another airport review site!

i blogged about a site which reviews airlines before and now i found a better one! this one seems to be more up-to-date and therefore more reliable for you wanderers hoping to spend the night or even just a few hours in an airport!

AirlineQuality is the site to go to but just in case it doesn't satisfy, go back to The Budget Traveller Guide to Sleeping in Airports

fyi, Manila is in the top 5 worst airports of 2010 according to the second link. So, an advice is to fly Philippine Airlines when coming to the Philippines if you'd like to experience a slightly better airport quality!
i seriously hope that people in the Manila International Airport have heard of the new thing called the internet and somehow finds their way to both of these sites which have really bad reviews of their workplace!

photo c/o tumblr's dawnell

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Long absence

This macaque greets you a very happy new year!

Pagudpud, Ilocos Norte

Kitesurfing in Kingfisher, Pagudpud, Ilocos Norte

It has been a while since I have gone wandering and so it was a delight to have been invited to Pagudpud by Frankie. The picture above is of Andrea, an Italian Kitesurfing instructor getting ready to launch. along with Andrea were two other italians and i finally got to practice my italian with them! unfortunately, i didnt get to try kitesurfing. the place is perfect for it but not for beginners. also, i just found it too equipment heavy. same problem with windsurfing wherein you just lose so much time in preparation instead of surfing where you just go and ride the waves! anyway, the vacation was a great one nonetheless! thanks to the Escalers and Manotoks for letting me crash their family outing.

the pic below is of Timberland Heights in San Mateo. Angelo brought me along to this country club and we grabbed a bite with this view in front of us! i never realized there was such a place until this time! long overdue pic of timberland heights in San Mateo

New Year's was a surprise too! i thought it'd pass just like christmas did but thanks to Chachi, Mian and her family, NYE turned out to be really fun! Chachi picked me up in Mandarin Oriental after the countdown and then we headed to Republiq, to meet up with Mian and her family! the last time i enjoyed myself in a club was in Q bar in Padova with all the Erasmus peeps! i really missed last year's NYE in Paris with Co and Maica though! getting lost in the streets of Paris, running to see the Eiffel tower, people shouting BANANA(bonne annee) in Champs Elysees!

New Year's at Republiq with Chachi and the Dimacalis

this last picture is from when i surfed in Levanto c/o Sophie Bean!

here's to a new year! let it be filled with more adventures and less stress than what has been going on these past few months!
2011, ill make you count!

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it's been a year since Lille, Paris, 'hitchhiking', getting baked with the Noche Buena, Banana in Champs Elysees, La Duree Macaroons, Chateau Arnauld and the endless courses of meals we had the privilege to partake etc.

a stark contrast to this year's for sure.

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photo taken after climbing up a very steep slope because i fell of the ski lift
it's that time fo the year again! 30 days before christmas! this photo was after the holidays though.

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first trip to barcelona

may12, 2010

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my very first morning in padova
view from my very first couchsurfing host, Miguel Rubio, in Padova, Italy
taken with my cellphone

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then and now

you get a strange feeling when you're about to leave a place, like you'll not only miss the people you love but you'll miss the person you are now at this time and place because you'll never be this way ever again

this is how i felt a year ago, before i left for europe.
now, im back in school after a year --and everything has changed.

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ps the pic above is from the tumblr of airportstories.