Weekend in Manila

A group of us flew to Manila after school on Friday, to start celebrating Chris C's birthday. What a good weekend we had!

I didn't really think much about what I expected from Manila, so it was a surprise to me that it was probably more unsafe than I had expected. My first clue was when the taxi driver demanded I lock my door as we were passing a couple of army trucks full of men with guns. I hadn't expected that!

Manila is very busy, dirty, full of beggers and electricity wires that look like they could blow up the city at any moment. But it was also really interesting, people were friendly, and we had some great food (I'm still not convinced Chris' fish was any good, although he says it was!).

We did a tour on a horse and cart around all the old Spanish and Portuguese areas which was really interesting. Chris and I were led into a dungeon by a man with a gun, and he locked us down there! Gotta say that did make me a bit nervous.

We had some time by the beautiful pool at the hotel, and found an awesome shopping centre, and the boys all had a great night out at a drag show. So all in all, even though I'm glad I don't live there, it was a great weekend!