my old dear worked in manila for ages, she really really liked it, she preferd it to india. they have a bar there ran by midgets, employing only midgets – midget dancers, waiters, bar staff etc everything! she brought me back a tshirt from there wich just has “small is beautifull” all over it!

love you ma!

@Minghead 464751 wrote:

my old dear worked in manila for ages, she really really liked it, she preferd it to india. they have a bar there ran by midgets, employing only midgets – midget dancers, waiters, bar staff etc everything! she brought me back a tshirt from there wich just has “small is beautifull” all over it!

love you ma!

yes, they now 6have a trade union for midgets. Bear in mind normal size people are shorter in hot countries anyway, at 1.66m height I am one of the taller men. Also tigers (not currently found in PH outside Manila Zoo) are smaller, but the small tiger is 2.60 to 2.80m long. So I would still give it a wide berth if its hungry.. I think this is Nature trying to balance things, as humans and tigers would eat everything else otherwise.

This is a South Chinese tiger. (A similar white tiger was at Colchester Zoo for some years, it was smaller than I thought it would be, but I am glad they aren’t running loose in the rural areas where I cycle..)

There are some crocodiles but they are endangered, though a really big one was caught recently (it is now being looked after by the Environment Ministry until they can build some sort of safari park for it).

My mate travelled to Manilla, he told me he was scared shit less. said most places have an armed guard, like in Pizza hut, ha, saw a shit ton of guns etc. He said the country side was beautiful though.

Not the gun in particular, he just told me it was a pretty intimidating place.

I agree mate. I think he had quite a big culture shock as well, which probably made it worse than it actually was.