Manila has a reputation for being slightly overwhelming, but that’s just a sign of the contagious enthusiasm of the people who live there. For short hops in the colonial centre, charter a pedicab or kalesa (horse-drawn carriage). Air-conditioned taxis offer a more relaxing way to explore, or you can jump onto the urban trains of the LRT and MRT. Lavishly decorated jeepneys – stretched jeeps that function like public buses – connect every quarter of the city. ![]() The city’s iconic jeepneys zip past stone Spanish churches and cobbled squares, alongside whole city blocks devoted to nightlife, music and food. A forest of skyscrapers wrapped around the crescent of Manila Bay, the capital of the Philippines is every inch the Asian megacity, but this is still a colonial capital at heart.
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