Manila baby!

So we have arrived safely in Manila (one of the most humid cities on the planet!) after a rather tiring journey.  No hiccups so far hopefully, except that I (Esther) managed to freeze my online accounts where all our expedition money is stored.  Hopefully that situation will be rectified in the next couple of days.. or else we are a little screwed!  The heat is unsurprisingly rather oppressive, but it's still brilliant, its about 2am just now, lightning cutting across the pitch black sky but no rain.  We are staying in the 'Friendly's Guest House' for tonight, then flight to Kalibo at noon tomorrow.  Everyone is knackered, Lisa just went to bed.  Football is on though, so Joe is a happy chap, just writing his journal.  The three of us (Joe, Marv, Esther) just having a beer before we hit the sack.  It's going to be quite an acclimitisation process I think, getting used to the heat, the culture, everything, before our projects commence.  It's exciting though.