First impressions of Manila, Philippines! We LOVE this place
good morning everyone from Manila here in the Philippines so it's our first of a day here and as first of a time in the Philippines allog together and we're so happy to be here it's a good good day we're currently in the fort Santiago Fort Santiago yes which we knew was kind of one of the main tourist destinations here in Manila um so we're not too sure what to expect we know that it's in the in int intramuros intramuros I really hope I'm pronouncing that correctly which again is one of the main districts or areas in the Manila city yeah it's basically like a w City we grabbed these from the tourist office it's basically like a w city um and we're literally just here at the minute looking at the for Santiago and it's basically something to do with the history of Spain Spain yeah now it does feel very Spanish around here you can see a lot of Spanish influence which spish music coffee shops um and first impression is it's really nice here it's so cool yeah the city we had a short drive through the city cuz we're staying kind of outside of the city the city looks incredible and we thought we' just start the day off in the fort checking out the history of Mila and then obviously as the day goes by we'll kind of venture more into the city get a taste of the food the people and all that kind of stuff but yeah and we hadn't done much re research on Miller before coming here it's all very new to us it is kind of wanted to be surprised yeah I feel like it's the best way to get a real feel for the city if you don't do much research before it all kind of like it's all new to you you don't know what to expect like Beth said and yeah I mean feels more offens it does feel more authentic and we're so happy to be here in the Philippines it's been on our list for so long now it's been on the buck M list for many years and we're finally here in the Philippines so yeah we got a week in Manila so we're going to do as many videos in Manila as possible um but today it's just a first impressions and oh as we say First Impressions we walk into this bit and this looks really nice originally the site of the Old Fort of rajer sullon 1584 so a long old time ago yeah it actually does look really old as well like it hasn't had any kind of um refurbishment work or anything either I'm going to guess they look like bullet holes there don't say that someone can correct me but these here I believe look like bullet holes along there be the St no I'm pretty sure if if any of you guys know let me do let me know but I believe they are bullet holes they look like bullet holes anyway yeah they look like it to be um and oh look at this it's so nice it's so nice how it's all preserved and kind of like as it is or as it was it has been really kind of touristed yeah um as you can see it's so it's really busy here and it's just here midday so I expect it to get a lot more busier yeah it's nice here though what's really cool here in the for is the fact that just below this viewing point is like kind of dungeon style Shar and they've got loads of different shops you got restaurants you got ice cream you got gifts it's really cool very European it feels like we've been transported back to Spain or it's really cool music I don't know if it's picking up on camera uhhuh yeah like every Philippine coffee milk tea rice meals we got paintings and souvenirs this side it's really nice really nice actually but that is it for the Fort now we've had a little history lesson and it's just nice to uh make this our first stop here on our tour in Manila we're now going to head further into the city uh it's around about lunchtime so we grab some food maybe grab some tea or coffee um Philipine Filipino coffee Filipino coffee yeah same um and we might head towards a mall see what the malls are like here compare them to places we've been and yeah going to go deeper into the city over this way I believe I'm not entirely sure where we going or what we're going to see when we leave here we might still be in intramuros okay I think yeah it looks big how big it kind of spans but we'll hopefully figure it out on the way we will we've got a while here so we just need to get our bearings and figure out what's where and how to get places this is like the first day it's been very new to it all yeah like headless chickens at the moment so we're just walking through the city and we've stumbled across this incredible looking Cafe here um I guess this must be maybe like Spanish Colonial building of some sort because look at the architecture it is insane and it looks so nice uh so we're going to go in there and grab a drink but oh my god look how nice this lookes look nice this it does isn't it let's grab ourselves a coffee shall we oh it's really nice where are you going oh you want to sit down do you oh oh they've got Lowe's here hi so ice rages black tea series milk tea there loads coffee frappes oh I might get I love myself a coffee frappe salted caram maiato oh my God I'm going to get one of those I think please can I get one of the Salted caram mocha the frpp frappy pleas thank you what are you going to go for I think I might go for peach excuse me is it okay with cream on top that's okay fine yeah no problem have you run out have you thank you Sal yes please you want some sa yeah can I go for um a peach ice tea okay yeah and then can I get some of the Black Pearl okay I should yeah I should really can't believe how nice this place is hope it's picking up a camera it's decorated beautifully it's a perfect little stock ni it's got like stone walls yeah that's P unreal what a little spot here hopefully the uh drinks match up with the deor yeah I think it's a really touristy Cafe I think it's literally called the intros Cafe so it's like bang in the center um nice here we go what are you doing with yours just give it mix right then give this a taste oh that's good oh that's just what I needed how's yours that's so good as nice is it minty is it that's taste that's really good refreshing oh that is nice so if you out in the area guys check out this place oh is a bit minty actually cuz it's unreal that this carel macchiato is and so yeah I mean look how nice it is perfect little pit stop if you ask me what a way to where energize the day so we're just walking past what seems like a National Monument maybe the Army we have some armed guards out the front of it protecting it which is quite nice we have some guards there and there as well and this area just