Re: [MBZ] OT: Southeast asia
Interestingly enough, feral cats don't seem to be a problem there --R On 6/12/15 9:01 AM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote: What do you think of the cuisine there? On Thu, Jun 11, 2015 at 9:55 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: Actually according to wiki they are in fact regulated. As near as I could tell you could pick out the route based on the design of the Jeepney. We drove through where they were parked and I picked out maybe a dozen different ones. All the ones we passed leaving the airport were mostly the same. At first I thought they were all the same one until I looked closer, paying attention I could see differences in turn signals, lighting, etc. Makati City reminds me of LA in a lot of ways, its clearly a business district designed to attract western business and as such is pretty clean and safe. Just did a skype session with Angie which was a nice way to check in. Interestingly my Republic Wireless cell phone works perfectly if I have wifi. It works not at all if I don't but that basically means I can travel and call home for no extra cost. Of course I can't use it to call in-country but thats not a huge concern. Our office is supposedly 300 meters from here so I shouldn't need to make many calls. -Curt From: Dan Penoff via Mercedes To: Okie Benz Cc: Dan Penoff Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2015 8:36 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: Southeast asia I used to go to Manila once a year, fun place to visit, but… Watch the jeepneys closely - each one of them has a specific religious theme of some sort, at least most of the ones I saw did. Amazingly, they’re unregulated but the primary means of transportation for the masses. They each run a regular route of sorts and have regular stops, at least that’s what the locals told me. Dan On Jun 11, 2015, at 7:52 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: Greetings from the Philippines! I'm here for the next 8 days teaching a class to new co-workers. Apparently it makes more sense to send me here than 8 of them to the states. After traveling for 26 hours (thats door to door) I can see why.The highlight of the trip was when I scored a bulkhead seat in the 787 from BOS-NRT. The 787 is amazing and the huge legroom in a bulkhead seat is nice. JAL gives nice wide seats too although the bulkhead seats get small TVs.From NRT to MNL was a 767 and although I had and aisle seat I was cramped almost to my tolerance limit the whole way, of course that was after the 12 hour flight BOS-NRT and a 3 hour layover... Anyway I'll be working 10pm-7am local time which corresponds with 10am-7pm EDT so other than for the next 3 days (remember its Friday morning here right now) I'll be working just 1 hour off my normal US schedule. Driving to the hotel yesterday I noticed that diesel is about 30 PHP (Philippine pesos) a litre, there are about 45 pesos/USD so about $0.66/l. The car from the airport was a Camry (boring!) but I got to see loads of "jeepneys" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeepney which are pretty wild. They remind me of the route taxis that Angie and I rode in Barbados but are decorated more in a style I'd relate to India which isn't a big surprise since India isn't really all that far away. It was dark last night or I'd have tried to get a picture. I'll try to spot one today but I'm staying in Makati City which is pretty high class and I'm not sure they're allowed here... -Curt ___ 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 ___ 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
Re: [MBZ] OT: Southeast asia
What do you think of the cuisine there? On Thu, Jun 11, 2015 at 9:55 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Actually according to wiki they are in fact regulated. > As near as I could tell you could pick out the route based on the design > of the Jeepney. We drove through where they were parked and I picked out > maybe a dozen different ones. All the ones we passed leaving the airport > were mostly the same. At first I thought they were all the same one until I > looked closer, paying attention I could see differences in turn signals, > lighting, etc. > Makati City reminds me of LA in a lot of ways, its clearly a business > district designed to attract western business and as such is pretty clean > and safe. > Just did a skype session with Angie which was a nice way to check in. > Interestingly my Republic Wireless cell phone works perfectly if I have > wifi. It works not at all if I don't but that basically means I can travel > and call home for no extra cost. Of course I can't use it to call > in-country but thats not a huge concern. Our office is supposedly 300 > meters from here so I shouldn't need to make many