No Surfboard
Hi guys, I’m here in Iloilo City, Philippines for about four days now and having a great time. The trip over here from SFO took forever. It took us approximately 13.5 hours by plane from SFO to Manila and another one hour to Iloilo. This does not include the time we spent at the airport between flights.
Traveling by Philippine Airlines turned out ok. The service was somewhat disappointing. I asked for coffee twice and never got it. The biggest disappointment was of course, leaving my surfboard back in San Francisco.
I wanted to surf in the Philippines. Before the trip, I made inquiries of how much the fee was for bringing a surfboard. Philippine Airlines told me it was $75 per leg of the trip. I decided to bring the board the last minute and pay for the fee twice for both legs of the trip. During check-in, PAL told me it was $150 for one way.
This was way too much, so I left the board home. I will see if I can rent a board here in the Philippines. Paying $300 is way too much just to lug a board around. It’s too bad. I’m not at all surprised that it happened. No wonder very few people surf here. Doesn’t seem to be a surfing friendly place, at least as far as the airline is concerned. Other than that, Kerwin and I are having a great time.
Ciao for now.
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hey dude, i am oging to philippines in 2 weeks from ireland..eitherhow did you fare with renting a surfboard? dont want to lug mine around ..
keith
Keith,
Yea, it was three years ago when I wrote this. I ended up not surfing at all. Instead I spent time with family. Lugging around a surfboard can be a bitch sometimes especially if traveling with a longboard. I have traveled with both. I prefer to carry a shortboard, but when the surf is small, sometimes I wish for a longboard. Sorry, I don’t have any info about rentals in the Philippines.
Yo whats up man, I am a surfer up in nor cal myself…sucks that the board didn’t make it with you. Very few things are more depressing than spending a day at a beach watching a clean break with no board! Hope the rest of the trip went well, take care bro!