Surprising Things Happen to You When Traveling to the Philippines
I made every mistake in the book because I didn’t plan enough and I over-thought everything
Disclosure: I only recommend products I would use myself and all opinions expressed here are my own. I hope you won’t mind that this post may contain affiliate links, so that at no additional cost to you, I may earn a small commission.I stumbled out the door and onto the 6 X 6 platform. Instead of an air-conditioned terminal gate being pressed up against the side of the airplane. Instead of the passengers stepping off the plane into a walkway into the terminal, I was standing on the top step of some very steep stairs to the pavement below.
A bus was waiting for us there, and I assumed it would take us to the terminal and customs, so I gingerly stepped down to the next step. The heat was overwhelming and was the humidity. I could taste it in the air. It was 12:20 am local time and I was getting lightheaded.
First off, I realized my choice of wardrobe was not the best. A charcoal-long-sleeved-pressed-cotton shirt with a T-shirt underneath was fine for the inside of a cold airplane, but in the September heat of the nation's capital, it was brutal and unnecessary. The baggy jeans were also much too heavy.
