President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo declared a nationwide "state of calamity" and ordered mass evacuations of six provinces in the path of Typhoon Parma, which was expected to hit the main island of Luzon midafternoon Saturday.
Parma threatened to expand more than a week of destruction in the Asia-Pacific region that has claimed more than 1,500 lives so far: an earthquake Wednesday in Indonesia; a tsunami Tuesday in the Samoan islands; and Typhoon Ketsana across Southeast Asia.
Parma was forecast to cross the coast of the main island of Luzon north of Manila, packing sustained winds of up to 120 mph (195 kph), gusting up to 140 mph (230 kph). If the sustained winds reach 133 mph (215 kph) Parma will get the official designation "super-typhoon," the government's weather bureau said.
At a briefing Friday evening, weather bureau administrator Frisco Nilo said a high-pressure system near Hong Kong had caused Parma to slow slightly and might cause it to change direction, though it was still likely to hit the main northern Philippine island of Luzon. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091002/ap_on_re_as/as_asia_storm
please be carefully.
but good luck to you all who are enjoying the beautiful beach and sea landscope now.
Typhoon changes course, to only clip Philippines
good news.
Parma, packing center winds of 175 kph (108 mph) and gustiness of 210 kph, was likely to make landfall in the far north of the Philippines, in the province of Cagayan, a mountainous and not heavily populated area, on Saturday evening.
It would be the strongest typhoon to hit the country since 2006, and officials had worried that more rains over Luzon could overwhelm the relief efforts in and around Manila.
"This is still a very strong typhoon," Prisco Nilo, a weather bureau official, said on television.
Nathaniel Cruz, the weather bureau spokesman, later told reporters: "There will be rains but we will no longer experience the same amount of rainfall that Ketsana dumped last week."
我现在在宿务，明天也飞长滩。
President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo declared a nationwide "state of calamity" and ordered mass evacuations of six provinces in the path of Typhoon Parma, which was expected to hit the main island of Luzon midafternoon Saturday.
Parma threatened to expand more than a week of destruction in the Asia-Pacific region that has claimed more than 1,500 lives so far: an earthquake Wednesday in Indonesia; a tsunami Tuesday in the Samoan islands; and Typhoon Ketsana across Southeast Asia.
Parma was forecast to cross the coast of the main island of Luzon north of Manila, packing sustained winds of up to 120 mph (195 kph), gusting up to 140 mph (230 kph). If the sustained winds reach 133 mph (215 kph) Parma will get the official designation "super-typhoon," the government's weather bureau said.
At a briefing Friday evening, weather bureau administrator Frisco Nilo said a high-pressure system near Hong Kong had caused Parma to slow slightly and might cause it to change direction, though it was still likely to hit the main northern Philippine island of Luzon.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091002/ap_on_re_as/as_asia_storm
please be carefully.
but good luck to you all who are enjoying the beautiful beach and sea landscope now.
刚给大使馆打了几个电话,都没人接,没人接还算我通话计费了,
哭死.
伊不见大使馆主页上公布的国庆休假时间么?
Typhoon changes course, to only clip Philippines
good news.
Parma, packing center winds of 175 kph (108 mph) and gustiness of 210 kph, was likely to make landfall in the far north of the Philippines, in the province of Cagayan, a mountainous and not heavily populated area, on Saturday evening.
It would be the strongest typhoon to hit the country since 2006, and officials had worried that more rains over Luzon could overwhelm the relief efforts in and around Manila.
"This is still a very strong typhoon," Prisco Nilo, a weather bureau official, said on television.
Nathaniel Cruz, the weather bureau spokesman, later told reporters: "There will be rains but we will no longer experience the same amount of rainfall that Ketsana dumped last week."
马尼拉的风球警告已经取消。
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091003/wl_nm/us_asia_typhoon
刚给已经在薄荷岛的朋友电话,说今天天晴
天气非常好``前两天有点阴,放心来吧
当地时间下午五点，台风在菲律宾 北的Cagayan省登陆。
看电视，好像阿罗约如临大敌。
今天到长滩岛，天气真不错啊！运气很好！
谢谢枫叶红的信息：台风球取消了，太好了
想来的朋友也可以放心了
这次台风事件，确实让我觉得，来之前的报纸有些信息会让人觉得不可靠
并可能作出错误的判断！
中秋晚上还能在这里看到月光呢!果然国外的月亮不如国内圆!
