Monday July 3

In the morning my wife went to get the tickets from Lufthansa office. After long negotiation Lufthansa understood that it was not our fault that we did not catch the scheduled flight last week. So they did not charge that before demanded 400 USD. So there was some money left for home-coming presents.

In the morning I called the reception and complained about the not working television. I told that the remote and one cable was missing and they sent a man to fix the tv.

There was quite a view from the balcony. Now I would have really needed the tripod for the camera. I was planning to buy a tripod in the Philippines but the prices were at least as high as in Finland. The prices of all photographing equipment were surprisingly high.

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View from the balcony (10th floor)
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View from the balcony (10th floor)
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View from the balcony (10th floor)

In the afternoon we went and made some shopping. There was four or five big shopping centers in a walking distance from Gilarmi Apartments.

In the evening I tried to make a tripod substitute for the camera. I carried the small table in the balcony to a more suitable place. But the table was way too low so I used my camera bag as extension. But still my 'tripod' was a little too low. Here is one early morning photo taken using the 'tripod'.

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Early morning in Makati