Island near manila (that sounds like corridor)

The next morning I had a lovely lie in, and then had a day to rest after a busy week and late night, I ventured out for coffee and food but then got an early bed as I had a very early start the next morning.

I was up at 5.45 to leave the house after 6 to find a taxi as I had a boat to catch, I was planning to visit coregidoor (not spelt right) island, 8 miles off the coast of manila in the bay. It was a heavily fortified island in the early part of the 20^th century and then the last American location in  the Philippines being getting pushed out by the Japanese, it was then a scene of very heavy fighting again when it was retaken from the Japanese.

I got to the boat at 7am and then slept on the hour or so ferry over, getting off the boat I took the tour bus around and learnt a lot about the war in the pacfic. Unfortunately also on the tour was a stupid Australian guy who made lots of anti Japanese comments and was a general idiot, just proof that even old men can be idiots!

The tour however was very interesting, I just wished I had time to stay the night and do the evening tunnel tour which takes you into the huge labyrinth of tunnels built by both the americans and the Japanese through the island.
The island is quite big and now covered in jungle but during the war was very heavily bombed and so completely removed of all flora and fauna. At one point 16,000tons of bombs were dropped in 24 hours by the Japanese.

There were also some huge gun emplacements and all the old barracks and other buildings from the old base were these huge post apocalyptic shells with giant bomb craters spaced through them, amazing whilst being haunting and eirie, and very photogenic!

I got back from the island and then had to move to a hotel near the airport, the remmington hotel, it was very basic, but at least clean, and only for two nights as I come to the end of my time in Manila, and prepare to fly back to the UK!