Wednesday, March 7, 2018

Report #65 Manila, Philippines March 6, 2018 Tuesday Partly cloudy & 95 degrees Part # 2 of 4 85 Pictures

The hike went on…..

 

 

Happy cat in the garden

 

Shrine

 

Walkways

 

Asian-design

 

Confucuis? says…

 

Green grass only in here

 

Follow the red-lined road

 

Walkway was covered

 

Red is a good garden color

 

A thirsty kitty

 

This pond did have fish

 

Green from algae

 

Another garden cat

 

Water must be used to keep the garden green

 

Sure was cooler here

 

A group of teens were dancing in unison

 

Doing all the same moves

 

This cat watched

 

A reflection

 

A reflection pond

 

This tree might be deciduous

 

Pond

 

Another resident cat

 

Pretty setting

 

A place for shade

 

It was still hot outside

 

Lily pond

 

Where we started

 

The train ride through the park

 

Execution monument of Jose Rizal

 

Sign marks the spot

 

The solemn area of the execution site

 

Bigger in death, than in life

 

Closed for restoration today

 

Climbing vines

 

Philippines flag

 

Blue, red and white

 

Park grounds

 

Local flowers

 

Pony ride

 

A cattle truck

 

Beasts of burden

 

Or future hamburgers

 

Watch for the traffic

 

Main entrance to the Manila Hotel

 

Inside the lobby

 

It was time for tea service

 

Large banquet area

 

Hallways surrounding the ballrooms

 

Swim pool – for guests only

 

There were only two guests

 

Hanging vine flowers

 

Pretty shade of violet

 

Trellised walkway

 

Pool bar

 

The interior bar area

 

Cooling off

 

Two San Miguel beers, the local brew

 

Pale Pilsner

 

Snack of peanuts and wasabi peas

 

Hawaiian pizza

 

Yes, it looked good

 

A shared dessert of layered ice cream

 

Desserts in the lobby

 

Lovely interior

 

Had to enter through security check

 

Tree-lined entry

 

Walking out of the hotel

 

Deep fried street food

 

Busy street to the pier

 

Narrow side walk

 

Lots of construction here

 

Congested

 

The nose end of the World Dream

 

Modernistic hull design

 

Space travelers

 

New cruise ship set sail in November of 2017

 

Also new, this ship was in port yesterday

 

Port building

 

Design of the new t-shirt

 

Back of the 2018 t-shirt

 

The 2014 design

 

Entire crew from 2014

 

A 2011 t-shirt    

 

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