The World’s Largest Floating Bookshop’s last visit to Manila

December 6, 2007

THE WORLDS LARGEST FLOATING BOOKSHOPS LAST VISIT TO MANILA!
Good news, MV Doulos - the worlds largest floating book fair is returning to Manila South Harbor, Pier 13, Gate 1 (near Manila Hotel) on November 30 to December 23, 2007.

Doulos has visited Manila five times, and during its previous visit in January 2007 people were lining up for hours to have the opportunity to step on board!

Now the bad news: This is the last visit from the world’s oldest ocean-going passenger ship still active to Manila.

Doulos has been crossing oceans and building bridges between nations for over 29 years to promote Knowledge, Help and Hope. Over 20 million visitors have come on board. During this visit Manila the one millionth visitor to Doulos this year is expected to step on board. One of Manila’s citizens will be the lucky person stepping up the gangway as the 1 000 000th visitor and receive a special welcome!

Books for less cost can be found at the worlds largest floating book fair. On offer are over 6,000 titles of books covering a wide range of subjects, such as Science, Sports, Hobbies, Cookery, The Arts, Philosophy, Children’s books, etc.

The book fair will be open to the public from November 30 to December 23, 2007. Tue – Sat 10am- 9pm, Sun - Mon 2pm – 9pm. (closed on Dec 10, only)

An entrance fee of 10 PHP is requested and children under 16 are free of charge, but need to be accompanied by parents or guardians.
Doulos was originally built as the freighter Medina in 1914—just two years after the famous Titanic— and since then went through different phases of remodeling and employment up to the purchase by its present owner, GBA (Gute Bücher für Alle e.V). It is a non profit charity organization founded in Germany meaning “Good Books For All”.

Doulos is more than just a ship - Doulos is about people. It is home for 350 people from over 50 different nationalities. They have left their countries for one or two years to be apart of a cultural exchange program, where they live, learn and work together. They are ordinary people living extraordinary lives. Everyone, from the Captain to the Doctor to the men scrubbing the deck, work as volunteers.

We invite you to come on board and experience Doulos and her crew. Don’t miss it, come visit!

On behalf of the crew and staff of M/V Doulos we would like to thank the management of the Philippine Port Authorities, Asian Terminals, Department of Tourism Inc., various departments of state and central government, the office of the Mayor of Manila as well as our shipping agent Jardine Shipping Services, Inc. for their valuable help and contributions in making the visit to Manila possible.

For more information please phone or text the Doulos in Manila info line: 09267024342
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For further pictures or specific media related questions, interested parties may contact the Doulos representative Ms. Sofie Eriksson at 09053323547, telefax 655-37-53 or email address Doulos.manila@gbaships.org