despite our incredible lack of preparation for this trip we were not completely unprepared. we had thought ahead enough to book a hostel however, the directions we had were proving to be difficult to follow.
take a jeepney to Sucat then a tricycle to green mango pension house.. a tricycle?
yes.
once you cross the candy-cane bridge transfer to unicycle then proceed on flying unicorn.
as exciting as this sounded we didn't know A) where to get a jeepney and B) what a jeepney or trike look like.
mission 1: find pension house without being robbed or conned.
a few wrong turns and a few swindles later we finally arrived at our hostel, the beautiful oasis that is the Green Mango.
the living quarters are cramped, not even a foot between the bunks and the bathroom facilities leave something to be desired, but this place is not completely without charm. tropical plants abound and the under-aged staff is completely awestruck by our outstanding beauty and charm1 , hopefully this will result in free things and more free things.
mission 2: find food
luck finally seems to be on our side, our room mates turn out to be two very nice brits with similar travel plans and hunger pains.
shall we adventure together? yes, let's.
after miles of walking in search of food we come to the realization that continuing this way we would either die of starvation or heat exhaustion.
after a brief jaunt on a trike and having succumbed to diesl fumes and hunger pangs we decide to try our luck with some roadside "meat" on a stick.
and by roadside i mean, a shantyesque resto on the side of the road, food in an unrefridgerated glass case, meat of intdeterminal species kept flyless by a man with a feather duster.
bbq pig ear on a stick. delicious.
mission 3: start the sightseeing.
SM mall of asia (the 3rd largest mall in the world) is our goal but sadly we are having terrible difficulty communicating with the British boys. The problem lies in the fact that the british don't speak english. perhaps in my spare time i can teach them...
sadly we end up at another SM, not the one we were looking for but a supermall nonetheless.
sadly we did not realize our err until we had spent 2 hours looking for the main attractins.
not so sadly some colourful wigs and fake poo made for a perfectly entertaining evening.
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1. at this point we had been going non stop for 28 hours, we were the poster girls for "outstanding beauty".
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