1st impression of PHILIPPINES | MANILA Streets, Culture & History [ep-02
Assalam Welcome Everyone, this is Bilal Azam and welcome back to my channel Being a Traveler and Being a Traveler, sir has reached the Philippine city of Manila which is their capital and in today's episode we will see the first impression of the Philippines, what kind of vibes are there, what is the culture of this city, whatever things we will observe on the first day, the first vibes we get, that is what I am sharing live with you. How are the people here? I will visit some places especially. Whenever I come to any country, I will first tell you a little history of that country and a little culture about it. So sir, let's start the travel series of our country number 32 Philippines. At this time I am only showing you the surroundings of my hostel. There are a lot of food outlets here. Obviously, there is an issue of Halal etc. inside the Philippines. You
Muslim population because it is very less so mostly you get meat, even chicken lamp and beef are also eaten a lot but you have to eat it only after seeing it. You have to look for Muslim street foods or Muslim outlets. Otherwise, the food which is openly available is not halal, so let's see sir, we can see their local truck like public transport and along with that, if you look above, I can also see their metro lines. The metro train is also built and looks like it is quite old. Apart from this, if you see, these trikes are very cute. These people are running with tricycle bikes. Look, they have seats installed on the side, some people sit behind them and some people sit inside, the seats are attached with them, just like we see Munna Bhai there. It is very interesting, I am getting to see a very vibrant culture
as soon as I have come out of my hustle. Check. They have their own vibe, that is, from the front it looks like our jeep which runs in the mountains and at the back it is like a bus. So, first of all, quickly we have to tell you the history of Philippines and to tell the history, we have to go above their historical place, so quickly we call our bike, here it is used in the name of Moot, which is a subsidiary of Grub. Through Moot, you order your ride and sit on the bike. People reach their historical place. Okay, what's your name? Okay, let's go. Okay, let's experience
the site. Look, there is a small defense structure here. This is our rider along with us. We will go out a little through the street and after going to the main street, then we will take a bike. Lara Nazarene. So, we have now set out to explore the city and first of all, we have to show you the historical city along with the buildings of Mala. Look at the roads here,
we had come earlier at night time but like I told you that here some rides run in the name of Moot and some run in the name of Akaas, I have also made this app, this Akaas is written in blue color and the first short ride I had taken was only to experience how exactly like our motorcycle rickshaw or chinchi runs inside Pakistan, in the same way here, this tricycle runs inside the streets and when you are on the main road. When we come, those cycles are not running on the main road, then we give you a little information. Till we reach there, let us tell you that at this time I am in the main capital district of the Philippines, inside the main capital province whose name is Manila and if you look at the map of the Philippines, then the Philippines is divided into three parts, an upper portion, a middle portion and a lower portion and so on. So the upper part of the Philippines is called Lujan and then the middle part is called Visayas and the lower portion is called Mindanao and at this time I am in Manila, so Manila comes in its upper portion.
