The first lights of Manila were actually ships anchored outside the coast. The stars above Manila were also present in the patchwork of clouds.
Above the clouds of Hong Kong I realised my glasses were scratched (E).
Day 2 started with a hotel breakfast. People in Asia have different tastes and preferences for breakfast. The hotel tries to cater far all tastes resulting in a enormous buffet. M adapting to the circumstances eating a noodle soup. E eating bread with butter (made in France) and yoghurt (made in Switzerland).
Standard fruits are mango (Manga, called here) and various melons. The coffee was tasty.
We hurried to the the neighbouring building to look at condos. Condo stands for condominium, which is a type of real estate divided into several units that are each separately owned, surrounded by common areas jointly owned (Wikipedia (not sure if this definition is 100% correct in Philippines)). We are renting one. We met with two brokers, one representing us and another representing the owner(s). We looked at several condos located on floors 17-60. We selected two as our main preferences, and are now waiting to see which one we will get.
Back in Helsinki we lived in 59 sqm with one bedroom and open kitchen-living room. In the building in Manila that we looked at there were one bedroom condos from 60-90 sqm, but the smallest two bedroom condos are 120 sqm. Very large it seems. Maid rooms are small and the surfaces are cheaper than in the rest of the apartment. One maid room had a bunk bed and no windows. Otherwise the condos looked familiar to a Western approach except for the slightly altered design of the toilet seat.
It was warm and E felt like he was wearing long underwear under his blue jeans.
Feeling tired after two hours we returned to the hotel. It may or may be not jetlag but we were unusually tired. Sleeping and watching TV is helpful in such circumstances. The hotel served high tea, which we had, which was first time for E.
High tea
We started our exploration of our home quarters. We visited three shopping malls. Before entering a mall your bags are checked, not sure for what. Bombs and arms perhaps. We had dinner: dim sum and noodles for 700 PHP (14 euros).
In the evening E had a swim in the pool. Swimming in Finland always ends in getting cold. In Philippines you can go on and on.
Due to jetlag, or something, we were only caught by tiredness 3 a.m.
That was day 2 folks.