The weather was pleasant, the people are lovely, the place is gorgeous with its own pockets of what on earth much like every city in developing world but overall it was fabulous, but Manila!! What is up with you traffic?
The traffic alone was the most perilous and time consuming chapter of today and I don't know how one can circumvent that issue.
The traffic is insane and exhausting.
Life here starts pretty early.
The town was buzzing with activity a little after 6 in the morning and shops were opened and everyone was out and about while I sat in the hotel lobby surveying the area outside and realising that the hotel is bang opposite an unbelievably gargantuan and luxurious mall called 'greenbelt' with every luxury and designer brand under the sun along with many high street ones and hundreds of restaurants .
There is a bookstore I mean to visit tomorrow but yes, early morning and everyone is alive and shops shut business except the eateries and 7/11's by 20:30 max and it's amazing how soon it all suddenly went quiet.
Of course some glitzy areas will still be alive but for the most part the city shuts down early and wakes up much too early.
I visited an important park here, home to a monumental site of their national hero called 'Rizal' who was a physician and much like Filipino Bhagat Singh and the work was heavy with people and life .
Think India Gate only much greener.
Tomorrow is going to be a busy day with a
Mixed bag of sightseeing and shopping and I shall update .
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