ON MY NEXT TO LAST DAY BEFORE I LEFT FOR HOME- ME AND MY FRIEND WENT TO SEE HER COUSIN IN THE OLDER SECTION OF MANILA. HERE IS WHERE THE POVERTY OF THIS COUNTRY WAS VERY MUCH IN EVIDENCE. THERE WERE PEOPLE LIVING IN RUN DOWN HOUSES AND CHILDREN PLAYING IN THE STREETS LOOKING LIKE THEY VERY HUNGRY AND NEEDY.
RELIGION RUNS VERY DEEP AMONG MOST PEOPLE HERE IN THE PHILIPPINES. THAT IS WHAT HELPS THE POOR IN THEIR DAILY LIVES. IT GIVES THEM HOPE AND STRENGTH FOR THE FUTURE.
MY FRIEND, HER COUSIN AND ME HAD A GREAT TIME IN THEIR HOUSE- SINGING KARAOKE FOR A FEW HOURS. BEFORE WE KNEW IT IT WAS DARK AND WE HEADED BACK TO THE HERITAGE HOTEL.
THE NEXT DAY WE WENT TO A BEAUTIFUL GIANT SHOPPING MALL NEAR THE HOTEL- IT IS CALLED THE MALL OF ASIA- ONE OF THE LARGEST SHOPPING MALLS IN ASIA.
WE SPENT HOURS WANDERING AROUND AND BUYING A FEW THINGS ALONG THE WAY. IT WAS ONE OF THE LARGEST MALLS I HAVE EVER SEEN. WE WALKED IT SEEMED FOR MILES TO COVER THE WHOLE AREA OF THE MALL.
TOMORROW- RELUCTANTLY, I HAD TO LEAVE MY FRIEND AND MANILA.
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