Balik Baclayon
Posted by: Fats in: Fats, Vitamins & Minerals > Takaw at Sursur!Thursday morning, we took the Cebu Pacific flight to Tagbilaran City. The Cebu Pacific website’s book and pay system was quite good also, making it very easy to book a flight and get the e-ticket. The website certainly is much faster than the Philippine Airlines website, and also seemed more straight-forward and easy to use.
Anyway, we decided to take Cebu Pacific because of the discounted fares and all their flights - domestic and international - now use the (not so) new Terminal 3 of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Manila. The new Terminal 3, which finally opened in July, was started during the Ramos administration in 1997 (remember, Pres Fidel Ramos, expert in dubious contracts). But since its construction in 1998, the operation of Terminal 3 was suspended because of numerous legal and technical controversies. The Supreme Court decided in 2004 that the contract of construction of the new terminal by Philippine International Air Terminal Co. with its German partner Fraport AG was onerous. The government paid US$20 million in legal fees in the arbritration process.
But did any big heads roll? Nope.
Anyway, I took a few photos of the interior of the (not so) new terminal, below.
At any rate, it is good to be in Bohol again. Trevor and I will be staying for 3 weeks and we both hope to soon decide on settling here permanently.
It is also very good to be able to meet our new friends in Baclayon again, too - Evelyn and her family. Their barangay just celebrated the fiesta of San Roque. I’ll be posting photos of the fiesta celebration here soon. 
