Air Conditioning
In Philippines an air-conditioner is a symbol of luxury and you have to pay for it. Air-con taxis, air-con rooms, air-con shops are always more expensive. First of all you have to decide if you need an air-con. Personally I didn't need it, temperatures between 28-30 deg are familiar to me, and on my first week in Philippines I caught a cold because of air-cons.But there is more to discuss on the subject, especially about hotel rooms, bungalows and cottages. Trying to raise the price of cheap accommodations, the owners buy imported scrap air-cons from junk-shops to equip the rooms. The result: The scrap air-cons are so noisy that you have to turn them off for sleeping, while their efficiency is also questionable... If you decide that it worths paying for an air-con, the first thing to do when getting in your room is to check how it works... and decide if you will stay in this room or...
