 AM, and it was like stepping into an oven!  I will still take if over the slow warm up in Wisconsin:)  The heat takes some getting used to, but we’re adjusting, and we just take in easy in the shade during the day.  We are now at the Boracay Beach Club, and it is really nice.  If anyone comes here, you have to consider staying here.  It’s off the beaten path (a little, there are no real unbeaten paths) and the people are really nice.  We found a veranda on the fourth floor, and NO ONE comes up here, probably because they are at the beach.  We feel it is our little private veranda, and have our meals served up here.  We can see the ocean from up here, and the breeze throught the palm trees is absolutely relaxing.  Last night we sat up here as the sun set, and just passed out from the fresh air. 

Borocay is beautiful !!!!!  It was a little strange when we first got here.  I’m a city girl, so I thought the roosters crow at sunrise.  Here, they crow at sunrise until sunset.  It’s actually almost comical, it’s like they are having a competition all day long, crowing away.  You get used to it, but it’s really funny.  They started at 3 AM today.  Also, we arrived on Saturday, and went down to the beach in the afternoon.  It was like walking into a college spring break, tons of young kids on the crowded beach.  Luckily, it’s not always like that.  This weekend though, the kids partied all night, literally.  We came down for breakfast and they were still playing pin ball in a smokey lobby.  We heard the loud music from the beach in our hotel room, but it didn’t hinder our sleep, we were still jet legged.

All is going well, we’re just trying to find out what we like to do.  Jaime is going diving, I’m going to sit on the veranda and read my book.  It’s cloudy and stormy today, but paradise none the less.

Until next time…..Maria

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