Next stop - Manila of the Philippines! To get there we had to take a taxi, a ferry, another overnight bus, another taxi, another bus, a plane, yet another bus, and one more taxi until we finally reached our hostel in the capital city. A grand total of 27 hours which ended in us falling into a heap when we finally got to our room. As soon as we were in the streets of Manila the city had a different feel to the rest of Southeast Asia – probably as it’s a cluster of islands isolated on its own in the Pacific Ocean. One of the first things you notice is that you are in a Christian country; there are churches everywhere and advertising billboards strewn across practically every building! To add to this the traffic
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