Tag Archive: Manila

Aug 14 2011

Philippines – drive on the left or right?

When I was looking at those old movies of Manila that I posted yesterday, I noticed something strange: vehicles were driving on the left side of the road! But now all traffic travels on the right (mostly). So what’s going on?

It turns out (according to Wikipedia) that that the Philippines originally drove on the …

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Oct 14 2009

Guide extraordinaire Carlos Celdran shows us Intramuros, the ancient walled city of Manila

Let me say first up, I don’t like Manila. It is too big, too dirty, has too many people, the roads are hopelessly clogged and there are no visible signs of road rules. There is an astonishing gulf between the rich and the poor. It is largely in a state of decay due to shoddy …

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Jan 26 2008

Uncle Nonoy Angeles visits

Linda’s Uncle Nonoy, his son David and daughter-in-law Lisa visit for a few days. We take them to Bondi, the Blue Mountains and do the sights of Sydney before they head back to Manila on 26 January. They will spend a few days there visiting family before returning to Indiana.

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