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Travel Stresses

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The last twenty-four hours have been incredibly lonely and scary.  I was bound to enter Siargao Island yesterday morning but the flight was cancelled due to bad weather.  We actually flew all the way there and then couldn�t land so flew all the way back. The flight itself was so cute - the air hostesses play a game with the passengers, asking questions about safety procedures and if you guess it right you get a prize. I�d never experienced that on a flight before so it really added a nice touch.  The views from out of the window were incredible. There's thousands of deserted jungle patches on the water that look just like this: My camera picked up the propellor's on the plane After we landed back in the Mactan Cebu Airport no one told the passengers what to do or where to go, so every question possible was flying through my head. Where will I stay tonight? What is going on? Will I be reimbursed? W.T.F??? I was being really strong for as long as I could. Three Canadians my...

Hong Kong and Cebu

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Hello from the Philippines!  During my 9 hour layover in Hong Kong It�s been a mad journey to get here from South Africa so far, from being sandwiched between one belching and one farting passenger on the long-haul flight from SA to Hong Kong, a 9 hour layover in Hong Kong International Airport, a two hour flight delay to reach Cebu in the Philippines and then finally after over 48 hours of pure travel checking in to a swanky hotel for the evening. I literally sunk into the bed like it was a marshmallow� after bathing in this ginormous tub wrapped in marble. I�ll start my highlights from the beginning.  It truly amazes me just how helpful, friendly and warm people are to you while your traveling. In the past two days I made some lovely travel friends by complete accident. One was this wild purple-haired Jozzie girl on her way to LA. We got chatting in the queue as we waited to board the flight to Hong Kong and instantly hit it off. We spoke about what we imagined Hong Kong to ...