Palm Springs, CA. The only open air facility I am aware of. On Tue, Jul 9, 2019 at 6:35 PM Curt Raymond via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> I didn't find I stick out too bad in Manila, this is my second trip, I > was there in 2015. I did happen upon a bunch of school kids that, upon > finding out I was American wanted to hear me talk. I did my best "Chef" > from South Park, "Hello Children!" > Last time I was in Makai which is pretty nice, this time I'm in Taguig > which is nearby. Its a pretty good area, lots of call centers... > > -Curt > > On Tuesday, July 9, 2019, 6:25:19 PM EDT, Dan Penoff via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > Just be careful. There are some pretty rough areas in Manila, and you > will stick out there…for that matter, you’ll stick out in Tokyo, too…just > don’t get sensitive about your “personal space”, as there is no such in in > Tokyo. Ride the busses or trains and you’ll know exactly what I’m talking > about. > > -D > > > > On Jul 9, 2019, at 6:20 PM, Curt Raymond <curtlud...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > > I wish I had time to go into Tokyo, I should have last time, I had an > extra day. > > > > I am going to get a weekend in Manila which I'm kind of excited about. > > > > -Curt > > > > On Tuesday, July 9, 2019, 5:32:28 PM EDT, Dan Penoff via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > > > NRT is a great airport and not a bad place for transit passengers. Good > food and lots of choices if you have time between flights. You should open > jaw in Tokyo for a day on one of your legs and take in part of the city, > like the Ginza. It’s an amazing place. You could get a hotel room, but if > it were me I would just take a bus into Tokyo (frighteningly prompt and not > expensive at all, considering it’s a bit of a drive) and spend the day and > evening there, then bus back to Narita and crash on a chair/bench there > until my return flight left. > > > > MNL, well, that’s sort of a rough place. I always remember walking out > of the Customs area to the pick up area - there used to be a big fence with > hurricane wire on the top, with literally hundreds of people standing > outside waiting for people to arrive from their flights. Just this mass of > humanity there yelling at people to get their attention. And the police > with the automatic weapons guarding the opening so no one tried to enter. > > > > I also liked the cool jitney busses, too. Some pretty amazing paint jobs. > > > > -D > > > > > On Jul 9, 2019, at 3:28 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com>> wrote: > > > > > > Its the regular traveler in me, I don't even think of city names > anymore, just airport codes.Most of my travel is BOS (Boston) - LAX (Los > Angeles). This week I had to transit PHX (Phoenix) to get here. My return > is through PHL (Philadelphia) which I expect to have problems, I nearly > always have problems there. Maybe this will be the "nearly"... > > > Next month is MNL (Manila) transiting through NRT (Tokyo Narita) on > Japan Airways. The 13 hour BOS to NRT flight I got premium economy, I'm > kind of looking forward to that... > > > -Curt > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com <http://www.okiebenz.com/> > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ < > http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/> > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com < > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com> > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
