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Downgraded food service from PR? by the backpack boy on Oct 27, 2011Earlier this week, I had my first chance of flying Philippine Airlines after the hiatus around flight cancellations due to employee strikes condemning the (already started effective October 1) outsourcing plans of ground crew (Sky Logistics), in-flig...

Leaving Shanghai by the backpack boy on May 27, 2011Today is our last day in Shanghai. I am writing this post as we wait for our flight back to Manila, taking into account our final activities in the city. Morning was spent mostly on last-minute shopping back in Nanjing East Road. It wasn't as cr...

Lazy Sunday.. NOT! by the backpack boy on May 26, 2011Sunday is usually rest day or an easy day for us, whether we are at home or in a trip. Today, we intend to relax a bit while still squeezing in some activities in the city. Early in the morning, we made a trip to a cathedral nearby. Xujiahui Cathed...

Pudong Walk at Night by the backpack boy on May 24, 2011We only rested for a few minutes when we were dropped off back at the hotel late this afternoon after our Zhouzhuang and Suzhou Day Tour, a resting period spent at the executive lounge of our hotel until early evening. Tonight, I had these items...

Zhouzhuang and Suzhou Day Tour by the backpack boy on May 23, 2011Today, or at least this morning, is reserved for a day tour outside Shanghai. We commissioned the same agency we had yesterday for our Shanghai City Tour for today's Zhouzhuang and Suzhou coach day tour (USD73 each, inclusive of transportation, entra...

Shanghai Birthday Spree! by the backpack boy on May 20, 2011It has been a habit that every year, around the dates of the birthdays of Julie and my mom, the three of us go out for an out of town or out of country travel. Two years ago, we were in Bangkok, Thailand and last year we had it in...

Shanghai Acrobatic Show by the backpack boy on May 20, 2011We have heard about Shanghai acrobatic shows and troops before but we didn't make any arrangements to see one live while we were in the city. In fact we've seen it on TV and I found it just okay watching from the tube box. Because of the recommendati...

A Tour of Shanghai by the backpack boy on May 20, 2011Woke up today to a very good sunny morning and the temperature outside is 12C. I know it's far from the comfortable 28C (or mid-20s) that we have back in Manila, but I was told temperature today is already warm and it could get colder at this time of...

Another Wax Museum - Madame Tussauds Shanghai! by the backpack boy on May 20, 2011Tonight, we went to Madame Tussauds Shanghai, located at the 10th floor of New World Building, in Nanjing Xi Road. It is accessible by train stopping at People's Square station. Not because you've been into one does it mean you've seen...

Helmet Diving in Boracay by the backpack boy on May 18, 2011Helmet diving, as they fondly call it in Boracay island, or more formally known as surface-supplied diving, refers to the diving from a platform which supplies air to divers via a tube or cord (from the surface) down to underwater. In my recent Bora...