Coming from Manila, the journey begins with a pleasant three to four hour bus ride to the town of San Antonio.

BBC: The Philippines�� secret sanctuary

An hour earlier, we had imagined hostile stares from some villagers as we walked the uphill road through town along the valley between sharply rising mountainsides a four-hour bus ride from the coast.

WSJ: Taken Aback by the Kindness of Strangers

The traveler stumbles bleary-eyed into the crowded arrival hall, only to face another two- to four-hour journey either by bus or train (a taxi ride would bankrupt an Arab prince) into the city.

CNN: HARD LANDING

Then the plane was rerouted to San Jose, forcing Fleming and his fellow passengers to endure a traffic-snarled bus ride to San Francisco's airport, where they arrived four hours behind schedule.

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