Manila, Philippines On Feb. 26 we arrived in Manila at a port just outside the city. Shuttle buses took us to the Mall of Asia, the largest mall in all of Asia, we were told. We hadn’t scheduled a tour here, as most of them went out of the city so we took the shuttle. Traffic is horrible now that almost everyone has a car, and the bus ride took over 45 minutes. This mall is indeed gigantic and very modern since it is not more than 5 years old. Security was tight we were told because there was a US merchant ship due in port while we were there. Don’t know if that was true or not, but in any event, every entrance to the mall had armed guards - really armed with long rifles
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