If you ever have
reason to mail a package to the Philippines, you should expect a bit of time to
pass before the package arrives. Not
time measured in days. Time measured in
weeks.
I sent a package
in early December that arrived in Manila in less than two weeks, but
notification for arrival took another month.
I sent another package in February with similar results.
My packages track
in a timely manner (days) until they reach Manila. Once they arrive in Manila, the packages
enter a somewhat dense and mysterious processing system. Apparently, certain time delays are incorporated
into this system.
Honestly, the
packages seem to get lost for a while.
The Philippines
is an island nation, of course, and this may account for some of what goes on. Having visited several islands in my life, I
leaned about what island residents refer to as “island time.”
No need to hurry,
man.
At least a part
of the reason for hang-up on the most recent package is a bit more conspicuous. Apparently, someone in customs found the
three jars of homemade huckleberry jam I sent to the islands a bit suspicious
and worthy of examination.
Posted is a photograph
of how the packed looked at the end of a long journey.
—Mitchell Hegman
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