Back Up North
Returning to the Philippines from my fun week in Fiji in December was, alas, a great deal less fun. I flew back by way of Singapore, which meant a nice 11-hour flight. That of course was delayed by just enough that I touched down 15 minutes the departure for my flight to Manila. I made a mad full-tilt sprint all the way across the Singapore airport, which accomplished nothing besides making me extra sweaty and out of breath by the time I arrived at the gate long after it had closed. Lots of back and forth with the airlines and travel agents followed, and I eventually made it onto a later flight, getting into Manila around 4 AM on December 10. The fun didn't end there though, as I wasn't continuing home to Sorsogon or even staying in Manila. Instead I was heading to Ilocos Norte in far northern Luzon, where Nikki and her mom were for a wedding and we had a few days of travel planned. My missed flight in Singapore meant that I missed my original flight from Manila to Laoag City...