Day 5 – Sightseeing in Manila

Today is the first day of 2013!  A perfect day to go sight-seeing since the roads are clear of any traffic.  It kinda felt weird driving around.  We’ve grown so accustomed to bumper to bumper traffic with constant horn honking but today it literally felt like a ghost town – no cars, no people, no noise.

First stop: Green Belt – a series of 6 malls (all closed) surround a beautiful park and chapel

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New Year’s day mass – we were wondering where everybody was!
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Beautiful cross displayed outside of chapel
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Stain glass window located at the ceiling of the circular chapel
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Leaders that pray together, stay together!
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Who’s missing from this picture?
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Hop on!
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“This is my Filipino friend Alex” 🙂
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Each leader picked up a “gratitude rock” as a souvenir
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This cork tree was just too hard to resist not climbing
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Unfortunately this memorial is closed 2 days a year. Dec. 25th and Jan 1st

Next stop – Luneta Park which pays tribute to national historical icons of the Philippines.

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Monument of Jose Rizal – whose remains are buried beneath it

Next stop – The Mall of Asia where we got to do some ice skating (as ironic as that sounds)

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…..why what big feet you have 🙂
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The coldest place in the Philippines

Next stop – the Ark Avilon Zoo

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Hilary feeding a bear cat a banana
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Believe it or not, this is fish food – chicken heads!
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Huge fish waiting to be fed – a shocking experience
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We double dare you Hilary!

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Random facts were posted around the zoo.

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Last stop: Tiendistas for dinner and to watch a Filipino band

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Angelie was the the only one who knew the words to the song, but it still sounded awesome

Tomorrow is the first day at the build site!!!  We can’t wait!

One thought on “Day 5 – Sightseeing in Manila”

  1. God Bless the memories of a lifetime that you are building!

    Best of luck on the build site!

    Reply

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