To Manila!

Friday, February 18th, 2011 in: News, Travel

The DMZ was the last major excursion of my stay, aside from the drunken farewell evenings spent with Drew and his friends from work and professional Starcraft players. I was once again reminded that any skill or talent can generate an entire industry. Especially in Korea.

And so I extricated myself from Drew’s apartment with a hearty farewell, and found myself on a train to Incheon airport. I’m going to miss the trains in Korea; all the punctuality and accessibility of Japan, with the prices of China. I have a feeling that the sailing won’t be as smooth in the third world.

I had a short touchdown in Guangzhou, and by afternoon I was in Manila, waiting for Janet and Joemar in front of a Subway (sandwich, not station). They brought along their friend Troy, an old friend of Joemar, and within an hour, it was settled that I would stay with him. We wandered through the maze of Makati’s malls to Troy’s apartment, where I crashed on my sleeping pad, and all I knew was darkness.

A new chapter had begun.

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