The interesting thing inside the Lujan is that let me tell you that there are total 7000 islands of Philippines, overall there are 7000 islands and the language here is Almost 180 languages are spoken here but which is their main language? What is the name of your language? Talagang ne language name is Philippine language Galo Talagang Galo Tal Gal Gal Gal ok so the language of love in Mala language Iya ok Visayas so basically we are telling that their Tagal language is spoken inside Manila and every It is said in the locality that their language changes after 40 to 50 km. In Pakistan, our accent definitely changes but the language does not change much, it changes slowly and but here the entire language changes and if I tell you about Mala, then how did Mala get its name and its word was derived from Manila word. The blue color as we call it in Niladri came from there basically from Sanskrit and why did it come here on the Philippine side which is its sea strip, there is a lot of mangroves or what are called sea plants, different types of plants were planted from the flowers of which indigo color or blue color used to come out and from there then its name was blue because the color of indigo is such that it is a color close to dark blue and purple, hence its name was blue from there. Manila
means a place where you find the indigo plants, indigo dye or indigo color plant, so all the indigo dyes are from the plants here in Manila, it originates from here, due to which it got its name from Malath to Manila, so the location, if you look at the map of Philippines, it is above our very east side, above you have China, along with it, there is Taiwan, above it and on the side, Vietnam also comes and below. If you also come to the part of Malaysia and Indonesia, then it is definitely the East Side of the World. Philippines exists weather. If you look here, the environment here is mostly hot, dry and humid. There is not much cold etc. here, if clouds come, then it becomes pleasant and especially if you have to visit, then the best months are December, January and February. Overall, if you look
here, whenever you want to visit Philippines or anywhere in South East Asia. If you want to visit countries , then you have good weather from November to December to March and after that it becomes a little hot and in June and July, monsoon and monsoon come again. Alright, so I have finally reached. Imroz is a Spanish word which means world city and just like in other countries you see forts in the old cities of our cities, world cities are seen exactly like this in the Philippines too in the 16th century. This fort was built inside and all this is its outer wall and if you look above the map, you will see its wall inside which the whole city now comes, just like our Lahore city or Delhi city in Pakistan and India, you can see Enter in to 10th Maroz and first of all we will visit and first of all we will visit their Spanish Fort, so let's go and then go there and tell you. Okay so we have finally reached there and from here we will Now let's start the history of Philippines . 75 pasos is the entry ticket. Alright, so I have entered. I am finally photo Siago and this is the overall part. The word 'In' Maroz is Spanish word which means World City. And first of all,
if we look at its history, different tribes used to live here in Philippines, which were normally India and India, through Indonesia, Indonesia and Philippines, Malaysia etc. There were over 7000 islands inhabited and hence their language also changed in every area and there used to be small groups of people in every area. Before 1571, the last leader here was the Muslim leader Raja Suleiman. Raja Suleiman ruled here in 157 20 and then the Spanish forces attacked the Philippines to connect Asia with their Spain to create their own routes for trading.
They attacked and defeated King Suleiman, the leader of Manila, and captured Manila and the Philippines. This fort which you can see now was built by Spain after capturing the Philippines from King Suleiman so that it could rule over the place and it was built in 1571 under the Spanish rule and almost for more than 300 years, Spain ruled over the Philippines and you can also see it here. Coming, this place has been named Raja Suleman Theater and if I enter this place, it is a very big theater like place, there is a stage in front of some performance, there is some area there and here there is this whole area for people to stand, just like inside our Lahore or inside different Delhi, you see there is a walled city inside different countries, exactly like this was the walled city, they brought it and inside that world city. They built their fort which is called Fort Satiya Go, so all the churches that were there since 1571 or the Christianity that was there got introduced here and because of the Muslim kings who were here earlier, the Muslim culture went a little behind and Christianity became dominant here, because of this, these people here, when you look in its surrounding area, you will see different types of churches inside this fort too. If you look, you will see different models where discussions are being made, so if we see today, the total population of Philippines is almost 120. Million V is half of Pakistan like us, they have 240 million, their population is almost 120 million and 88 are Christians and 6 to 7 are only Muslims left in Philippines overall and then 18981 were captured by the Americans and then when the World War happened, they were captured by Japan around 1941 1942 and this occupation continued till 1947. And finally
on July 4, 1946, the Philippines became independent from Japan and from then till today, the Philippines is an independent country. There has been a lot of development in the Philippines in the last two-three decades, but in today's blog, I will focus more on their historical side, their old buildings, I will visit the same old places, which is their modern Philippines, we will explore it tomorrow, so now I will take you to a new place . A first impression of the city: The ICC government has invested a lot to promote tourism here. You can see that the guides are dressed in proper costumes and wearing Spanish hats because this was the entire Spanish region. Similar guides are present here. These are the old ones of that time in the name of Inmaros. You can also see cars here, some tricycles are seen, some bikes are also seen. Actually , these things are considered very good for promoting
tourism in any area in any country because these people have closed the main traffic here, so there are only bicycles, motorcycles and rest of the tourists etc. are walking, all this which you see in that era of Spanish style, the roads are made of stones and the weather is good but suddenly clouds come. And if we go immediately , then there is definitely a little humidity. Till now, what I am seeing is that these people have managed their world city in a very beautiful way. Look at this, in between, you can see the garden behind, it is certainly expensive but people are enjoying on it, some cycling is also going on, those tricycles are also going on, people are enjoying on that too, even the tourists etc. if you see the tourists like this, they are the guides who are going to you. etc. they help you out
to explore the whole world as the first impression of the city for the tourist. If you look, this is the whole walled city, these are all the outer walls which are visible to you, but how well these people have put up boards etc., they have guided you till now, whatever I have shown you, look at their roads, look at their streets, I am seeing a lot of cleanliness and cleanliness etc. anywhere. Littering etc. was not seen. As you can see, you do not see the practices of littering anywhere.
