Pinoys don’t travel light. It is very evident on the carts that are already on queue when we arrived. The counters are still closed. So, we waited on the benches in front of the counters.
Counters opened before 10:00 PM. There were already three queues but the process appeared to be slow as most that are checking in are groups! So, it is more waiting for us.
No queue in the web check-in counter. It looks like Pinoys distrust the Internet. Immigration and security check was fast. But the gate, C9, was far! Suvarnabhumi is a really big airport. The pre-departure gate was
We were given two boarding passes but we were told that we need to claim our baggage, pass through customs and hand them again to their agents in Manila.
So that's exactly what happened.
Flight to Manila is fine, we were on the first row again. We arrived on time although we departed late. Our waiting time for the flight to Palawan was longer, we were able to sleep on unoccupied seats near the gates.
Flight to Puerto Princesa left on time and we arrived just in time for me to go to work.