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My Weekend Travel

Posted By Junelle on September 8th, 2008 | 1,211 views

Last Saturday, I went to Manila for the WordCamp Philippines. My father woke me up an hour before I have set my clock to alarm, but I didn’t complain since I was really excited to be on the WordCamp.

Around 4:30 AM we arrived at the Iloilo Airport. My father just dropped me off gave me instructions and left. I waited for a few minutes before the airport opened. I fall in line together with other passengers. I have my Ticket and ID checked upon the entrance. Bags were scanned, shoes were taken off and a body search was done. After the check, I proceeded to an officer that gives out a boarding pass; I have shown my ticket and ID.

After I got the boarding pass, I went to the 3rd floor to pay for the terminal fee which costs Php 30.

There was again another check. I checked my boarding pass to see what gate would I be using to board the plane. Since I have still enough time to eat, I ate at JD.

I was so happy when I found out that I would be seated at the window side.

The flight arrived Manila 15 minutes earlier than scheduled, which was about 7:30 AM.

I went out to look for a Taxi and found a metered Taxi at the side of the Airport Exit at NAIA 3. The metered Taxi from the airport is expensive than the regular taxi, the starting meter for an airport taxi is Php 70 while the regular is only Php 40. But, the airport taxi’s are new and cool – it even had a receipt on its metering board.

The taxi dropped me off the first La Salle gate we found, yet it was the wrong one. Then the taxi driver told me, just walk it is just around the corner, and I did walk, but I already paid him Php 200 for the metered ride. Anyway, I again saw a La Salle gate but I was told, it was on the next gate. So again I proceeded to walk. Finally, at the third gate I have encountered the correct entrance for WordCamp Philippines. This was about 8:00 AM.

The event was really fulfilling, though I planned to have pics with more people, but my time was so limited. But the important thing is I have picture with the father of WordPress – Matt Mullenweg.

I wasn’t able to finish the event because of the fear that I might miss my flight home. I got nowhere to go. I left the venue 3:30 PM. I was at the airport early. I walked in, have my ticket and bag checked. Proceeded to get my boarding pass.

Paid the terminal fee which this time costs Php 200 and went to the gate designated for my flight.

I was able to arrive on the right gate by 4:30 PM.

My flight was delayed for an hour, so I had a lot of time walking back and forth in the airport. Here are my pics:

I arrive Iloilo 8:30 PM and I am scheduled to go to Guimaras. So my cousin drove me from the airport to Iloilo – Guimaras fort. From there, I paid the boat to immediately go the Guimaras so that I don’t have to wait for a long time.

Upon arriving at Guimaras, I took tricycle to go to Avila in where my Grandmother would celebrate her birthday. I arrived my Avila house by 9:30 PM.