Our July trip to the Philippines is coming up quickly, and while I am sad to be saying bye to Yen for ten weeks, I am very excited to fly out. We are going with Yen's friend Nicole, who is from the Philippines and is going home, Zeke and Julie are also on our flight. I am excited just for that.
Today I am buying around 25000 Philippine pesos (620,000won; $680cdn) which I will mostly spend on new clothes and some transportation. This trip will, again, mostly be in and around Manila. However, I am mostly going to meet Yen's parents, who have retired there, so it isn't a big holiday. I will be back on Thursday.
We plan to do a Manila Harbour cruise, go south to Tagaytay and blow through those pesos at the Mall of Asia getting me new clothes. Korea is, unfortunately, not a great place for clothes shopping, as the styles are, understandably, targeted towards Korean consumers. Prices are also higher than what I would get in Canada, and the quality of things such as shoes and jeans have always been questionable. Manila will have clothes from the States and a more varied selection so, I hope, I will be able to get things for the next coupe of years.
Before that is a wonderful 5am bus ride to Incheon Airport. I was also thinking that this might be the last time I fly out of Incheon, as I plan to fly from Busan in October.
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