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suggestions for Manila by night and by day?


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Hello - I will spend a long stopover in Manila - 2pm to 8 or so and wonder how to best pass the time. I have heard the LA cafe has girls by day..also suppose a massage parlor might be nice but the massage places I saw in Cebu seemed pretty dark and doggy...and then there will be a night or two later in September in Manila - I like BKK places like Baccara and Rainbow 1,4....I don't much like the massage places where girls sit behind glass bored looking...

 

Any suggestions for my first time to Manila?

 

Thanks

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The exact time is, arrival Manila - 1:30 pm and departure 10:30 pm..the gal a Air Philippines said to get back to the airport by 7:30 and I said, "You're kidding..my bags will be checked through" but she stuck with that and said it would take an hour at least each way....so I guess that leaves me 3:30-6:30..... LA Cafe for a quickie at a nearby ST hotel?

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As I best recall (I've tried to forget though)

 

1. Security to enter the building

2. Line to check passport & ticket

3. Check-in

4. Pay airport tax

5. Immigration

6. Pre-security paperwork check

7. Security (X-ray)

8. Post security pat down (all passengers, pretty long queue)

9. Gate carry-on luggage hand check

10. Gate passport & ticket check

11. Boarding queue

 

Some of these queue's took as little as 5 minutes. The longest was immigration at 90 minutes. All told it took me 3 hours and 45 minutes last time thru Manila (flying CX in business class).

 

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Different terminal. I preferred terminal 1 for hanging around - at least it has a proper public bar and internet place where you can make useless posts, like this one, while you drink. Seriously, I can't remember all the queues - been a few years for me. Were you perhaps in the brand new terminal 3?

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