Spy Pinay Goes to Kyoto

mixxy — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 03:15:22 +0000

For the past few weeks I was searching for a nice getaway for my birthday. It was a Sunday when I bought a Manila Bulletin newspaper and there it was the advertisement for a promotional fare from Cebu Pacific Air to Osaka. That made the decision easier and so I booked the ticket through the website. However, after submitting everything, I did not get a confirmation message immediately. Instead I saw a message saying that the credit card I used was still being checked and so the booking was still pending. The credit card I used was a foreign card so I wasn’t surprised. I immediately called their customer service and after a long long time of waiting I finally got an answer : they said I just needed to wait one more hour. I also called my credit card company and found out that they already did approve the transaction. Two days after, it was still pending and I frantically called the customer service of Cebu Pacific Air. This time they told me that they will prioritize my issue. Later on, I was about to give up. I still did not receive any confirmation e-mail. But then when I retrieved my booking I was surprised that my booking was finally confirmed!

The next thing I did was to search for a place to stay and interesting places to visit within the area of the Kansai Airport. First I looked around Osaka. I was particularly interested in staying in a traditional Japanese inn (ryokan). However, I had trouble finding something that fits my budget and there were no special places that really interested me there. While looking around, I found out that Kyoto was actually just a few minutes away. Travel from Kansai to Kyoto was 70 minutes while Osaka was 50 minutes by train. After making a quick search of interesting places and available inns in Kyoto the decision was made. We were going to Kyoto.(...)
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Brugge, Belgium

admin — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 10:03:58 +0000

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I am very thrilled to share the photos I took from my leisurely trip yesterday to Brugge, Belgium. The photos are not technically perfect due to the fact that I was too lazy to bring my DSLR and just used my point and shoot/digicam Sanyo X-Acti. I feel that I did not do justice to my subject by making less than perfect images. Oh well, there will be other chances again I hope and next opportunity to see a city with rave reviews I should bring the DSLR.

I planned this day trip more than a week ago after finding out that my husband will have his boys night out. I grabbed the chance immediately to fulfill my now deprived wanderlust. (...)
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Brugge, Belgium