Today we headed out to tour Manila, the capital of the Philippines. We quickly found the city to be pretty dirty. There are people sleeping on just about every corner you turn, and there are beggars and hagglers everywhere. The most annoying part of the hagglers is, you say no politely 4-5 times...they will still follow you asking for you to buy something until you say “no” a little louder and more stern.
Everyone says to be very smart and protect your belongings at all times here, which is common sense. The nice thing is, there is security everywhere, and they are very friendly and helpful. They are outside every hotel, convenient store, restaurant, office, mall etc.
We walked over to Rizal Park got caught in a rainstorm there for a bit, then headed over to the old Manila district, to the walled city of Intramuros, built in the 1600's. We walked by San Agustin, which is the country's oldest church, where we watched some of a wedding ceremony. We then continued on and walked by Fort Santiago, Manila Cathedral, then headed over to Manila Bay to watch the sunset and grab some drinks on the water.
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