My Virgin Manila Trip - Day 1

I booked five tickets(my wife, mother in-law, my parent and me) of airasia air to philipine clark airport, since november 2007, just cost me 220 perpax with airport tax, the fare is cheap.

Before go to phillipine for the first impression in my imagination this city is in a clutter, messy, dirty and terrible, because of I heard so many negative news from there like robbery, kidnap and remonstrate. So, firstly I did so have to do so many research for this county, what kind of transportation is safety and which not, which place is more secure.

22 Feb 08, early morning we waked around 4.00am and the cab reached my sri kembangan house around 4.30am, then we reached to airport around 5.10am, only charged me RM80, then my father give extra tips for total RM90; then suddenly counldn't found my wife luggage, then asked the taxi driver return to my house and took it, charge me RM120, haha!

The flight departed 7.40am(departed late) and reached clark airpot around 12noon, we had booked the subic bay package(which is included ocean park and Camayan Resort cost around RM1000), the driver called uncle Mario already reach there and picked us from airport to the subic bay camayan hotel and ocean park, the distance to there is around 3 hours, so we suggested to have lunch, the restaurant called Shanghai Palace,

we order chinese dishes as pork knuckle, chrispy chicken, beancut fried pork with black bean, claypot yam and porkrib, chinese roast set(烧腊并盘） and a portugis vege curry, all the dishes very delicious, especially the pork knuckle, the taste is better than thai restaurant in thailand i tried before, but that's too much for us then some we packed for the driver for dinner(the driver took the lunch with us), total paid is Peso 2490(RM202).

After meal we continue the journey, but the uncle Mario simlike not very sure the way to Subic Bay,when we reached to Subic Bay was around 4pm,

then luckily the Ocean Adventure Park the Dolphin show start on 4.30pm, then we directly bought the ticket(for adult is Peso 450, children and senior age is Peso 370) and asked for the way to the show.

Properly is school holiday, we saw many philipine primary student there and we found the front seats and enjoyed the show; actually they have 4 female dolpine, 1 male dolpine and 1 whale, the dolpines and whale are talented and intelligent, they can simply jumped out from the water and dance in the water, their obeyed by the trainee, excellent show.

after the dolphine show which is sea lion show, they train the sea lion to do many funny action, jokes and gained a lot of clapping from the audience.

When came out from the park the sky is dark, luckily the Camayan beach resort is just next to the park, just walking distance. We went to check-in to the resort and move in all the lugague, the room is bali style, two queen size bed and have a nice decoration for the room. After that we think to have the dinner at olangapo, but the driver properly not so familiar with the road, so we decided to have the dinner whatever he brought, then we found a fast food closed to the petrol station, which Chow King Restaurant, firstly we thought they will sell the burger like normal Malaysia fast food, get closer, we saw the menu are all Chinese food like sweet and sour pork, black soya sauce pork, portrige , some more have the tai pao and siu mai, we are so excited to have something we are familiar, haha!

After meal, we went back to hotel, the Camayan Beach Resort the room quite nice, it's bit Bali looks, sweet dream tonight! good night!