Philippines in December

[Lancer]

Zkrib, that's correct about the airport change.

Colon, if he flys into Manila, will have to take a bus to the domestic airport. I don't recall about the bags, he should check with his agent. This is one of the main reasons I like to fly into Cebu from Hong Kong. With the excellent accomodations, Cebu has alot going for it.

[Frankychan]

What kind of money are we talking about? If it's relatively cheap, I might be able to go. No promises though.

Lemme check the local airlines for tickets (I'm checking HawaiianAirlines.com)

Would there be a cheaper flight if I was routed somewhere else first, or a straight flight to the Phillipines?

[Lancer]

Flying from Hawaii... I can give you my agent's phone # here in Oregon. They're the cheapest I've found.

You might want to go Hong Kong to Cebu for the reasons I've discussed earlier. That would mean Cathay Pacific, which is fairly inexpensive compared. When will you be joining us Frankychan?


It should be cheaper from Hawaii, but from Oregon it's around $1000 round trip during November. We're planning on flying begining December however, and they don't have an ammount on that yet.

Staying at the house, $200 a month for a room with a fan, includes everything in the house, even food in the house. If you go out to eat that's not included. Being met at the airport costs extra, but not too much, basicly boat fares and expenses plus maybe $20 for my brother in law who will spend the day helping you. If you fly into Cebu you'll need to take a boat to Tag...I want to say somewhere around $20 for that, don't recall exactly.

Using our van costs, plus a driver...but if you ride with us into Tagbilaran just kick in a bit for gas.

[Theben]

Originally posted by Ben Kenobi

Sounds no different from the young folks.

BK just zinged Ozzy!

[Theben]

Originally posted by Ecthelion
Hey I'll be in China in August. might take some night ferry to Bohol once I'm in the general region

That'll be a looong night.

As always, my return plans are dependent on the monies... but it's looking better these days.

[Lancer]

Better? Got a job?

[Theben]

Most likely. I'll know tommorrow.

[Zkribbler]

Originally posted by Frankychan
Lemme check the local airlines for tickets (I'm checking HawaiianAirlines.com)

Would there be a cheaper flight if I was routed somewhere else first, or a straight flight to the Phillipines?

Check with a travel agent...they're free. I would think any airline heading east could get you there. Cathay Pacific is headquartered in Hong Kong, so they'll fly you through there. Malaysian Airlines is in Kuala Lampur, so you'll go through that hub. You must have Philippine Air Lines in Honolulu, so you could probably fly direct into the Philippines.

As Lancer says, if you fly into Manila on PAL, you can change planes to Tagbalarian, which is the big city on Bohol. With the other airlines, it's probably wiser to go in through Cebu and take the boat over to Tagbalarian.

Dolores's brother Daniel works in a splendid hotel near the Cebu Airport. Originally when I stayed there, I was concerned about plane noise, but no take-off/landing was louder than very distant thunder. In fact, it rained while I was there, so it might have been very distant thunder I was hearing. Great place to stay!

[Frankychan]

Thanks Zkrib and Lancer. I gotta check the prices again. I'm in the process of getting a fulltime job so I'll have more money. But I won't know for a month or two. Kind of sucks but I wanna travel around and experience other places, would be a kick a** experience.

[Provost Harrison]

Hmmm, not a bad idea. Alas December will be out as I will be out of holidays by then But I will look into it the next time you make a visit...

[FrostyBoy]

Lancer have you heard of Evangel Family Church? They have about 200 churches there.

[Ben Kenobi]

Hey, Pekka thanks for the encouragement.

Yeah, I guess i just needed a little push in the right direction to get me back in school again.

[Kidlicious]

I'd love to go to the PI Lancer, but I won't be able to this year.

[Colon™]

Is it do-able to take a boat from Manila to Bohol?

[Zkribbler]

I'l bump this up for Lancer to see & respond to.

IIRC, Lancer one told me the Manila-to-Bohol boat takes about a week. In contrast, the Cebu-to-Bohol boat is so swift you don't get a chance to see the end of the movie they show.