Manila Visit
I had planned to visit Manila in the first quarter of 2016. Accordingly, the visa was arranged in Dec 2015. It was a surprise for me to note that I was given only 3 months single entry visa valid for 14 days. On the contrary, first time UK visa itself was valid for 6 months. However, the visit could not be materialized in the first quarter as the fruitfulness was envisaged to be better in the second quarter of 2016. I had to re-apply for the Philippines visa in April 2016 giving sufficient reasons as to why I had not utilized the previous visa. Finally, my journey to Manila took off on 11 th May. The flight was Dragon Air upto Hongkong and Cathay Pacific to Manila. The flight to Hongkong was scheduled at 1.30 AM, but with advance notice through SMS, it actually departed at 3.00 AM IST and landed in Hongkong around 11.00 am local time. The connecting flight was at 2.30 pm. It was a very pleasant surprise to note that in...