![]() ![]() It would be a sin not to view the town from the oceanside. The place was crawling with tourists and we finally had a taste of the country’s whitewashed architecture up-close. The sky was a lovely lavender when we arrived before it shifted to a vivid violet. Just right outside the resort were buses which head straight to town. As much as I love being in the water, it was quite cold and we started late and we still had the town to explore in the dark at night. To the right, when facing the sea, were cliffs where you can reclaim the lost opportunity of reflecting about life during the flight. Please, I can do better than that with a cup of coffee. For sure, it wasn’t because of Paradise Beach Club or Tropicana Club. My Undin swimming tendencies and the place’s proximity to the beach were among the reasons why the place was chosen. Paradise Beach Camping provided a free shuttle and before long, after passing by white houses by Vanessa Carlton, we were in our beautiful and surprisingly spacious accommodation. The flight was only 55 minutes so you could hardly reflect about life while in transit. Fortunately, I still tried doing it and it went through. Each.” I asked if we could still check-in online and he said that it was already too late. (Not that we’d lose it from not being seated next to each other, but what’s the point of being on the same trip, right?) In hopes of bypassing the fee by checking in at the counter, we knew we were screwed when the officer said, “This is a budget airline. Unlike other airlines, Ryanair requires payment if you want to be seated with your companions. Being the paranoids that we were even if we really didn’t have that much shit things, we opted to buy baggage allowance. ![]() This airline (at least from what I read) is quite known for its cheap flights but also notorious for being strict on carry-on baggage. In my case, I had five hours and 20 minutes of layover before boarding a Ryainair aircraft. We may have touched down on the capital but it was not the first order of business. Right after the tickets were secured, I contacted my then Estonia-based college classmate (I know, you’ll be Googling where it is so I’ll save your arse some time by telling you that it’s a country across Finland) and it was a yes for him, as if he was a judge in BGT. Besides, I got to meet and shoot with my postgraduate folks there. ![]() (Bloody visas!) Despite the long layovers in Singapore, it was definitely a no-brainer when I saw the deal for a week in Greece. “Only” because, c’mon, it’s the Schengen area, which means you can hop to other countries without needing additional visas. In my case, I scored my round trip tickets from Manila to Athens for only ₱22,518.66. Before you can say “expensive”, let me break it to you that if you want to fly to Europe for less than ₱20,000, it’ll take an error fare for that or a really mad seat sale. ![]()
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