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my first impression of the Philippines is out of this world at the moment we have left
Vietnam and we are now in the Philippines over the next couple weeks we'll be exploring this
exciting country and we are starting off our trip here in Manila we both have never been to
the Philippines so we don't know what to expect so come and get to know the Philippines with us
300 that's too much 150. it's very close 10 minutes this is so cool
okay we don't know what we're doing we just hopped on uh the first mode of transportation
we found what does this call what is this car a car yeah that car side car car driving
a truck okay so we are in a tricycle and we are going to the sunday market in makati right now
we should be only 10 minutes away because we are staying just a little bit outside makati
so how do we get there
thank you thank you hello so we can't actually get to our destination because
he said the tricycle and pedicabs are banned from entering the street another 15 minute walk
i don't know but i i feel like he kind of tricked us i don't know why but i just felt that way
maybe there's probably other streets that he could take us but he decided to
come here and show that you can't take the tricycle here and told us to walk
we will never know well the positive thing is that we are now in the heart of makati
where all the tall high-rises are and we're just gonna walk over to the sunday market
which might be closed by the time we get there but it's okay because there's always jollibee right
this looks like uh hong kong like central side
and the street is so big and everything's so clean around here i'm impressed
we're finally here at the market but people are shutting down they're closing but we might be
able to find something to eat here first this looks like it would have been a lovely market
to come and get some food it's almost like farmers markets back in canada like artisan
products people making jams and chutneys and breads and desserts home-cooked meals
what is that sisig sisig yes is it filipino yes yes what's in it pork okay you want to try it
sure do you eat it with anything yes you eat it with rice do you still have any rice no okay this
looks good i want to try it okay let's go buy some rice to eat with this yeah can i buy some rice
how much 20 20 only 20
yes i love it because i'm a filipino citizen
and filipino people are very lovely here and so many in Canada
thank you thank you
so i'm just looking at what pork sisig actually is so it's a popular filipino dish
consists mostly of mainly of pig parts minced pork meat ears face
and liver you like liver though yeah i eat pork ears so maybe like when there's a face it kind
of sounds scary throw you off a bit this is our first filipino dish going right in and we just
got like a simple uh fried rice to come to go with it gotta take some of the pork some of the rice
oh it's very tasty tastes just like um pork meat i don't taste any pork face or anything
i guess pork face probably doesn't taste like pork face
oh yeah you can see there's like chilis and lots of garlic there's some looks like pork
belly like pork fat pork ear i think like this is pork ear probably it's a bit like
gelatinous and how much is this 150 and the rice the fried rice was 20 pesos for a box
this is a rice cake wrapped in banana leaves so it's sweet but it's rice so
it's more breakfast or you just feel like having a snack
you can try it thank you what is this called again what is it uh it's called suman suman yeah wow
thank you so much we'll try to come again next time when it's open
be here early you'll enjoy it more you can see more wow thank you she's so nice
oh and there's like five pieces should we open them and try it
that looks good
it almost tastes like khao lam you know the thai the thai sticky rice yeah bamboo sticky
rice with coconut milk it's perfect sweetness i can see what she means by it's not it's like
you don't really eat it with a meal because it's heavy and it's not
as sweet so you can't call it a dessert yeah it's not really a dessert it really is a snack
oh it's so sticky it's very nice very nice
now that we have some food in our bellies we are going to find some coffee
there is a really nice place just around the corner here around three minutes away
i think you'll like it a lot me yeah okay
is that where we're going what do you see we're going to timmy's do you want to go to timmy's
because that's actually not where i was going to go oh no
okay bye timmy's next time but now we know where the timmy's is this looks really nice
i have a table for you perfect
thank you
oh so refreshing so good
good choice what's on the side of the cup that's a design for your cappuccino cup wow thank you
delicious exactly what we needed it is such a hot day here so the place we're at is called
the antipodean coffee roasters and it seems to be a really popular brunch place for locals here
in manila so the only area we've seen so far is makati and it seems like a very developed place