calls. > -Curt > From: Dan Penoff via Mercedes > To: Okie Benz > Cc: Dan Penoff > Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2015 8:36 PM > Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: Southeast asia > > I used to go to Manila once a year, fun place to visit, but… > > Watch the jeepneys closely - each one of them has a specific religious > theme of some sort, at least most of the ones I saw did. Amazingly, > they’re unregulated but the primary means of transportation for the > masses. They each run a regular route of sorts and have regular stops, at > least that’s what the locals told me. > > Dan > > > > On Jun 11, 2015, at 7:52 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > Greetings from the Philippines! I'm here for the next 8 days teaching a > class to new co-workers. Apparently it makes more sense to send me here > than 8 of them to the states. After traveling for 26 hours (thats door to > door) I can see why.The highlight of the trip was when I scored a bulkhead > seat in the 787 from BOS-NRT. The 787 is amazing and the huge legroom in a > bulkhead seat is nice. JAL gives nice wide seats too although the bulkhead > seats get small TVs.From NRT to MNL was a 767 and although I had and aisle > seat I was cramped almost to my tolerance limit the whole way, of course > that was after the 12 hour flight BOS-NRT and a 3 hour layover... > > Anyway I'll be working 10pm-7am local time which corresponds with > 10am-7pm EDT so other than for the next 3 days (remember its Friday morning > here right now) I'll be working just 1 hour off my normal US schedule. > > Driving to the hotel yesterday I noticed that diesel is about 30 PHP > (Philippine pesos) a litre, there are about 45 pesos/USD so about $0.66/l. > The car from the airport was a Camry (boring!) but I got to see loads of > "jeepneys" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeepney which are pretty wild. > They remind me of the route taxis that Angie and I rode in Barbados but are > decorated more in a style I'd relate to India which isn't a big surprise > since India isn't really all that far away. It was dark last night or I'd > have tried to get a picture. I'll try to spot one today but I'm staying in > Makati City which is pretty high class and I'm not sure they're allowed > here... > > -Curt > > ___ > > 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 > > ___ 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
Re: [MBZ] OT: Southeast asia
Actually according to wiki they are in fact regulated. As near as I could tell you could pick out the route based on the design of the Jeepney. We drove through where they were parked and I picked out maybe a dozen different ones. All the ones we passed leaving the airport were mostly the same. At first I thought they were all the same one until I looked closer, paying attention I could see differences in turn signals, lighting, etc. Makati City reminds me of LA in a lot of ways, its clearly a business district designed to attract western business and as such is pretty clean and safe. Just did a skype session with Angie which was a nice way to check in. Interestingly my Republic Wireless cell phone works perfectly if I have wifi. It works not at all if I don't but that basically means I can travel and call home for no extra cost. Of course I can't use it to call in-country but thats not a huge concern. Our office is supposedly 300 meters from here so I shouldn't need to make many calls. -Curt From: Dan Penoff via Mercedes To: Okie Benz Cc: Dan Penoff Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2015 8:36 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: Southeast asia I used to go to Manila once a year, fun place to visit, but… Watch the jeepneys closely - each one of them has a specific religious theme of some sort, at least most of the ones I saw did. Amazingly, they’re unregulated but the primary means of transportation for the masses. They each run a regular route of sorts and have regular stops, at least that’s what the locals told me. Dan > On Jun 11, 2015, at 7:52 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes > wrote: > > Greetings from the Philippines! I'm here for the next 8 days teaching a class > to new co-workers. Apparently it makes more sense to send me here than 8 of > them to the states. After traveling for 26 hours (thats door to door) I can > see why.The highlight of the trip was when I scored a bulkhead seat in the > 787 from BOS-NRT. The 787 is amazing and the huge legroom in a bulkhead seat > is nice. JAL gives nice wide seats too although the bulkhead seats get small > TVs.From NRT to MNL was a 767 and although I had and aisle seat I was cramped > almost to my tolerance limit the whole way, of course that was after the 12 > hour flight BOS-NRT and a 3 hour