ANOTHER COUNTRY
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I have repeatedly enthused the merits of checking in at NAIA-3 in this blog. I finally used it for an international destination and had a very educational trip on travelling and immigration rules. This airport is cutting down on red tape inside the premises and it has yielded better staff and better informed crew on the ground.

Cebu Pacific did good by making its passengers breeze through travelling rules. It hands in the arrival and departure cards right inside the airplane for easier facility at the immigration counter.

My plane arrived ahead of schedule. I was accompanied in the ramp by a kindly, old woman who happens to be an Ilongo.

Thailand is a happy, quirky and a truly Asian experience right at its Bangkok airport. I was impressed by its steely design. The futuristic look is uber modern. The arrows of directions are functional and cosmopolitan. It truly welcomes its tourists with embracing arms right at the immigration area. Now I no longer wonder why it is a top spot Asian destination. It has its facilities and infra laid out for this industry. We have a long way to go in our air travel accommodations but this is where it started lowering down the prices, improving the ground services.

I truly love the cuisine here. It is very affordable and feels more of the palate underground. Taste buds would really look for this fusion of taste bursts as the rest would pale in comparison.

Writing about this with a deeper understanding of the cultural preservation and path of progress is a great blueprint for governance. Especially when you take into account that the baht had experienced a currency devaluation in the past. It had recovered fast.

We can learn a thing or two about this country in terms of governance. It is closer to us in topography and economics composition.

Again, the food here is truly tops.