Philippines (2008) ~ 01.Bacolod : arrival and meeting family
That year went to the Philippines with my mother to visit family. June, rainy season. Arriving in Manila airport where we would take another inland flight to Bacolod, we were greeted with smiles by many relatives. My mother holding CJ, Tiny, auntie Olive, Cathline and Charizza. People in the Philippines are in general always smiling and ready to help you. Many of them are also in low income, so they always expect a small tip in everything they do. Its not mandatory but its a good gesture. Two policemen helped us a bit in Manila airport=tip. Guy helped us with the luggage=tip (well you would tip this guy either way). But you need to be careful about that as well, for example you have your bags inside a local long distance bus and you arrive somewhere, you see many people running towards the bags, some of them just to take them out of the bus and ask for a tip, maybe some of them to take advantage of the commotion and snatch something. It happened to me and my uncle while tr...