Chach is very very good and we too should learn from it that how to keep our city clean and if you do not throw any dirt or wrappers etc. then there is a lot of greenery but people's behavior towards their city is also very very civilized. Alright, so now we have arrived at Rizal Park. Basically Rizal was a great political activist who used to do political writings and along with this he was also an activist who fought for his country and was later murdered. If he was killed then Rizal is the late national hero and they have named this park after him. It is a very beautiful place. I can see a huge huge flag of the Philippines so let's move on to the Philippines. Let me tell you a little bit about the language, like if I
share it with you, whenever I come to any country, I definitely learn some of the words used by tourists and then I teach it to you too. First of all, the people of Philippines say hello only and the reason for that is that like I told you, in the beginning there was Spanish, then American came and then Japanese came and then after that they got independence, so there is a lot in their language. The words are either Spanish or English How do you say hello in Philippine Thalag Galog people or yes How do you say Khasta Khasta is not hello and how are you just like the same Just like the same and what is the same Hello is hello yes hello kumusta hello hi like that's all right lara English and tal ya same Same Same Same Ok Thank You is called Salamat and Good Bye is also called Salamat and sometime Palam and the most interesting thing is that when you have to say Yes i.e. Yes, the word used here is O O i.e. Double O and it is called like this O O and for No it is called Hindi as in India.
The name of the language is Hindi. Here the word no is called Hindi. Apart from this, as a tourist, the two words which you have to use a lot are that you want a discount or you say no no no too much expensive. In the Spanish style, these people say discov to discount, discov to and or in English style it is said for discount to expensive, here it is said mahal like for tourist when Ever We Go to Some Place So Expensive It's Very Expensive So How Do You Say Mahal Da To Maha Da To If You Say Mahal Ko Mahal Kita Love I L I Love You Okay Mahal Mahal Kita Mahal Kita Is I Love You O It's So Close And Mahal Da To Is It's Expensive Very Close Words and Very Different Meanings and How Do You Say Give Me Discount Discount Discount Only discount the word discount how do you say or discount that it is the same discount is the same okay because it is too in that you also speak discount or all right all right okay so our pancake is getting ready here also put milk so do you add banana something in and only flower sugar and butter for the dough or for the dough or flower the Corn Starch Bread Crum Also Ok And Egg Also Obviously And You Put Cheese Okay gee Inside the park they have also made a small food suite There are fruits for the visitors There is some fried chicken and sausages And mostly I like drinks And obviously because it is a bit hot here The wind is blowing nice But you can get food and snacks here Alright gee So we have got our thing We eat the pancake while sitting here, this is soft as compared to the one which I used to eat in Korea, let's try how is the thing now, their Bismillah Rahma Rahim thing has fulfilled the money but the pancake is salty, in this, when I used to eat in Korea, it was of vanilla flavor, it was a little sweet, here they have flavored it a little salty to bring a little pizza flavor and it is also a little soft. Right ji evening. It's over and I am a little tired too, I will go to the hostel for a little rest and after rest, we will wake up at night and we will go to a Muslim street there, we will enjoy some food and see because I am a little curious as to which Halal food is available here, where is the Halal street and where is the Muslim street, today I have to explore a little on the first day, so I will take you along with me, see you after a break.
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