Island Hopping
January 1st 2009 We landed outside Manila at the former Clark Air Base which turns out to be a 2.5 hour bus ride into the city. As we approach the city through the rice fields into the city itself you get a feel for how poor it is here. The shacks turn into the shanty towns as we approach the city. About 200,000 people live in an area 1.5 sq km. It’s estimated 1.5 million people live in slums of Manila. I have s
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