Our trip is only a week away, and I have no idea what NOT to pack. Unlike my South Africa trip, this time I want to travel light.http://roger-southafricatrip.blogspot.com
Our flight from Manila to El Nido has a luggage allowance of 10 kilos (22 lbs) per person including hand carried items. Knowing me, I want to bring all my camera gear, laptop, and my ipad to keep me entertained on the long flight to and from Hong Kong.
The weather will be extremely nice in El Nido, so I won't have to pack much clothing. We will be traveling 11 days, and spending time in Manila and Hong Kong, so I will need some clothing. Options: Leave a bag in Manila or purchase luggage and clothing in Hong Kong. My camera gear has top priority!
We fly from San Francisco at 1:20 am on Saturday, Oct. 8, to Manila with a three hour layover in Hong Kong. After we arrive in Manila at 11:15am (local time) Sunday morning Oct 9 and flying on a 747 for nearly 20 hours, we jump on a tiny plane for our flight to El Nido.
On Friday Oct 14, we fly back to Manila for a day. Hopefully, we will get to see the local night life at club Bed Manila.
The next day, we fly to Hong Kong for 5 days. On Thursday Oct 20, we fly out of Hong Kong and arrive back in San Francisco late Wednesday night Oct 19. No, that's not a typo or traveling back in time. ;-)
I will post more as I prepare for the trip, and during the trip, internet access permitting.
