from BKK 2 Manila

MY ART MALE NUDE, originally uploaded by BIPIUM FRANCE.

And here we are, in the airport lounge, patiently waiting for our transfer to Manila! Lots of Pinoys already, heading the same direction as us! I'm so curious to see and feel and experience the difference with Thailand !!!!

As usual, the hotel served us well, there was even a staff member in the airport now, bringing us to all the places we wanted to go (check-in, tax refund, buy ciggies, ...). Thai business class gives us the fast track, but now we fly Philippine Airlines, and we have to queue to get our passport stamped. Oh well, we might as well get used to it !!

And now: to the plane! More news will follow :-)

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The flight with Philippine Airlines was lovely, we were promoted into 1st class (see the pix!!! what a space) and enjoyed all the attention that comes with it. We flew an Airbus 340, and were quite happy with that plane. Inline movie was +++ about the fight of a woman against the system, very well done, although we missed the end due to landing procedure.

Upon arrival, quickly some taxfree shopping, and problemfree exit through customs & co. A horrible ride to the hotel (traffic jam! but we slept most of the time in the car) and a lovely suite 1811 in Crowne Plaza Galleria Manila (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YljNQBRp_Q)! Upon entering the hotel, Jimmy & Nils were already waiting for us, the hotel assistant was pleasing us with the quickest check-in ever (just handing over the keys, everything was prepared, so convenient!) and after sipping some whisky, J&N took us to a gay bar/restaurant "Butterfly" in Quezon, where we had a drink, and they had a small bite, and we had lots of catching up since our last meeting with Jimmy! For those who don't know them: Jimmy is a professor at the Quezon University, and head of the computergroup there (+ some private spinoffs) and Nils is his young bf since October last year, they are a lovely couple. I quickly used Jimmy's cellphone to inform Roderick about our arrival (he'll meet us tomorrow morning) and chatted briefly with Clarence (he'll meet us Wednesday evening) and tomorrow afternoon, Jimmy will come and pick us up (he has unlimited access to car+driver, one of his spinoffs and handy because he doesn't have a driver's licence). Woohoo, so many things in such a little time! I'm sure we'll sleep well tonight.

And oh, HL already checked where the interesting shopping malls might be :-)

Good night from Manila! Sweet dreams to you :-)

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