Tuesday, November 12, 2024

Travel blog. Day 06. Tacloban. Philippines. 2024

Not much happened today was to hot to be outside in the day so had a short trip to the mall beside there in the evening to by some food that was more or less the only thing we do.

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Monday, November 11, 2024

Travel blog. Day 05. Sogod/Tacloban. Philippines. 2024



We check out of the resort a day early and was going back to Tacloban since its a better place to stay have little more things to do there then in Sogod.

So we was up quite early and take a van back the car ride take around 3 hours and was ok nothing happened on the trip so we was in Tacloban before we know it.

We used the rest of the day to walk around in some malls and get some food before it was evening again and time to get some sleep.

The plan is that we will have a trip to Manila in the next days and stay

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Sunday, November 10, 2024

Travel blog, Day 04. Tacloban/Sogod Leyte. Philippines. 2024

We check out of GoHotels and take a taxi to Sogod the trip in it self was ok not much happened on the trip there was much road work on the 2,5 hour long trip but beside that it was a ok ride.

We come to sogod in a decent time in the day and we used the time to check in to Villa Catalina resort and to get something to eat.
Later in the day we had some dinner with my girlfriends relatives and relax for a while before we go back to the resort.







We decided to check out a day before since the resort was in very bad shape and not a place to stay at the given time since there was nothing that works and it was more or less just a place to sleep.

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Saturday, November 09, 2024

Travel blog, Day 03. Tacloban City. Philippines. 2024

We decide to extend the stay in Tacloban 1 day since there was something we need to do before we travel to Sogod so most of this day was going to fix things and relax had a walk in the mall to look for some stuff and kill some time.

Here is very hot in the day so its not good to be outside for to long so we try to be outside so little as we can in the day time here.

Had to buy me a new back pack today one with wheels since i need to look after my back here and i cant carry to heavy things and then its good to have one with wheels so you can use at the airports and so on.








 
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Friday, November 08, 2024

Travel blog, Day 02. Tacloban City, Philippines . 2024

Still relaxing here had a trip to Robinsons mall and some shopping and get some food plus we getting ready for a trip to Sogod.

Have some backpain and neck pain from the long flight since it was much waiting in all the airports and much sitting on hard chairs.

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Travel blog, Day 01. Tacloban City, Philippines . 2024

Tacloban (/tækˈloʊbən/ tak-LOH-ban; Tagalog pronunciation: [tɐkˈloban]), officially the City of Tacloban (Waray: Syudad han Tacloban; Filipino: Lungsod ng Tacloban), is a highly urbanized city on Leyte island in the Eastern Visayas region of the Philippines.

According to the 2020 census, Tacloban has a population of 251,881, making it the most populous city in the Eastern Visayas. The city is located 360 miles (580 km) southeast from Manila.  More info about Tacloban here.

Not much happen this day used most of the day to relax and get use to the time difference.

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Thursday, November 07, 2024

Flight Blog 4. Domestic Flight From Manila Airport (MNL) to Tacloban Airport (TAC) 2024

The positive is that i don't need to change terminal since we come in on terminal 3 and i going to board my connecting flight in T3 so its just to get to the check in desks.

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Flight from Manila to Tacloban.






Manila International Airport (IATA: MNL) to Tacloban Airport (IATA: TAC)
Airline: Cebu Pacific. 
 Flight #: 5J 653
Alliance: N/A. Tail Number: N/A.  
Departure time: 15:10 (3:10pm). Departure
 Date: 06.11.2024
Arrival time 16:40 (4:40pm). Arrival Date:  06.11.2024 
Flight time: 1 hour 30 min. Time difference. +8 hours.
Terminal: 3. Pier: N/A. Gate: 00
Ticket class: Economy. Ticket Price: ₱
Seat nr 1: 17A. Seat nr 2: N/A. Seat nr 3: N/A.
Aircraft: Airbus A320NEO. Passenger Capacity: 180 pax
Radio call sign: CEBU. Flight Distance: 348 miles (560 km)

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Cebu Pacific Air Safety video 

Can be there will be some delays in Manila but that is very normal for that airport usually when i fly out from Manila so have there been some type of delay on the domestic flights so that is quite normal.

The flight weather today out from Manila Airport( MNL) is fine it’s a sunny and hot day i will think the temperature is around 28°C and it will be a ok flight to Tacloban as i can see now and that is good.





