welcome to the most densely populated city on earth, manila. nicknamed the pearl of the orient, it might be one of asia s less visited cities but it s undoubtedly one of its coolest a melting pot of filipino, spanish and american influences which has not only survived but thrived, despite the sometimes terrible traffic and occasional disasters thrown in its path by mother nature. this area is true manila hot, busy and buzzing and it s on these streets that you re likely to get an authentic taste of the philippines. this part of the city is home to many recruitment agencies. so, from early in the morning, filipinos are busy looking for work, meaning street food stalls are everywhere, from banana fritters
welcome to the most densely populated city on earth, manila. nicknamed the pearl of the orient, it might be one of asia s less visited cities but it s undoubtedly one of its coolest a melting pot of filipino, spanish and american influences which has not only survived but thrived, despite the sometimes terrible traffic and occasional disasters thrown in its path by mother nature. this area is true manila hot, busy and buzzing and it s on these streets that you re likely to get an authentic taste of the philippines. this part of the city is home to many recruitment agencies, so from early in the morning, filipinos are busy looking for work, meaning street food stalls are everywhere, from banana fritters to cheese flavoured doughnuts to a thick hot chocolate
in drag, a group of performers who ve come up with a novel way to help fund their retirement, with the aid of some sequins and a whole lot of attitude. so don t go away. welcome to the most densely populated city on earth, manila. nicknamed the pearl of the orient, it might be one of asia s less visited cities, but it s undoubtedly one of its coolest a melting pot of filipino, spanish and american influences, which has not only survived but thrived, despite the sometimes terrible traffic and occasional disasters thrown in its path by mother nature. this area is true manila hot, busy and buzzing. and it s on these streets that you re likely to get an authentic taste of the philippines. this part of the city is home to many recruitment agencies. so, from early in the morning,
occupying japanese troops in the closing months of that war. for folks in manila, the city called the pearl of the orient they remember the scars of the battle leaving it in ruins. for many the horse errors of that war is still fresh. i was taught to forgive but never taught to forget. we can never forget. that s what the whole purpose of we re doing is for people not to forget and for people to learn. it s amazing courage there. that battle left more than 100,000 civilians dead and killed more than 1,000 u.s. troops. when you look at that picture of them walking back into manila that douglas macarthur left there a few years before and japanese had come through and final tlis said all right we re back at it and pushed them all the way back out. survivors still bring us some amazing stories. unbelievable storie coming up a crucial new tool in the fight against ebola which