Getting through immigration at NAIA was a nightmare. We arrived from Tokyo and started queueing at 11pm. We got our passports stamped at 12:15am. People were squashed against each other, forming lines which merged into one a few metres before the immigration window, causing human traffic, which is not good for the morale of people who have just gotten off a plane. The background music of Christmas carols did not help. Children were crying like mad. People kept trying to jump queues, nonchalantly inserting themselves into lines that seemed to be moving. Lolos telling the same jokes about the hopelessness of our government, over and over. Crappy service, terrible conditions, no order whatsoever. All that, and when you leave the airport they charge you a terminal fee of 750 pesos. Welcome to the Philippines!
