title	A Postcard From Manila: a Working Trip, Philippines - 9th July 2004
intro	Nosher is required on a working trip to Manila to do a few presentations of Trigenix, accompanying sales-dude Julian. Following an 18-hour trip via Hong Kong to get there, most of the four day trip is taken up with work stuff. But there's still the odd afternoon to roam around a city which re-defines the concept of seething humanity and pollution, thanks in part to the many Jeepneys running around the city, belching fumes. Nosher also charters a taxi for an afternoon in order to explore the countryside a bit, and ends up in Tagaytay, with a nice view of the Taal volcano. It's also the time of Nosher's dyed red hair, which given that there are very few westerners in Manila anyway causes quite the stir, with people in the streets actually stopping to stare. It's interesting to be interesting for once.
dcp_0277	A photo of Hani in the office, for some reason
dcp_6782	A queue of aircraft at Heathrow
dcp_6786	Terminal 5 is being built
dcp_6787	The M4 motorway
dcp_6789	The plane flies over Felixstowe
dcp_6791	A very smelly horse and cart
dcp_6793	Fort Santiago, the oldest buildings in Manila
dcp_6794	There are loads of semi-feral cats sitting around
dcp_6795	Fort Santiago
dcp_6796	Julian looks out
dcp_6798	Lots of buildings still show damage from WWII
dcp_6800	More pony rides
dcp_6804	A cannon and some WWII shells
dcp_6808	One of Manila's many, vast, suburbs
dcp_6809	A bronze soldier with rolled-up trousers
dcp_6810	Julian roams around
dcp_6813	An admin building has bullet holes from the war
dcp_6814	A small snack shack
dcp_6815	A brightly-painted Jeepney
dcp_6816	The church of San Agustin
dcp_6817	Roaming around the streets on Intramuros
dcp_6818	A building wrapped in bunting
dcp_6819	A curious thatched shack
dcp_6821	Julian walks about, nervously
dcp_6822	People in the streets
dcp_6823	A collection of statues on a street corner
dcp_6824	A silver Willys jeep
dcp_6826	Some dudes in a rickshaw cycle past
dcp_6828	Another Jeepney
dcp_6829	A metal-framed motorbike side car
dcp_6830	Julian leans on a wall
dcp_6831	There's some major overhead electric stuff going on
dcp_6832	One of many shanty towns on the edge of the city
dcp_6833	More impressive electrics
dcp_6834	Julian checks his phone in the hotel
dcp_6837	We set up for a presentation on the 33rd floor
dcp_6838	The city and pollution of Manila
dcp_6842	Julian on a laptop
dcp_6846	Another view from our presentation office
dcp_6847	Getting the lift
dcp_6848	Downtown buildings
dcp_6850	Julian tries shoes in a fancy shopping mall
dcp_6851	Dinner at Oodl's Noodle Restaurant in "Greenbelt 4"
dcp_6852	The arse end of a silver Jeepney
dcp_6853	Derelict huts
dcp_6854	More countryside buildings, and a Jeep
dcp_6862	Out in the countryside, 80km away from Manila
dcp_6864	Looking out towards the Taal volcano
dcp_6865	More flowers by a roadside
dcp_6866	Verandas and balconies
dcp_6869	The crater of the Taal volcano straight ahead
dcp_6873	Rural street life
dcp_6874	PNP Outpost shack, with a hand-made sign to Manila
dcp_6877	A fruit seller's shack
dcp_6879	An abandoned-looking motorbike and sidecar
dcp_6880	More street scenes
dcp_6882	A big sign for Tagaytay
dcp_6883	Nosher's driver Dinu wanders back to the car
dcp_6884	The Jeepney ride up to the park is 30 Pesos
dcp_6886	The Jeepney park at People's Park in the Sky
dcp_6888	The view from the People's Park
dcp_6891	Another view over volcano lake
dcp_6895	Parasols in the People's Park
dcp_6897	A family of fruit sellers
dcp_6898	The fruit family
dcp_6910	Back in Manila
dcp_6911	We have dinner with the local contact
dcp_6912	Julian on the plane, as we head back to the UK
dcp_6914	A serene view out of the plane window