Reasonably-priced hotel in Makati (or nearby)?

Cheers @oss - I'm here in Cavite now - drinking coffee with my darling Kris! Whoever invented aircon deserves a medal....Going out later for birthday meal with a few of Kris's friends. Wonder if they sell Guiness or Deuchar's 80 Bob?

By the way the flight from Doha to Manila (around 7 h 30 m) was a real chore for me - full flight and quite stuffy.

The whole trip was my first experience of long-haul. Hitherto my flying experience was mainly internal and EU. I flew to Newfoundland in Canada a couple of times - but the 5 hour trip to Eastern Canada was a skoosh compared to coming over here to Phils.

I joke with Kris that life would have been much simpler if I'd fallen for another Scots lass from Edinburgh or wherever. She replies that she had other options - and I had competition for her heart!

The truth is that I'm hopelessly in love and very happy - and Kris says she feels the same - so you've just got follow your heart - without of course forgetting your head!

2017 is going to be a memorable one for Kris and I and I'm glad to have everyone's friendship and help from this forum as a new chapter unfolds in our lives.

Gerry

Call me soppy but I get the emotions when I read stories like this after having been through it all myself.
Good luck Scotschap and Kris.

When in Rome.....

Get stuck into the Red Horse. It goes better with tropical heat. And it will help you to swallow your balut.

All scots thinks ph is too humid or warm. January is the coldest month in ph because of the cold front from china/japan traveling as far south as ph. So imagine how humid it is when summer kicks in.

My fiance is now looking for a portable AC options when we go back to ph in a few months. In the same way, i think scotland is cold/windy all the time. I was here last august'16 and guys are taking their shirts off while im still in three layers of fleece.

As my fiance would say, its just the weather. We'd rather be together than being apart.

Or try the local San Miguel. The taste is slightly different than those you are used to in europe. Plus its super cheap. Its less than 50p from a store or a 75p in a restaurant

The last time I bought a (very expensive) can of Guinness in Manila, it tasted like blinkin Marmite. Yuk. Never again.

They will serve you red horse

I hope you didn't bring jumpers and coats
But my mum said it's kinda cold in the Ph these days..

Wow! Good to know that!

Maybe he could learn after a few visits in ph.

Never used aircon in the Phils, except in some hotel rooms. Never will.

Too damned expensive, and probably bad for one's health too.

A true Yorkshireman! There is no evidence - that I've seen - where domestic air-conditioners are a health hazard but they can deter dengue and zika virus bearing mosquitos and other biting insects from invading living spaces. The story is a bit different with large commercial aircons which, if not meticulously maintained, become breeding grounds for the Legionella bacteria that causes Legionnaires Disease. A hotel is, therefore, potentially a more hazardous environment.

I have been living in an air conditioned environment for 35 years in Dubai where summer temps reach 50+C. No adverse affects on my health. Can't imagine the ill effects on the body living in such an environment without air conditioning. Philippines is a much more comfortable climate, but no doubt I will use air-con at least some of the time.

Well, I very rarely stay in hotels in the Phils now.... and then only for a few hours until the aircon bus is ready to depart.
Electricity prices aren't far off what they are in the UK now, so aircon will still be off the list at our new place, when it's built. Starting on it in March.

I absolutely agree and have always had my aircon units cleaned every four weeks. Latterly I fitted them with HEPA filters as well.

I know there isn't much to be recommended for either, but given a choice of dying of Legionnaires disease or spontaneous combustion, I choose the former.

The aircon in a Manila hotel is only set too low when the snow starts to pile up in the corners of the room or when penguins ask to stay the night.