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Still have some time to wait here in Manila before my flight to Tacloban so I just walking around here and do some plane spotting just to pass some time to my boarding on the flight to Tacloban that depart 15:10 so i have some hours waiting time here .

Tacloban Airport



Landed at Tacloban Airport little after schedule since there was some delay in Manila but it was not to bad and we landed in Tacloban around 30 min after the scheduled time but that is normal here that flights are delayed up to 1 hour.

Little info about Cebu Pacific. For those of you that are unaware, Cebu Pacific which is a low cost carrier operating throughout the Philippines and South East Asia, are one of the least punctual airlines in the world.
They proudly announce punctuality rates of 55% as some kind of achievement.

Cebu Pacific Air (CEB) ranked seventh-least punctual in the world, with an On Time Performance (OTP) of 57.6 percent. “On time,” as defined in the study, is a flight that arrives or departs no later than 15 minutes from the scheduled time.

Tacloban airport have not change much since last time I was here, still the same airport and that is fine. The baggage claim area is still small and crowded at times but that is fine.
The taxis outside the airport is still noisy and try to get you as a passenger, so everything here are more or less the same.
The trip from the Airport to Go Hotel was fine nothing happen on the way to the hotel and it will be good to get some time to relax have been a long trip and much time in the air.
Taxi route from the Airport to the hotel

Will use the rest of the day to relax there and take a trip over to the mall beside here to get some food and do some small shopping and try to get some sleep here since I have some jet lag here since Philippines are +8 hours from Norway.

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Flight Blog 3. International Flight from Bangkok (BKK) Thailand to Manila (MNL) Philippines 2024.

Bangkok international Airport Suvarnabhumi 

We landed at Bangkok international Airport Suvarnabhumi (BKK) on time and we have a short layover time here so there is no time to look around or get some food here since we have just time to get from the arrival gate to the departure gate since we have a security check in between the gates to, so it's just to run to make it in time.   

We have 1 hour and 10 min layover here at Bangkok international Airport.

There was not to many people in the security check so that don't take to long time to get trough and that is good since it can be little stressing if there is a long queue but since we are there early in the morning so is it not to many pax in the airport.

After walking around in the airport for a while it will be good to get on the connecting flight from Bangkok airport to Manila airport Take off time are 07:25 (7:25am) and the flight time are 3 hours 30 min.
It's still some time to the boarding for the Manila flight so will use the time to relax here and look around.

It's time to board my flight to Manila and it looks like we will be using a bus out to the plane it happens sometimes here at Bangkok Airport Suvarnabhumi that the plane still stand at the parking area when we board, It's no problem it's just mean we have little more time on the ground. It's just a 5 min bus ride out to the plane so it’s no big thing can use the time to look little around the air side of the airport as we passing other planes and other ground operation on the apron.



Bangkok Airport Suvarnabhumi(IATA: BKK) to Manila Airport (IATA: MNL)

Airline: Thai Airways international. Flight #: TG620 

Alliance: Star AllianceTail Number: HS-xxxx.  

Departure time: 07:45 (7:45am). Departure Date: 06.11.2024

Arrival time 11:55 (11:55am). Arrival Date:  06.11.2024

Flight time: 3 hours 20 min. Time difference. +7 hours. 

Terminal: Main. Pier: C. Gate: 3

Ticket class: Economy. Ticket Price:

Seat nr 1: 46E. Seat nr 2: N/A. Seat nr 3: N/A.

Aircraft: Boeing 777-200. Passenger Capacity: 368 pax

Radio call sign: ThaiFlight Distance:1,374 miles (2,212 km)

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Thai Airways Safety Demonstration

The flight weather today out from Bangkok Airport (BKK) is fine it’s a clear sunny and hot day and it will be a good day to fly, worst that can happen I guess is some turbulence on the way to Philippines and that is ok.





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Manila Ninoy Aquino International Airport 
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The flight from Bangkok to Manila was ok we was using a quite old plane so it was little noisy but beside that it was an ordinary flight and nothing happen on the flight.
The movie selection on the plane was little thin so it was not many movies to choose from but its not a to long flight anyway so all in all a ok flight.  

Landed at Manila international Airport little delayed but I am in no hurry so it's no problem for me, the immigration in Manila is still the same big queues everywhere and it can take some time to be finish there.

But after you have passed the immigration so is it no problem just to get to the baggage claim and then get out of there. 
I see Thai Air have change Terminal here in Manila from terminal 1 to terminal 3 and that is good since terminal 1 is beginning to get to small and to old.    
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