In Manila

Finally made it to the Philippines. The flight with Cebu Pacific Air was fine, I was at the airport nice and early to book in and was fortunate to get my favourite seat (Exit Row Aisle) and even luckier to have the complete row to myself.
Hooked up with a couple of blokes from the plane to share a cab into the city. Stayed at a lovely old hotel but it was a bit on the expensive side for my travel budget and also in a pretty seedy part of the city so I moved to Makati this morning. Found a very cheap hotel close to the dental clinic and then went shopping for food. Bought a copy of "Philippines Travel Guide" by Jens Peters to assist in planning my trip and will get into some serious reading tonight and tomorrow.