looks so tropical you got like Palm trees here blue skies it looks so nice nice and the sun's come out for us as well which is absolutely yeah lovely honestly looking down there looks like you're looking down rodeo drivve in Hollywood say I was just it looks like America it does yeah literally this is what you see in like Florida and Hollywood and that kind of stuff like so nice here and even over there I mean it does help that we've got blue skies but it's I'm really enjoying it so far really going around taking pictures I'm like now we're going to go go to a restaurant called Messa m m EA which is supposed to be yeah supposed to be one of the chains here in the Philippines and they going to get some traditional Filipino food um yeah it's actually both one of the best Filipino restaurants I think like 12 years running on oh wow okay so that would be the best place to get our first Filipino dish how long have we got do you know I think about 20 minute walk 20 minute walk pretty much straight down this way I believe somewhere over there yeah it's yeah nice oh looking for some Filipino food that's for sure Robson Robinson's place Manila so the restaurant we're looking for is in here apparently not entirely sure how to get in or where the entrance is but I guess we'll soon find out uh it looks like a bit of an old Mall um we might go to a nicer mall later on in the day but first off is food of course so need to find our way in around here somewhere yeah I'm excited to see what food's like never had Filipino never never had Filipino food this is the first it is just got to find the restaurant first oh I feel like we have an entrance here there we go hello how are you all right then now where do we go I have no idea looks like they've got quite a lot in this mall actually yeah it is really big isn't it of course we have no idea where we're going but there is a lot here as you can see let's head on down this way I feel like this floor is a food floor there's like loads of restaurants and stuff everywhere so I'm hoping it's on hit this floor it should be somewhere here we go we found our restaurant of choice Misa Mesa not entir sure how you pronounce it but we're here hello hi take me for two please than you here we go here we go thank you two thank you smells so good doesn't it smells really good all right then nice selection of drinks some beverages you can get oh and DTS look at those so now I did want the Adobe or Adoba but unfortunately we don't do it here so we're going to go for adobo is adobo I think got um we're going to go for let's order shall we get um one of the salt oh salt pepper spare ribs how many in thank you bonus chicken barbecue as well which looks nice yeah and then can we go for Ste rice just one and then one of yes please yeah see yeah like we said this is our first ever time ordering and eating Filipino food so we basically have no idea what we've ordered and I think it should take about 10 minutes 10 minutes to come out yeah oh 20 20 minutes to come out so yeah not too bad I mean we'll have to wait now and then we'll see what food comes out hopefully it's nice it smells really good in here so should be here we go here we go thank you very much oh that are noodles that look good to tell you what they were again thank you and that is the chicken and we have some rice okay so these noodles are the remember the name like centa or something noodles yeah it was it with that s yeah but that looks really nice we got I think it's chicken or pork noodles bit of veg oh got a p there as well we got some plain rice and then I believe we have this chicken we're just waiting for the ribs now ribs I think we got yes but this looks incredible it smells so good it looks so nice what other people are ordering as well but we don't know what it is yeah like yes I guess whilst we're waiting for the pork we can uh try some of this chicken that reminds me of like barbecue chicken sco at home oh these are so good oh that's like the nicest chicken I've had in a long time I'm not joking really that's got something down your neck is it yeah m how the noodles I don't know what flavor they are but they're really good so I found that there's actually bits of pork and the answer this I thought it's chicken but these noodles like almost seethrough it's so weird you don't get noodles like this at home but they're really nice I wonder are they rice noodles maybe thank you very much thank you oh they look good yeah so we now have some salt and pepper spare ribs which look insane I'm going to go straight in and get one I'm not sure what a sauce it is yeah different they're different to what we' have at home tastes a bit like um they taste like something I tastes like like the batter the fried but it tastes like something I can't yeah May popcorn oh yeah it does doesn't it yeah it is like popcorn it does actually taste like popcorn or popcorn in the UK anyway yeah it's a strange sensation it's nice though GL we Pi them this is a spread and a half there has chicken noodles more rice and some pork there incredible even know where start just like that we are finished now that was absolutely lovely my favorite out of all this was definitely a chicken closely followed by these noodles and then those ribs I wasn't a huge fan of the ribs it was just so weird they tasted like popcorn like to us they tasted exactly like of popcorn yeah I completely agree the popcorn tastes was a bit but the rest of it these two were incredible so yeah yeah this was nice but was a bit fatty but I don't know if that's just the way that you over here were good we'll find out how much it worse and compared to the English prices but I'm stuffed now stuffed that was good though goes long way yeah right so let come to okay then so the bill has arrived let's come to 15 38 so we had two mineral waters salt ribs bonus chicken s sangon guizard which was noodles and then one plain rice so yeah £15 48 definitely not the cheapest compared to where you've been eating in like uh Indonesia India Sri Lanka it's quite a bit more expensive actually um it kind of comes to about $20 so that's pretty similar to what you pay at home really uh not too different to England but I mean it was lovely so happy with it um and yeah so a total of 1,090 usad about £69 each that's not bad too fair is it first ever Mesa done that was incredible and we're actually in the small although I said on the outside it didn't look too nice but it's actually really nice around here the mall is huge I'll show you kind of just down