The same with Jakarta, everyone we met told us that we wouldn't need long in Manila and to pretty much spend as little time as possible there. N'aw. They also said the traffic was AWFUL. And we found that yes, they weren't all lying to us. It was really bad. We were only here for about 22 hours but here's a quick post about Manila anyway
Accomodation
We stayed in Ola Hostel. It was recommended to us by friends, and it was fine. We opted for a double room as we arrived at like 2am. Staff were friendly and helpful, breakfast was average but they had a cool rooftop to eat it on. It did take our Uber SO long to find it though as it's a bit nestled away, but in his defence we were sleep deprived and unhelpful
Things to do
Market- we went to Divisoria market for some last minute souvenir shopping. Personally, I was not a fan, but meg loved it. My sole purchase of a massive bag of veggie gummy worms confirmed this, but she picked up some cool stuff. It just had a lot of random household belongings for sale, and after being spoiled by the markets of India I was not that impressed.
Food
We did actually have a stop off here before our first night bus to Batad and found a really good pizza restaurant in a shopping mall which also sold Quorn nuggets?? Mad. Other than that the food was the same as the rest of the Philippines aka meaty. Lunch was approximately a bucket of French fries- healthy and nutritious eh?! We did get some cheap drinks though, surprise surprise
Escape room- Lollll very traditional for our last day!! We met up with some friends and did an escape room which was so funny even though we were awful and definitely didn't come even close to escaping. Oops
Getting to/from- we arrived from our night bus and took an Uber to our hostel using a random hotel's WiFi. The metro here was good and pretty simple, but we took an Uber to the airport in the evening. The traffic is pretty bad, and we spent a fair amount of our time in Manila sat in queues of cars
Manila was our last stop before flying home! Had the best trip and still a month and a half later wishing i was back in Asia
Laura x
Accomodation
We stayed in Ola Hostel. It was recommended to us by friends, and it was fine. We opted for a double room as we arrived at like 2am. Staff were friendly and helpful, breakfast was average but they had a cool rooftop to eat it on. It did take our Uber SO long to find it though as it's a bit nestled away, but in his defence we were sleep deprived and unhelpful
Things to do
Market- we went to Divisoria market for some last minute souvenir shopping. Personally, I was not a fan, but meg loved it. My sole purchase of a massive bag of veggie gummy worms confirmed this, but she picked up some cool stuff. It just had a lot of random household belongings for sale, and after being spoiled by the markets of India I was not that impressed.
Food
We did actually have a stop off here before our first night bus to Batad and found a really good pizza restaurant in a shopping mall which also sold Quorn nuggets?? Mad. Other than that the food was the same as the rest of the Philippines aka meaty. Lunch was approximately a bucket of French fries- healthy and nutritious eh?! We did get some cheap drinks though, surprise surprise
Escape room- Lollll very traditional for our last day!! We met up with some friends and did an escape room which was so funny even though we were awful and definitely didn't come even close to escaping. Oops
Getting to/from- we arrived from our night bus and took an Uber to our hostel using a random hotel's WiFi. The metro here was good and pretty simple, but we took an Uber to the airport in the evening. The traffic is pretty bad, and we spent a fair amount of our time in Manila sat in queues of cars
Manila was our last stop before flying home! Had the best trip and still a month and a half later wishing i was back in Asia
Laura x
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