BACK TO MANILA

I RETURNED TO THE PHILIPPINES IN JUNE, 2009. I LOOKED FORWARD TO IT VERY MUCH AS I HAD BEEN AWAY FOR ALMOST 2 YEARS.
THIS TIME I MET A FILIPINA FRIEND-PHOTO ABOVE. SHE LIVED IN ANGELES, AROUND AN HOUR'S RIDE AWAY FROM MANILA. SHE MET ME AT A MANILA HOTEL CALLED THE HERITAGE- PICTURED ABOVE.
WE SPENT 4 DAYS IN MANILA JUST RELAXING AND GETTING TO KNOW ONE ANOTHER.WE FOUND WE REALLY LIKED EACH OTHER AND WE GOT ALONG WONDERFULLY.THE WEATHER WAS BEAUTIFUL ALSO- NOT LIKE THE FIRST TIME I WAS THERE- IT RAINED. THIS TIME IS WAS SUNNY AND WARM EVERY DAY I WAS THERE.
I ARRIVED THERE AROUND THE END OF JUNE.JUST BEFORE I LEFT NEW YORK, MICHAEL JACKSON HAD DIED. EVEN IN THE PHILIPPINES, THAT WAS THE NUMBER ONE TOPIC OF CONVERSATION IT SEEMED. I WAS IN SHOCK FOR A WHILE AS WERE MILLIONS OF OTHER PEOPLE.

OUR HOTEL, THE HERITAGE WAS WONDERFUL- IT WAS REASONABLY PRICED AND THE ROOMS WERE JUST THE RIGHT SIZE- NOT TOO LARGE OR SMALL.
THE HOTEL HAD THE MOST DELICIOUS BREAKFAST BUFFET I EVER HAD. ALL YOU CAN EAT OF BOTH PHILIPPINE AND WESTERN CUISINE. MY FRIEND AND I BOTH FILLED UP AND STUFFED OURSELVES- WE WANTED TO TAKE FULL ADVANTAGE, AND WE DID. HEEE!

WHEN I COME BACK TO MANILA- I WILL STAY AT THE HERITAGE- YOU BET!