Past the avenue of Presidents, Rizal Park, the colourful busses to a big send-off on the docks. Of into the sunset with a last look back to the city.
Manilla in the Phillippines – Farewell!!
Manilla – inside the Museum.
Fascinating to wander through the Manilla museum. One gets a glimpse into the past – the art, the gods, weapons and instruments of a life that no longer exists. But it can fuel the imagination.
Manilla – The Citadel
It is fascinating to see how history has become a tourist attraction. History reveals the reality of humans. It’s all power, wealth and violence. The citadel was a great fortress full of guns. How much wealth had to be directed into defending the city instead of dealing with poverty?
Things do not change. Russia’s aggression demonstrates that human nature doesn’t change. We’re still doing it.
Manilla – The Park and old Fort. Beauty and the Beast.
We were dropped off at the park. They seemed to be filming scenes from Beauty and the Beast. Fortunately, they did not cast me.
We went on to the old fort. Once again the violence of humanity hit home and the waste was evident. Why do we do it? Will we ever evolve?
Manilla – through the streets in a pedalo!
Pedalling around the city one gets a great view of what is going on. Everything is different!
Approaching Manilla with the boobies and sunrise!
We looked out at the misty city in the sun’s initial glow hoping for something radiant. First views did not look inspiring.
Boobies hung in the air around the ship.
Manilla – Away into the sunset! Photographs.
I do enjoy sunsets.
Farewell from Manilla. Photos.
We had a last scoot around Manilla before slipping away into the twilight of evening. The hazy city, bright busses and shanty towns.
Another place of massive inequality. The rich in their penthouses with their limos and yachts, the poor masses surviving on scraps, living in ramshackle huts.
Manilla – Streets and St Augustin Nunnery
If it’s not fortresses or castles it’s churches, temples or mosques.
Power is visible in monuments.
Manilla – on the Film Set
In the park they were filming some strange production of what looked like Beauty And The Beast. Couldn’t be sure as nobody spoke English.
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