A photo of Hani in the office, for some reason
A Postcard From Manila: a Working Trip, Philippines - 9th July 2004
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.
next album: The BBs do a Wedding Gig and the BSCC go Sheep Rustling, Gislingham and Redgrave, Suffolk - 10th July 2004
previous album: Longview play Revolution Records, Diss, Norfolk - 2nd July 2004
A queue of aircraft at Heathrow
Terminal 5 is being built
The M4 motorway
The plane flies over Felixstowe
A very smelly horse and cart
Fort Santiago, the oldest buildings in Manila
There are loads of semi-feral cats sitting around
Fort Santiago
Julian looks out
Lots of buildings still show damage from WWII
More pony rides
A cannon and some WWII shells
One of Manila's many, vast, suburbs
A bronze soldier with rolled-up trousers
Julian roams around
An admin building has bullet holes from the war
A small snack shack
A brightly-painted Jeepney
The church of San Agustin
Roaming around the streets on Intramuros
A building wrapped in bunting
A curious thatched shack
Julian walks about, nervously
People in the streets
A collection of statues on a street corner
A silver Willys jeep
Some dudes in a rickshaw cycle past
Another Jeepney
A metal-framed motorbike side car
Julian leans on a wall
There's some major overhead electric stuff going on
One of many shanty towns on the edge of the city
More impressive electrics
Julian checks his phone in the hotel
We set up for a presentation on the 33rd floor
The city and pollution of Manila
Julian on a laptop
Another view from our presentation office
Getting the lift
Downtown buildings
Julian tries shoes in a fancy shopping mall
Dinner at Oodl's Noodle Restaurant in 'Greenbelt 4'
The arse end of a silver Jeepney
Derelict huts
More countryside buildings, and a Jeep
Out in the countryside, 80km away from Manila
Looking out towards the Taal volcano
More flowers by a roadside
Verandas and balconies
The crater of the Taal volcano straight ahead
Rural street life
PNP Outpost shack, with a hand-made sign to Manila
A fruit seller's shack
An abandoned-looking motorbike and sidecar
More street scenes
A big sign for Tagaytay
Nosher's driver Dinu wanders back to the car
The Jeepney ride up to the park is 30 Pesos
The Jeepney park at People's Park in the Sky
The view from the People's Park
Another view over volcano lake
Parasols in the People's Park
A family of fruit sellers
The fruit family
Back in Manila
We have dinner with the local contact
Julian on the plane, as we head back to the UK
A serene view out of the plane window
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A photo of Hani in the office, for some reason
A photo of Hani in the office, for some reason
A queue of aircraft at Heathrow
Terminal 5 is being built
The M4 motorway
The plane flies over Felixstowe
A very smelly horse and cart
Fort Santiago, the oldest buildings in Manila
There are loads of semi-feral cats sitting around
Fort Santiago
Julian looks out
Lots of buildings still show damage from WWII
More pony rides
A cannon and some WWII shells
One of Manila's many, vast, suburbs
A bronze soldier with rolled-up trousers
Julian roams around
An admin building has bullet holes from the war
A small snack shack
A brightly-painted Jeepney
The church of San Agustin
Roaming around the streets on Intramuros
A building wrapped in bunting
A curious thatched shack
Julian walks about, nervously
People in the streets
A collection of statues on a street corner
A silver Willys jeep
Some dudes in a rickshaw cycle past
Another Jeepney
A metal-framed motorbike side car
Julian leans on a wall
There's some major overhead electric stuff going on
One of many shanty towns on the edge of the city
More impressive electrics
Julian checks his phone in the hotel
We set up for a presentation on the 33rd floor
The city and pollution of Manila
Julian on a laptop
Another view from our presentation office
Getting the lift
Downtown buildings
Julian tries shoes in a fancy shopping mall
Dinner at Oodl's Noodle Restaurant in 'Greenbelt 4'
The arse end of a silver Jeepney
Derelict huts
More countryside buildings, and a Jeep
Out in the countryside, 80km away from Manila
Looking out towards the Taal volcano
More flowers by a roadside
Verandas and balconies
The crater of the Taal volcano straight ahead
Rural street life
PNP Outpost shack, with a hand-made sign to Manila
A fruit seller's shack
An abandoned-looking motorbike and sidecar
More street scenes
A big sign for Tagaytay
Nosher's driver Dinu wanders back to the car
The Jeepney ride up to the park is 30 Pesos
The Jeepney park at People's Park in the Sky
The view from the People's Park
Another view over volcano lake
Parasols in the People's Park
A family of fruit sellers
The fruit family
Back in Manila
We have dinner with the local contact
Julian on the plane, as we head back to the UK
A serene view out of the plane window