Carlos' Shots from Manila

Manila was not one of the better cities I've been to but it was the best place to start the trip, so it was stop number one. Maybe because of my lack of motivation to spend a lot of time in the city, my photography of the place wasn't much of a success but my experience was actually not all that bad. We had some good meals there and met some very nice people. It was a preview to the kindness and free spirit the Filipinos all seem to have. The city was very busy but calm in a sense that you don't feel a lot of anger in the organized chaos. Although seemingly scary or maybe dangerous it was actually fairly safe (well at least we had no issues,) so that was a relief. The photos I've collected in some of the other places we've visited so far are more of what I hoped to capture ( which we will be posting soon) but here are a few so you know there are actually photos being taken on this odyssey!