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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