17.5.08

Amazing Race Boracay Part I: "The sign was THIS BIG, you moron!"

About a week ago, my friends and I went to Boracay. We had sooo much fun and the pictures that people have yet to upload [People! Upload the pictures na... pretty puhleeease...] will show that. However, there were several interesting portions of the trip that we weren't able to capture on film...

Karen, Melay, and I were supposed to take a cab from Pasig all the way to the airport. But when we found ourselves still stuck in traffic along Shaw at 11:00 when our flight was scheduled to depart at 12:10, we decided to get on the MRT instead, get off at Magallañes station and then just get a cab there to go to the airport.

We had a hard time getting a cab at Magallañes so when we met this man who was also headed for the airport, we struck a deal with him that if either of us found a cab, that we would just share it so we can all make our flights.

While in the cab we started interviewing our new friend. We asked where he was headed, what time his flight was leaving, which airport terminal was he leaving from, etc. Everything was going fine until we reached a fork at this overpass or flyover. The cabbie asks us "Airport po ba tayo?" ("are we going to the airport?"). We all say "Yes!"[In our heads we were all saying, "DUH!!! Weren't we all just talking about our flights?"], he stops for a few seconds in front of this HUGE green sign that said AIRPORT with an arrow pointing to the left, then turns right. Ehehe.

It was 11:15 and there we were, stuck in traffic again and headed in the wrong direction with no u-turn slot in sight. In our desperation, we risked life and limb crossing Osmeña highway so that we could then get another cab on the other side.

After finally being able to check-in, our airline informed us that our flight was delayed and won't be boarding till 12:50. Harhar.

posted by jeanne @ 05:48

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