Hi there,
Bloggers,
Here I am
again writing from the beautiful Philippines. I was excited to visit this
country because I knew so little about it. When I hear the name of this country
mentioned, I always think about sex tourism. Don’t you? Look at all the older European guys – mostly
ugly also- who visited this country and returned with an obviously younger
woman. That was the image that I had from this country; poor people that desperately
wanted to find a way out. But now I know… I was all wrong. The Philippines is
an amazing tropical country that certainly is a Must-See for all of you.
When we
arrived at the airport in Manilla, the heat fell on our shoulders. It wasn’t a
normal heat, but a tropical heat, with very high temperatures and a high
humidity. We were lucky that we arrived in the month of April, because the
monsoon begins in June. And when the monsoon is visiting, you don’t want to be
there, because it’s raining cats and dogs then. So we begin our journey through
this amazing country with lots of water in our backpacks. We made a plan to stay for the night in
Manilla, which is the capital of the Philippines, and we to leave the crowded city
in the early morning.
The Philippines
have a free market economy marked by a large agrarian part; including the
agriculture, fishery and forestry. A huge part of the population makes a living
in these areas. There’s also a huge part of the population employed in the
services industry. The Philipinnes are also known for their cheap workers. All
these people are payed with the Philipinne Peso, which is the local currency. Because
of the chaotic atmosphere in the city, we really had a huge problem finding a
currency exchange to convert our money to the local currency. But just when we were
about to give up, we got lucky. We found an elderly woman who guided us through
the chaos to a currency office. She wouldn’t accept any money from us, but
insisted to show us another part of the city. She brought us to a local market,
which had a colourful atmosphere. All the people were so friendly to us, even
if we didn’t bought anything. Though we
couldn’t speak Spanish or Chinese, they welcomed us in rather fluent
English.
After this
long day of walking through this restless city with boiling temperatures, we
found ourselves so tired that we couldn’t stand one second on our feet. So I
was happy to get to my room – with air-conditioning- and see a nice bed waiting
for me. But I couldn’t go to sleep
without telling you first what a
wonderful day I had. I’m looking forward to tomorrow, but I’m hoping that my alarm
clock won’t wake me up too soon.
Sleeptight
my dear bloggers, I will write again soon.
Love,
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