Wednesday, July 14, 2010

Day 4 - Boracay & Manila

The high-fence structure was constructed in anticipation of the monsoon storm.




Spongebod SquarePants Slippers





Dick Slippers. Anyone?






Colourful & very Mexican




I wanna visit all these countries




Demographic of the international tourists in Boracay



Playboy on the rack
Is Philippines the only country in Southeast Asia where pornography is legalized?




 Interesting looking Buddha Wall painting
(abit morbid)
Lucky for the Artist, Buddhists' threshold of tolerance is higher than most of the other faiths' adherents. 




A typical boat in Philippines





The check-in counter with runway at the back. Cool. Our weights were taken as well.
We were really happy that the flight was on time and there was no further delay. Really unexpected, I guess after spending a few days in Philippines, I had definitely lowered my expectation for its efficiency.



Boracay
(Taken by SM)




On the propeller plane. 
Philippines is 12th most populous country in the world  and it is the world's 2nd largest archipelago in the world (after Indonesia). Looking at the number of islands, commuting between these 7000 islands would be challenging. The upside: lotsa diversity and unexplored jewels. The downside: commuting challenges & dispersed country. I have not seen any economically rich archipelago yet, hence, I was wondering if the archipelago was bad for country as internal infrastructure is a big issue.

Example: China and USA could be linked up easily via train network or road network. Hence, transportation of goods is cheaper and faster => big economic output.

Just a thought to be substantiated and validated.




Beautiful Sunset from the Plane


I missed those time when I was really excited about taking a flight. I would always marvel at the ingenuity of the engineers who built the aircraft. Now, I have just taken some things for granted, which is not a good sign.




1 stone kills 2 birds
Co-marketing between Starbucks and HSBC
Win-win Situation





One of the Best Vocalists (Guy on the right) I ever heard.
We stayed in the bar from 10pm to 2am as the music was awesome. The female sang well, but I was more impressed by the male singer. His tone of voice is a gift. He sang really well and effortlessly. Apparently, this band only sings on every tuesday.


I would highly recommend anybody to visit this place.
Food and Beers are cheap too!!!

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