昨日3#中午在马尼拉T2机场见识了台风的威力，就几秒钟的事儿，一阵大风刮来一片雨雾，给后背来了个天浴,4、5米宽的顶棚根本无法阻挡，所有的人见有物体就去躲，那阵势，甚狠！在飞机上等了一个小时才起飞，因为是经济票，只给了白水喝，要茶居然不给。等待时，又因为是经济票，坐在最后一排，飞机尾常常摇晃（被风给吹的）。到了TAG就蓝天白云了。
今日4#租了一辆摩托（300P/8小时）在旁劳岛的ALONA沙滩（此处椰子最便宜40P/1个，去到一些游人非常少的当地农民才去的海边，60P喝了5个，还给劈开吃椰肉，真的很甜。）沿线玩了玩，皮肤被阳光全部刺伤，已成菲律宾岛人了。
明日5#去保和岛玩一天。
黄树在旁劳岛啊，那不错吧。
提示：马尼拉飞到kalibo,然后租车到caticlan,再坐船过海到长滩(boracay)。
caticlan本来是离长滩最近的机场，但由于不安全重建了。
我们租了一辆面包车去CATICLAN，发现道路只是双向车道，还居然有大货柜车(像香港一样的)对开。
而且开得特快，我们的面包司机也特快，说了几次“slow down”竟不听，
好了，在某一转弯路上，突然与对开的大货柜擦身而过，就差那么一点点，全车人报销!!!
幸好司机反应快。
建议：尽量坐大型巴士，我想会安全些。
入住S1的LAS BRISAS,是出发前预订的要了4间双人房折后2280P一间.昨早起来沿着海滩找新的酒店,看过10多间酒店(包括诸多攻略上提到的几家)都不是很满意,要么就是不如攻略上说的那么OK,要么就是价格比LAS BRISAS高很多,走到S2与S3之间发现一家叫CASA PILAR BEACH RESORT，门脸不是很大但是还是决定上前询问一下。直接看房，往里走发现是别有洞天，一个很大的RESORT，都是一栋栋的房子。
经过一翻坎价 把2400P的高级标准房讲到1200P含双早，超级划得来！老板娘是一个非常友好的菲律宾妇女，英文讲得非常标准（估计老公是个欧美人）。
今天老板帮我们带找了出海的船，2200P6个小时，我们让老板娘帮忙准备了BBQ的材料（5KG生蚝、2KG大虾、鱿鱼、鸡肉、牛肉和土豆）2100P，比我们自己去市场买便宜，此外还专门安排一个员工陪同我们一起出游。
呀，叫吃晚饭了，我就先写到这儿了。
如果往后几天有朋友过来需要找这个酒店，就说3号入住的9个中国人的朋友，老板娘应该就知道了！
另外所一句，S1的沙子确实比S3细，仅此而已。玩水什么的都是一样的！
CASA PILAR BEACH RESORT的电话（63 36）2883073
邮件地址：CASA_pilar@yahoo.com
black718 你们是不是赵小姐一行？
我LP姓赵,我们一起的还有一个姓赵的,不知道您说的是哪个!
刚从长滩回来，分享一些信息：
1.在长滩坐船出来，赶时间的千万不要买那种船票和车票的联程票，因为车是要等到全车人齐了才会开的，而至于什么时候才会人齐就要靠运气了，有可能是1小时都坐不满人！总之他们不满人是绝对不会发车的，能把人急死！
2.从长滩回来的时候，飞机上遇到一对上海夫妇，他们是从长滩坐船出来的码头坐摩托车去kalibo机场（非常近），然后在那里坐宿务航空提供的免费大巴。之前看攻略好像别家航空公司在那里也有免费穿梭巴士可坐，大家可以去看看，那样就不用坐贵价车了。
3.大家若在马尼拉机场想出去市区逛逛得话，一定要打白色的Taxi,千万不要打黄色Taxi,我亲身尝试过，同样距离，价钱相差三倍。
从机场出来打taxi的方式有两种：
a. 从一楼直接出来，不要理会停在门口的Taxi,过马路对面拦打白色的Taxi;
b.从二楼宿务航空出发厅对开的那里的门口出来，找白色的Taxi打(因为白色Taxi只准停在二楼，但也要留意看清楚，有时候黄色Taxi也会溜上去)；
如果大家想去买东西，千万不要说是去SM Mall，因为马尼拉市区有N个SM Mall,司机很有可能把你送去最偏僻和规模小的SM。
要说去 Mall Of Asia(传说中亚洲最大shopping mall) 或者 Robinxun(我忘记怎么拼了，大概就是发罗宾逊的音的，呵呵)，从机长过去这两个地方都不远，打表120P可以搞定，怕司机兜路的，一口价150P司机一般也会愿意去的。
非常感谢black 、JEANSHO等同学的无私信息，希望能帮到我们大家
black718，我说的是小洁
今晚应该能和你们在manila见面了
呵呵，是的是的！我已回到深圳，赵劼也回家咯！
你们到的时候我正在赌场呢，不好意思未能祝福你的新婚！
信息有用哈！
我刚从薄荷岛回来，住旁老ALONA，住宿比大家说的贵多了，而且满大街都是中国人！
长滩人也应该不少吧？