Yes to Airplane, No to Boat/Ship (Philippine Travel)

[MikeLigalig.com]

While waiting for our vessel, SuperFerry 5, at the Eva Macapagal Super Terminal for our return trip to Cebu, I got an idea of why ship travel has been beaten (although the vessel we took was full) by the fares of the budget airlines. While we were waiting on the docks to load our motorcycles, I found that the passengers on the economy class section were literally herded in long lines just to enter the Super Terminal. We left the Port of Manila for dinner and when we got back, the lines were still there.

Get yourself an economy fare on any budget airline and you won’t get stuck lining up outside just to get inside the airport terminal. The time you spent just trying to get inside the terminal is more than enough time to fly from Manila to Cebu! Perhaps Manila and Cebu port authorities should change their “pila” attitude for economy passengers and believe me, travel by ferryboat will be less stressful!

- by Bobit Avila, Philippine Star

[Lorenzo]

Fly fly fly in the sky sky sky. as the saying goes, eh?