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Traveling makes people realize that no matter how much everyone know, there is always more to learn.

People are accumulating experiences and memories from the every place they visit.

This blogger loves to travel with the family accompanying the blogger itself.

Last year, they went to manila for three days to experience city life and visit the tourist spots in that city.

Manila is the capital city of the Philippines. Strictly speaking, it refers to one specific city but it is also used as a blanket term for the whole metropolitan area.

When people say “Manila”, the people can either be referring to the actual city of Manila which is home to the capital’s most recognized attractions like

Intramuros and Fort Santiago, or they can be using it to refer to the entire metropolitan area which consists of several cities like the city of Manila, Makati, Pasay, and Quezon City. Does this make sense?

One Friday morning, the blogger and the blogger’s family woke up early so they can catch the first bus bound to Manila.

It took them for about four hours to reach their destination. From the bus terminal we rode a jeep there were noise, traffic, heat and the bad odor all around.

The blogger passed their fare and shouted when they were about to get off.

According to Wikipedia, Manila is the most populated city in the world. If someone have ever driven through Manila’s rush hour traffic, then everyone would not argue with that.

The Philippines is a developing country with a dearth of well-paying jobs in the provinces.

Many Filipinos flock to Manila looking for work which is part of the reason why the city has become so densely populated.

When the blogger and the blogger’s family arrived, they saw on how the “Manila life” is working in the city.

It is an ordinary scenario for those who lives in there, who goes to work every day in the morning and then going home after work.

They stayed in a rented house with two bedrooms, a bathroom, small kitchen and a living room. They take a rest for a while, eat their lunches and then getting ready for another adventure.

The blogger decided to go to Manila Zoo in Malate. This is the blogger’s first time in Manila Zoo. The blogger was fascinated with the animals there.

The big elephant, lions, tigers, snakes, crocodiles, birds, monkeys, turtles, giraffes to name a few. The snakes have their different colors.

They took pictures of them as a remembrance.

After two hours, they went out to the zoo. The blogger and the blogger’s family walked heading to Roxas boulevard to see the Manila Bay.

Manila Bay is renowned for its sunsets and there are few better vantage points than Mall of Asia. Fronting the bay, its the third largest shopping mall in the Philippines.

They happily sit there and watched as the sun goes down and the ships sailing in the middle of the Manila Bay. Then after that, they went back to their rented house.

On our second day, the group of people got up early and excited for another adventure. The bunch headed to Rizal Park in Luneta.

The erected monument of Doctor Jose Rizal is standing there, guarded by Marine soldiers day and night. Many visitors took pictures and their family was lucky to have a picture with the guards in that monument.

The western side of Luneta is the Quirino Grandstand. Luneta is a large park for strolling. Nearby the Luneta is the National library. The group rode a jeep to go to Quiapo Chruch, the chruch of the Black Nazarene.

And then went to China town as Binondo is just across Intramuros. Binondo is the World’s Oldest Chinatown.

It was granted by the Spanish government, when the Philippines was still a colony of Spain, as a permanent settlement to the Chinese immigrants who converted to Catholicism.

They also experienced shopping at Divisoria Market in Tondo, Manila. In there, they find cheap but high quality goods like clothing, accessories, handkerchiefs and foods. The group enjoyed shopping in Divisoria.

On the blogger and blogger’s family’s last day in Manila. It is time to pack-up our things and get ready to go back home in the province.

The group will never forget their experience in there. Especially because is made more memorable with the blogger’s family travelling together.

It’s been over a year since the blogger went to Manila for the first time.

The blogger decided to write it after hearing more than one foreigner describe Manila as the scariest city they have ever visited.

The blogger did not know where the foreigners stayed or what happened that made them say that, but it inspired the blogger to write a travel guide that puts a traveler safety first.

The blogger certainly did not want anyone visiting the city and having a negative or even traumatic experience.

But the thing is, focusing so much on safety inadvertently put Manila in a negative light.

