We just arrived home after a week's visit to Manila and Batangas. I rented a car and drove there for the first time. As I suspected I had no problems, you just need to be careful with all the pedestrians due to no decent footpaths. My only 'near hit' was a young lady who was completely invisible to me for a few seconds, missed her though. Everything moves so slowly in the cities that there is plenty of time to stop. Driving after dark in rural areas was interesting, you can't go fast in case of a huge crater in the road - I now see why Rose panics when I'm doing 70mph along a country lane in the dark in the UK
We visited a few interesting places, including family in 'the mountains' South of Batangas - that tested the poor 1.3 engine and suspension! Lake Taal and the volcano was pretty cool, but I couldn't help feeling ripped off at the cost for a boat ride/entry to the island to hike up to the volcano. Still, the family enjoyed it.
