When I arrived in manilla I was feeling fluey and thinking of getting hotel. No I said, you must stay on budget. So I got the taxi to the hostel. At big interrsections there are beggers tappng on the windows. WHen we got in the vacinity of the hostel, I was so over the hustle and bustle, the poverty, and the hustlers that I drove past and directed the driver out ot Malate and into Makarti - basically a security patrolled central area of the city.
At the time I was unabe to have a - where have you been conversation, and was about the stab the next tout or sex tourist so thought that a hotel room with a tv, close to star bucks and the mall was the answer. I was there late so all resaurants had closed, so ate McDonalds...Chicken burgers taste the same in Manilla.
Woke up and had star bucks - arrr I feel human again. Star buck is one of the only places I can get soy milk!
The green belt felt like a gated community. Restaurants, and a mall with no one in it.
I drew breath and went back to backpackng the next day.
Of course flu symptoms are the same for maleria and dengy fever, so I had a moment hoping I had niether, but I feel better today. I have not been in real malaria zones either.
One more day in Manilla then on to meet Katherine in Bangkok!
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