Manila

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Welcome To Manila AzAmazing Evening Manila Skyline
We arrive in Manila in the early morning Drummers greet our ship Early morning boat practice Interesting dancers on the pier On stilts Customary photo shoot as we disembark Our bus leaves through the gate with our own police motorcycle escort We see our first jeepney amongst the traffic Cultural Center of the Philippines A better view of our state police motorcycle escort McDonalds has a Chicken McDo Coke and Pepsi bottling plant Typical billboards at an intersection Typical store along the roadside Local restaurant This McDonalds has a dessert window Tricycle parking Restaurant serving Filipino stew Fresh buko (coconut) Crops growing on a hillside Our police escort stops traffic so we can go A huge volcano caldera as seen from the Tagaytay ridge Linda at Tagaytay Pete and June at Tagaytay Fish farms in the lake of the caldera Coconut ice cream Linda shops Kiddie cupcakes A silver Jeepney Side car repair center Gourmet farm stop A worker tends the crops Goats An herb lesson Cultivated rows Lettuce Packaging lettuce for the market Packaged fish Filipino coffees Silver jeep Fancy Rotary Club sign Jeepneys on a side road Welcome to Diamond Village God Bless jeepney We arrive at the factory where jeepneys were invented Jeepneys waiting to be repaired Pete peeks through a window of a jeepney This one has way too many mirrors Driver's seat An Isuzu engine for a jeepney Where the people sit Linda beside a pretty red one Two more We arrive at St. Joseph Parish Church, home of the Las Piņas Bamboo Organ Bamboo organ museum Some bamboo pipes An organist plays the bamboo organ Some of the bamboo pipes Rehearsal for the 40th annual Bamboo Festival Linda and June on the tour bus Try our new buko kaong flavor Colorful umbrellas Dusters for sale Rizal Park Sunset on Manila Bay Greetings for the AzAmazing night Filming a local rock band Fireworks Security at the Manila Hotel Imelda Marcos's Coconut Palace Traffic jam Gated communities have guards with shotguns World War II memorial for US soldiers Soldiers killed in action are listed by state Chapel mosaic Crosses on graves Linda and June at the memorial Maps on the wall show the history of the war Some graves are for Jews Crosses laid out in a curve There are a lot of graves Street sweeper My Babe taxi Coffee so strong it wakes up the neighbors Waiting for the French president to arrive Horse drawn carts for tourists at Intramuros old walled city Trees with lanterns Statues of Quezon giving advice to MacArthur Domed bird feeder Statues of missionaries Entrance to Fort Santiago from 1571 Cinderalla carriage Plaza Armas Jose Rizal's footprints Where Rizal was imprisoned Dungeon Restoration work on the artillery placement Chinatown across the river Boats on the Pasig River Old cannon and shells Intramuros street car Hats and bows and arrows for sale to tourists More horse drawn carriages Church of St Augustin from 1571 Chandeliers Altar Saint Rita holding a skull Altar detail Tourists are not allowed to pass this door La Pieta Traditional colonial courtyard A marching band greets us when we return to the ship Last minute shopping on the pier Star City amusement park Marathon course Shacks built on a breakwater Manila skyscrapers A red ship Pilot boat More Manila skyscrapers Fishing platforms in Manila Bay Church 1 Church 2 Bataan