it almost feels like Canada like easily could be like downtown Calgary or downtown Vancouver
i think as we head out to the other areas in manila it will start to look a little
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website or domain now enjoy the rest of the video it's four o'clock now i think we should end our
day at Mall of Asia which is the the seaside uh promenade but we need to get there first i think
we should just call Grab we learned our lesson i think it's the safest way to call Grab yeah
one thing about gGab here though it takes a long time for a driver to accept your
request yeah how come there's like not many cars around yeah oh wait
see no one's picking us up yeah let's try again we got a driver neil dennis
hello yes yes we are
i wonder if this happens every weekend it's just the whole promenade here is
full of people there's lots of restaurants there's also some like food stalls like food carts
i think it's a popular spot for local people to come and watch the sunset too you can see like
hundreds and thousands of people sitting along the side of the ocean wow even look up there
where people are crossing from the mall over here to the promenade that looks packed that's insane
yeah i think you just pay for whatever rides you want to do you want to do one of those i
don't think i'm dressed for the occasion it feels like filipinos really like to gather
like you can see families together with kids with elderly friends sitting together and they
seem to be having a very good time so along this promenade we see a lot of food stands and they
are actually hot dog stands and pizza stands and bubble tea shops not exactly what i thought
it would be like it's very westernized street food it's like a carnival yeah yeah it's like
carnival food this is the lineup for the ferris wheel oh my goodness no
no let's just sit along the bay in here and then just enjoy the view
finding a spot may be more difficult than we imagined i see an opening
i think this is a good spot
are you vlogging too yes oh okay what's your name
i'm flora i'm note we just got to the philippines yesterday so we're just starting here do you have
a channel we have a channel we actually are based in thailand oh okay i'll show you nice to meet you
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another thing about philippines is that the people here are so friendly everywhere we
went today they are so nice to us they're always like hello philippines lovely people
like they're so enthusiastic about their country which is awesome yeah so are you
saying i can get a tattoo here yes right here right here like do you have the equipment
that's so crazy
there you are oh we sat down when it was happening yes wireless machine a wireless
machine so we can make a tattoo everywhere wow everywhere in the world i can't believe
i'm doing it but i think i found it yeah here it sounds crazy right sun water mountain and ground
let's get a tattoo by the seaside
at a very random place in the public place where are you going to get it i think here
i'm saying what do you think yeah here it's good here or down here yeah oh my god i can't decide
here oh yeah yeah that would be a good spot okay i got a spot right here this is small all right
the needle is sealed and it's safe safe and sound your husband will be safe on my hands
do you have alcohol and stuff like that yeah we have a shampoo
so we are ready now
i mean it's not like it's your first tattoo right no
but it's it's never like this it has always been planned this is completely of the blue
let's do it
how do you feel feels good you have a gentle hand thank you you're so liar
wow that looks really nice thank you this is beautiful
thank you so much it's really nice it's really nice thank you so much
my first impressions of the philippines is out of this world at the moment
so we're ending our first day here in the philippines by having the ultimate filipino
dining experience we're having Jollibee so we've ordered jolly spaghetti chicken joy one spicy
and one original and it comes with rice let's eat i'm super hungry so this jolly spaghetti
so it's just like spaghetti and tomato sauce that's it and cheese on top there's no meat
there might be meat in the sauce i'm not sure but i did see a family order 10 of these
just now for pick up so it must be really good
this is really delicious really like for real it has a really
bold tomato paste taste and that cheese is like nice and salty
quite good
it's our first time trying Jollibee very good
it's delicious i gotta say it's better than KFC really buki
pie is young coconut pie i think
it's like mini egg roll yeah
get out that is delicious
there's like big pieces of coconut meat in there
i don't know is it because we usually don't eat fast food so
now when we eat fast food we're like so good but no this is like legit we had an awesome
first day here in manila a lot of unexpected things happened like my tattoo here we hope
you enjoyed spending the day with us here in the city we look forward to exploring
more of the philippines thank you so much for watching and as always have a wonderful day