14 Sep 2018 15:34
It’s been six yrs already since I visited #Manila. When we talk about the #heat here, it’s nothing compared to the heat there. (it went up to 45 degrees celcius) Not to mention the #floods that came after/during these heats. The old part of Manila was flooded (thats where I was staying since I usually don’t plan anything when I travel except for the tiny little detail that I look up where the poorest neighborhood is located and that’s always the place where I stay because that’s the way to get to learn about a city) Anyway. during the floods the water was approx 1.2 meter high in my neighborhood. This water was #superwarm and the only way to leave my hotel was to go into the water. Which I did, several times. (Yes. I got #infected by some creepy #bacteria which made me sick for a month but it was totally worth it) What struck me most was that because of the heat the water dried quickly (after a day) and then the water came back, then it dried, then floods etc.
If something like that would have happened here it would be called a huge #disaster. But there. life just went on.
Water or no water. Heat or no heat.
I call that #strength and that’s the main feeling I have about the #Philippines.
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