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Old Jul 26, 2012, 1:07 pm
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Musken
 
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Originally Posted by blueline7
Many thanks for this, RichardInSF. For whatever reason, the impression that I am getting about Manila from my online research and speaking to my children's nanny, is that Manila can be very dangerous, and is not a place to walk about, or to take anything but a hotel car....Is this the usual bogus hype, or is this place different from Bangkok, Singapore, HK, etc., where crime is of no concern whatsoever....
Makati feels like singapore or modern parts of bangkok to look at. Feels safe. Lots of guards and security checks at entrances to shopping malls and hitels (like bali).
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