layover... > Anyway I'll be working 10pm-7am local time which corresponds with 10am-7pm > EDT so other than for the next 3 days (remember its Friday morning here right > now) I'll be working just 1 hour off my normal US schedule. > Driving to the hotel yesterday I noticed that diesel is about 30 PHP > (Philippine pesos) a litre, there are about 45 pesos/USD so about $0.66/l. > The car from the airport was a Camry (boring!) but I got to see loads of > "jeepneys" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeepney which are pretty wild. They > remind me of the route taxis that Angie and I rode in Barbados but are > decorated more in a style I'd relate to India which isn't a big surprise > since India isn't really all that far away. It was dark last night or I'd > have tried to get a picture. I'll try to spot one today but I'm staying in > Makati City which is pretty high class and I'm not sure they're allowed > here... > -Curt > ___ > 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
Re: [MBZ] OT: Southeast asia
I used to go to Manila once a year, fun place to visit, but… Watch the jeepneys closely - each one of them has a specific religious theme of some sort, at least most of the ones I saw did. Amazingly, they’re unregulated but the primary means of transportation for the masses. They each run a regular route of sorts and have regular stops, at least that’s what the locals told me. Dan > On Jun 11, 2015, at 7:52 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes > wrote: > > Greetings from the Philippines! I'm here for the next 8 days teaching a class > to new co-workers. Apparently it makes more sense to send me here than 8 of > them to the states. After traveling for 26 hours (thats door to door) I can > see why.The highlight of the trip was when I scored a bulkhead seat in the > 787 from BOS-NRT. The 787 is amazing and the huge legroom in a bulkhead seat > is nice. JAL gives nice wide seats too although the bulkhead seats get small > TVs.From NRT to MNL was a 767 and although I had and aisle seat I was cramped > almost to my tolerance limit the whole way, of course that was after the 12 > hour flight BOS-NRT and a 3 hour layover... > Anyway I'll be working 10pm-7am local time which corresponds with 10am-7pm > EDT so other than for the next 3 days (remember its Friday morning here right > now) I'll be working just 1 hour off my normal US schedule. > Driving to the hotel yesterday I noticed that diesel is about 30 PHP > (Philippine pesos) a litre, there are about 45 pesos/USD so about $0.66/l. > The car from the airport was a Camry (boring!) but I got to see loads of > "jeepneys" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeepney which are pretty wild. They > remind me of the route taxis that Angie and I rode in Barbados but are > decorated more in a style I'd relate to India which isn't a big surprise > since India isn't really all that far away. It was dark last night or I'd > have tried to get a picture. I'll try to spot one today but I'm staying in > Makati City which is pretty high class and I'm not sure they're allowed > here... > -Curt > ___ > 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
[MBZ] OT: Southeast asia
Greetings from the Philippines! I'm here for the next 8 days teaching a class to new co-workers. Apparently it makes more sense to send me here than 8 of them to the states. After traveling for 26 hours (thats door to door) I can see why.The highlight of the trip was when I scored a bulkhead seat in the 787 from BOS-NRT. The 787 is amazing and the huge legroom in a bulkhead seat is nice. JAL gives nice wide seats too although the bulkhead seats get small TVs.From NRT to MNL was a 767 and although I had and aisle seat I was cramped almost to my tolerance limit the whole way, of course that was after the 12 hour flight BOS-NRT and a 3 hour layover... Anyway I'll be working 10pm-7am local time which corresponds with 10am-7pm EDT so other than for the next 3 days (remember its Friday morning here right now) I'll be working just 1 hour off my normal US schedule. Driving to the hotel yesterday I noticed that diesel is about 30 PHP (Philippine pesos) a litre, there are about 45 pesos/USD so about $0.66/l. The car from the airport was a Camry (boring!) but I got to see loads of "jeepneys" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeepney which are pretty wild. They remind me of the route taxis that Angie and I rode in Barbados but are decorated more in a style I'd relate to India which isn't a big surprise since India isn't really all that far away. It was dark last night or I'd have tried to get a picture. I'll try to spot one today but I'm staying in Makati City which is pretty high class and I'm not sure they're allowed here... -Curt ___ 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
