Hacker Beach Episode 7
Hacker Beach #7, in January 2019, brings us to the Philippines for the first time. It will the the third Hacker Beach in South-East Asia.
Location
Getting in
Flights
Fly in to Manila (MNL) or Cebu (CEB). From there you can catch a short, cheap flight to Coron’s airport (USU). Check the airport Wikipedia entries for all available local airlines (most local tickets probably not available on normal flight search/booking websites).
Ferry
There are some overnight ferry options from Manila. [needs links]
Mobile Internet
There are 2 cell providers in the Philippines and both provide LTE. Smart is the market leader and operates on channels 1, 3, 5, and 28. Globe operates on channels 3, 7, 28, and 40. Check your phone’s compatibility. Packages are available with the largest reported being 4.5GB for $15 on Smart and 8GB for $19. More data is available here. Globe reportedly “manages” their traffic in ways that some might find intrusive.
Accommodation
[update when options are known (sometime early January)]
New Year's Eve
At least 4 of us are gathering in Manila the days before Jan 1, and will be celebrating NYE there together.
Questions
As always, ask on IRC.
Invite-only XMPP chat for participants
We have a more private communications channel for people who are definitely coming to Hacker Beach. It's an XMPP group chat at hackerbeach@chat.kosmos.org. Please ask someone to invite you, in case you don't have access yet.