Makati City, Philippines

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The destination for the day was the Philippine National Museum, which is directly across the street from the City Hall here.

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The unique feature of the city hall building is the clocktower which I didnt get a picture of.

Imagine that, a lost opportunity.

There is a website in progress here.

There is a new mayor in town and in a TV clip he says to the citizens of Manila....

Cooperate or evaporate.

That is in reference to the new plans for Manila.

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Once we find a path to cross the street, we're off to the Natianal Museum.

It's a shame that they do not allow photos inside. There are some very beautiful and interesting paintings and artworks inside but no photos are allowed.

Many are very old paintings and some are new abstact sorts of pieces.

They were all very nice looking or interesting to see.

The galleries are kept very cool to preserve the works. The hallways are very hot because they are open to the outside.

Hot, cold....hot, cold.

Just get a sweat going and then WHAM, you're cold again.

This is not what I would consider a must see attraction but it is a nice place to see a variety of artworks from native artists.

It's also free which is always a bonus.

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It would surely be a benefit IMO if they had some type of broshure to list the works.

They are from artists that I cannot remember and there isn't one single painting or sculpture that I remember the name of.

We'll probably get there again in the future and I'll have to write down some of the information.

Oh, here is a link

The Spolarium is four meters in height and certainly worth the cost of entry.

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The jeepnys are cheap and available nearly everywhere and we ride them often.

The biggest reason is that I'm a cheap bastard at heart and I cant see spending money on a ride.

The secondary reason is that I'm on a mission of another sort, to meet and be seen by the natives. Some sort of PR campaign you might say.

There are so few Americans that ride jeepnys that some pinoys may come to the untrue conclusion that we are "too sexy" to ride the cheap and common transport.

It's true that they are often crowded and the ride quality is BAD, that they don't have AC and that the windows are very low for someone of American height.

The ONE THING that really kills me in the jeepnys is passing all these buses.

Many of the bus's engines are in the rear. Most we'll say. I'm not an expert on that.

And with the engine being in the rear they have a radiator that takes in the air to cool the engine.

At idle in the street the discharge from the radiator from the buses is brutal. Where is the air intake for the radiator? On the side? Why does the heat flow out of that duct? Is this the exhaust duct for the cooling air?

It doesnt make sense to me that this duct would push air out but whenever we pass one of these buses and it sits at idle while we're waiting for traffic to move again, it's like an oven in the jeepny.

It's brutal hot in proximity to those radiator ducts.

They are cheap though.

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I found this today.

It's one of the forms from the taxi line at the mall.

I suppose it means that I'm running out of stuff to post when I have to show you all this dumb thing.

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What other dumb little thing might I post here next?


Ah, golf.

Is there anything dumber than golf? A good walk spoiled.

Here is a small portion of the Intramuros Golf course.