Allright, I've arrived in Manila and some hours ago got into my apartment.
Came yesterday and stayed at a hotel downtown, I probably got owned by overcharging because a guy I talked to at the airport "fixed" everything
but whatever, I needed some fast service, I'm a blank file and don't mind a few experiences.
First impression is pretty good and pretty hilarious
every driver I talk to seem to wanna hook me up with prostitutes and drive me to various locations.
Conversation from today was like this:
Me: So, what are some good places to visit in the area?
Driver says something about a volcano and a waterfall.
Me: Cool. What about other towns? I hear Cebu is a good city as well.
Driver: Cebu city is pretty much same as Manila, but pretty far from here.
Me: Ok I see...
Driver: Do you like beaches?
Me: Well I do, sometimes. But I'm not a big beach person.
Driver: But do you like BEATCHES?!
This cracked me up pretty bad =)
Anyway, staying in a tower at Salcedo Village this month. Pretty decent. I've been walking around for some hours and there seems to be a lack of convenience stores except the 7eleven lookalikes. Plenty of super cheap fastfood. Doesn't seem to be a hotspot here, but I'm sure it's not far to go.
Temperature is nice and weather rocks. I can sit on the balcony and grind poker with a cold beer.
Thinking of visiting Metro Card Club tomorrow and see what it's like, I don't know the best place for live action but I wanna go there and play some, check out the level etc. Seem to have relatively low stakes tournaments though.
Looking forward to exploring more of the city. I'm not a huge whore guy so if you are one of these guys, just stop advertising
Pretty much know no-one here so if someone wanna chill out some day or go to a casino/club thats cool =)