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    london bus

    anyone from london has seen this?....

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdparry2007/5384605141/


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    That's cool


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    I will keep an eye open



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    Nice ...Would love to see a Jeepney in London, or anywhere in the UK.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Sim11UK View Post
    Nice ...Would love to see a Jeepney in London, or anywhere in the UK.
    Sadly I doubt it as would never comply with the Eurocrats emissions rules


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    Quote Originally Posted by Dedworth View Post
    Sadly I doubt it as would never comply with the Eurocrats emissions rules
    Plus bald tyres, dodgy or no lights, excessive use of the horn etc. etc.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Sim11UK View Post
    Plus bald tyres, dodgy or no lights, excessive use of the horn etc. etc.
    It's probably OK in Romania though


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    hay take a london bus to Manila just think how much you could earn. might upset the jeppney drivers though
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    Quote Originally Posted by alanp View Post
    hay take a london bus to Manila just think how much you could earn. might upset the jeppney drivers though
    Yes, an old Routemaster bus...Ding! ding! more room on top!


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    Quote Originally Posted by Sim11UK View Post
    Plus bald tyres, dodgy or no lights, excessive use of the horn etc. etc.
    rusty, tail pipe smoke and wreckless drivers lollll...but hey am missing a nice jolly jeepney ride


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    Quote Originally Posted by gparry2007 View Post
    rusty, tail pipe smoke and wreckless drivers lollll...but hey am missing a nice jolly jeepney ride
    Me too I love them & love riding them...So colourful & individual.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Sim11UK View Post
    Me too I love them & love riding them...So colourful & individual.
    ...and a security risk ... the majority of thefts we get on this forum are in jeepneys.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Win2Win View Post
    ...and a security risk ... the majority of thefts we get on this forum are in jeepneys.
    that's why I rarely ride a jeep..
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    Quote Originally Posted by Win2Win View Post
    ...and a security risk ... the majority of thefts we get on this forum are in jeepneys.
    Can't say I've had a problem, not to say you shouldn't be careful though. ..Never ridden them in Manila, as never needed to & don't like those chrome ones they have there.

    Worst Jeepney experience, was when someone threw doggy poo...a couple of girls got it in their hair, but luckily it missed us.


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    Yes, an old Routemaster bus...Ding! ding! more room on top!




    Hey Sim, Plenty more room on top............................on the OUTSIDE
    Last edited by laurel; 26th January 2011 at 07:26. Reason: pasting mistake


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    Quote Originally Posted by laurel View Post
    Hey Sim, Plenty more room on top............................on the OUTSIDE
    Haha! Yes I can imagine that


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    Great photo Grace It's nice to see some advertising to promote the Phil's in the UK. I'd love more people from the UK to be aware of the Phil's as a tourist destination, but then again I wouldn't I don't really want it to become another Thailand full of British package tourists, and gangs of drunken lads in their Union Flag shorts and England football shirts

    Maybe it's best if we keep the Philippines a secret


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    According to official Phil tourism stats, 4500 people from the UK visitied in 2010!!! Half must have been from the forum

    The number seems a bit low, and we know how good the Phil is for keeping stats.... official road deaths are about 1 a year
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    4500 from the Uk in 2010, hmmm, I was 4 of those entries, I wonder how many others entered the Phil's multiple times last year?


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    Quote Originally Posted by Englishman2010 View Post
    Great photo Grace It's nice to see some advertising to promote the Phil's in the UK. I'd love more people from the UK to be aware of the Phil's as a tourist destination, but then again I wouldn't I don't really want it to become another Thailand full of British package tourists, and gangs of drunken lads in their Union Flag shorts and England football shirts

    Maybe it's best if we keep the Philippines a secret
    i have to agree lol...some of my husbands friends dont consider phils as holiday destination they prefer thailand, indonesia and india....wonder if they know what they are missing


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    well the less that knows about the phils the better it will be for us all


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    Quote Originally Posted by stevewool View Post
    well the less that knows about the phils the better it will be for us all
    It is odd I was expecting the country to be awash with Septics and Aussies but it wasn't. Last trip saw a few Germans who obviously get everywhere, a bloke from London with his Hungarian mate who's lived in Oxford for 20 years and an RAF pilot on a weeks r & r from Doha or some other sandpit.


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    Sim,there is a genuine Jeepney in the UK,a guy from kent?I think used to exhibit his at the barrio fiesta sa london.



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    Quote Originally Posted by Tawi2 View Post
    Sim,there is a genuine Jeepney in the UK,a guy from kent?I think used to exhibit his at the barrio fiesta sa london.
    Wonder whether he needs a conductor?...though I'm too old to jump on & off, in my flip flops with a fan of notes in my hand.


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    A pal of mine owns a Routemaster and is restoring a single decker Green London Country bus


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    Quote Originally Posted by Dedworth View Post
    A pal of mine owns a Routemaster and is restoring a single decker Green London Country bus
    Who's that...Cliff Richard?


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    Quote Originally Posted by Dedworth View Post
    It is odd I was expecting the country to be awash with Septics and Aussies but it wasn't. Last trip saw a few Germans who obviously get everywhere, a bloke from London with his Hungarian mate who's lived in Oxford for 20 years and an RAF pilot on a weeks r & r from Doha or some other sandpit.
    I've met the odd Yank or Aussie on my travels, but mostly in Manila, I haven't come across too many at the beach locations, but most of the whiteys I've met are Germans or Swedes. Boracay is full of Germans, Swedes and Italians. There were quite a few Brit divers staying at the Bohol Divers club on Panglao when I was there last Jan.
    By far the largest group of tourists are the Koreans. A Pinoy friend in Boracay says they have 3 bar and trike prices there, One for Pinoys, One for Whites and another for Koreans.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Englishman2010 View Post
    A Pinoy friend in Boracay says they have 3 bar and trike prices there, One for Pinoys, One for Whites and another for Koreans.
    this is crazy...does it mean me and husband would get different bill if we dine there? coz i would complain if they would charge me as they would charge whites lol


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    Quote Originally Posted by gparry2007 View Post
    this is crazy...does it mean me and husband would get different bill if we dine there? coz i would complain if they would charge me as they would charge whites lol
    yeah, if they saw you with your white husband they'd charge you more because they'd know you could afford it Elaine and I get this all the time with trikes and taxi's. Next time I'm there I'm going to hide out of the way until she's negotiated the price. When I'm in Manila I refuse to go in a taxi if they won't use the meter.
    Be careful in Boracay, most of the bars don't publish the price of drinks. Most have signs outside advertising Happy Hour, but it doesnt actually say what the price is. They'll just charge what they can get away with.


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    good info..didnt know about food and drink vary prices but i am aware of room rates in the hotel...i normally book our stay under my name to get local rates...


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