Myths and Manilla
Now I don’t know what you hear but I don’t always hear praises about this city. But hey, one’s got to try to know right? And well, my experience was uber duber coolness. 🙂 I had a great time and could’ve stayed longer but only had 2.5 days or so.
In the briefest form possible, this is what we did:
SHOPPING–all girls have to check out the scene especially if in a city with massive mall culture 🙂 And that’s what you find here–connected malls which good, cheap wares. I only bought one thing which is quite something for a former crazy consumer.
EATING–I was traveling with foodies so they researched and I ate and ate and ate…good times and you know what, Filipino food is really great. Warm, steamy, rice-y, stewy meats, and good garlicked veggies…but since it’s in Asia, the deserts needed help but that’s typical here.
Then we split up. We didn’t have a fight but we had little time and different priorities. So Cathy (the other) and Vernon headed to a foodie market; Nina went to Intramuros, the old walled city; and I opted for the Chinese cemetery.
SIDEBAR
Now I’m not gory but I find cemeteries to be a great place for peace and exploring. When I lived in Paris, two of my fave places were Les Catacombes et la Cimetiere Pere LaChaise which are basically places for the dead. Really good tourist spots if you’re interested….
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OK back to Manilla, the cemetery was huge and had house-like graves and resting places. I had a glimpse in a nearby Catholic cemetery and it was the same thing: humungo structures that could house living creatures as well.
NOTE Filipinos love their music and they’re good at it. I heard remakes of Kung Fu Fighting, that Soulja Boy song, and others that were half in English and half in Tagalog and I was loving it 😉
So selon moi which means in my honest opinion, the city was rockin 😉 Go on and visit!
no vampires? hm.