Manila Life

Sometimes, actually, most fo the time, life in Manila can be tough. Every time I turned around my backpack got searched and I got patted down by a security guard. It happened several times a day. They say you get used to anything, but I’m not sure I’d ever get used to armed guards around me all the time. This is a picture of a typical building in Manila. There are copies of Better Homes and Gardens for sale in Manila, but not in this neighborhood. Nor in the vast majority of the rest of the city, either.