Without meaning to, the blogger may have made it seem worse than it actually was.

Sure, Filipinos have a fair share of taxi scammers and purse snatchers, but do not many destinations around the world have those too? Surely Manila is not worse than any other third world metropolis?

The blogger wanted tourists to have fun in Manila but never realized after some time that putting so much emphasis on traveler safety was not the right approach.

It shed light on the negative instead of focusing on the positive aspects of Manila and Filipinos in general.

Many travel bloggers have come to Manila and fallen in love with the city and the people, so much so that some of them are actually considering moving there.

And they all said the same thing – when someone is there, they are already part of the family. The Filipinos are known for their hospitality.

Travel safety is a concern no matter where people go, but the chance to be welcomed like family is not something people can find just anywhere.

And the blogger wanted this blog to be a reflection of that.

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Travel makes you realize that no matter how much you know, there’s always more to learn.We accumulate experiences and memories from the places we visit.

We always love to travel with my family.Last year we went to manila for 3 days to experience city life and visit the tourist spot, in the city.

One friday morning, we woke up early so we can catch the first bus bound to manila. It took us about four hours to reached our destination.

From the bus terminal we rode a jeep there were noise,traffic,heat and smell all around. I passed our fare and shouted when we were about to get off.

Real life in the city. Ordinary scenario for those who live in manila, who goes to work every day morning and go home after work.

We stayed in a rented house with two bedrooms,a bathroom,small kitchen and a living room. We rested for a while,eat lunch and get ready for another adventure.

We first went to Manila Zoo in malate. My first time in Manila Zoo. I was fascinated with tge animals there.

The big elephant,lions,tigers,

snakes,crocodiles,birds,monkeys,turtles,girafee to name a few. The snakes have different colors. We took pictures as remembrance.

After two hours we went out of the zoo. We walked heading to Roxas boulevard to see the Manila Bay.

We love sitting there watching the sun set and the ships in the middle of the Manila Bay. Then we went back to our rented house.

On our second day we got up early excited for another adventure. We headed to Rizal Park in luneta.

There erected the monument og Gat Jose Rizal, guarded by Marine soldier's day and night.

Many visitors took pictures and I was lucky to have picture with the guards in that monument.

The western side of Luneta is the Quirino Grandstand. Luneta is a large park for strolling. Nearby is the National library.

We rode a jeep to go to Quapo Chruch, the chruch of Black Nazarene. We went to china town.

We experienced Divisoria Market in Tondo Manila. In Divisoria we find cheap but quality goods like clothing, accessories, handciefts and foods. We love shopping in Divisoria.

On our third day, it's time to pack-up and get ready to go back home in the province. We love our experience, we love it more,with my family travelling together.

[gomezarisajadesblog-blog]

Travel makes you realize that no matter how much you know, there’s always more to learn.We accumulate experiences and memories from the places we visit.

I always love to travel with my family.Last year we went to manila for 3 days to experience city life and visit the tourist spot, in the city.

One friday morning, we woke up early so we can catch the first bus bound to manila. It took us about four hours to reached our destination.

From the bus terminal we rode a jeep there were noise,traffic,heat and smell all around. I passed our fare and shouted when we were about to get off.

Real life in the city. Ordinary scenario for those who live in manila, who goes to work every day morning and go home after work.

We stayed in a rented house with two bedrooms,a bathroom,small kitchen and a living room. We rested for a while,eat lunch and get ready for another adventure.

We first went to Manila Zoo in malate. My first time in Manila Zoo. I was fascinated with tge animals there.

The big elephant,lions,tigers,

snakes,crocodiles,birds,monkeys,turtles,girafee to name a few. The snakes have different colors. We took pictures as remembrance.

After two hours we went out of the zoo. We walked heading to rRoxas boulevard to see the Manila Bay.

I love sitting there watching the sun set and the ships in the middle of the Manila Bay. Then we went back to our rented house.

On our second day we got up early excited for another adventure. We headed to Rizal Park in luneta.

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