I’ve arrived in Manila, cold and all. The flights were most uneventful. The luggage arrived. The lines through immigration were very long, it was very hot and humid, and most folks were cranky. By 1 a.m. I was in bed for a few hours. I went into the office but was having so much trouble with coughing and hacking that I came back to the hotel to put this cold to bed. It’s about 9:40 p.m. and I’ve got a meeting in about 20 mintues. After that it’ll be back to bed. Tomorrow should be a much better day.

Thunderstorms roamed the skies over Manila this afternoon and some of them were quite loud — enough to wake me up! This is the rainy season in the Philippines so rain is definitely to be expected. Clouds produce nice sunsets and this was the picture out the window of my seventh floor hotel room at about 6:30 p.m. this afternoon.