here so we're going to have a Wonder around this place first but they've got so much going on here and from the outside it definitely didn't little like this there so the floors it's really done up a modern and I don't even know what this is It's like a marker down there which is quite cool so we might head down there yeah it's really nice here really nice here actually I'm quite impressed got a big sale on down there so we'll have a look at that um I believe Beth wants to get a bubble tea so we'll get one of those as well you going to get a bubble tea huh you going to get one no right now I was looking cuz I think they have a few in this mall so okay we'll get some at some point expensive than they are in Borneo that's for sure yeah Borneo was super cheap wasn't it well Beth has found herself outside of a frozen yogurt place and she loves frozen yogurt so oh look at that does they say what flavors they oh that looks good These are nice banana almond crunch I might get one of those you know Cafe now I did want some ice cream I said earlier wanted some ice cream and I can see boffi paf here in this cup it looks really good so you want uh the boffi can I have the um boffi froo parf yes fro par yes please Perfect yeah that's not bad for $199 either is it and then can I get a small do you just do the um original original frer original fro not Happ um I uh yeah I'll get this your t uh This original fire yeah fine yeah thank you oh so let's go and see how they do mine then okay is that like banana so she's c c oh look it's like a layed then granola all fruit oh so much going on in that we got like corn flakes granola mango pineapple ice cream or yogurt banana as well wow okay that AR me what are you going to go for then I'm going to go for just a small froo with I saw strawberries I want to get strawberries oh yeah strawberries oh that looks good thank you very much one uh yes uh just a small original so then this is what it looks like banana ore we've got grola ice cream fruits more canola that looks lovely unreal C your sliping there didn't I you did how is it amazing so yeah I asked for some um caramel sauce on top of mine because little bit blander wise that's nice isn't it what's wrong cold actually I haven't had Frozen nugget in a long time so good isn't itly Frozen nugget so much nicer than actual ice cream and it's makes be better for you so supposedly fruit you got mango and pup in there as well hav you yeah it's weird I wouldn't normally go for fruit in my frozen YK but it's actually quite nice you know big F I know about good ide so we've now left the mall and we're going to head to the beach now I never actually knew there was a beach in Manila um but I guess because you're on the coast you do have one so we're kind of near the beach for now we're just walking over the main road as you can see we're going to head down this this way and check out man's local Beach not expecting too much but um of course check out it's not really that busy is it really but it's like the shortest walk from the mall as well it was only like 5 minutes 100 minutes there's a lot going on down here as well so check out these Market STS see what's around but yeah I me I didn't even realize there was a beach here so there a surprise actually so they had a port like a harbor front it wasn't expecting a beach me either not entirely sure how to get in there but we'll find the entrance got loads here from Toys sunglasses ice cream maybe yeah more toys yeah so if this is the exit we're trying to find the entrance now um where is the excuse me where's the entrance that way we're doing thank you just down here then apparently oh where are we going what's this all about I don't know you have to pay I'm not sure to get in I hope not cuz it's Beach never paid to get into a beach before so that' be a first hello yes yeah England Eng yes Ahad thank you see you it was nice like can't take any water but the beach though so it looked just in this tent here was a like a table and everyone had it was full of like bottles and water and stuff so as Beth said I don't think you can bring any bottles of water in here I get it if it's for what's the word like not littering yeah or like leaving trash but it's hot day yeah it's a hot day need some water but we're here we're on the beach it's like a grally beach so I'm not sure if it's like man made or not maybe I was expecting sand but no I mean but what a glorious day yeah you can't really do much on this beach it says no swimming no eating no smoking no littering no spitting no pets and no food oh yeah so no it's entirly sure what you can do here really it's this just to come and chill for like 5 minutes and then you got to leave again un Le they're making it something yeah maybe maybe it's like under construction um yeah let's go check the SE see what it's like in here I'm not entirely sure why it says no swimming maybe because it's kind of like a port area the water is not too clean I'm not sure you'll have to let us know anyway but we go down there's a few people they don't really have the facility like the people the resources to kind of police it maybe I don't know yeah I mean the water doesn't look too clean so um maybe because it's like a poor area it's just unsafe to swim in but I mean it's quite cool though yeah get nice breeze nice CH chill out here the city looks so nice so I it looks like a big ferris wheel down there and all one big strip of here so maybe we should head down that way afterwards cuz I can see a strip of palm trees which means normally that means there's like a nice area um yeah nice I did not expect to be gone the beach today that's for sure so be's just been looking and down that area is I can't hear you I don't know Ma maai I'm not quite sure how to pronounce it oh oh it's F down the area is Macai I'm not sure you can see on the screen here but I believe that's like one of the nicer areas so we're going to head down there and check that area out because uh we haven't yet so far and people have recommended it to us so yeah I think a lot of the markets like the food markets and like the weekend Market tend to be open in that direction okay which we hopefully do get to check out at some point by we are here yes we will we will but we'll head down that way now and check out that area see more of the city while the Sun's still up I don't look so then now we're going to go back towards where we're staying which is kind of like a little bit outside of the main and Center can't get my words out we're about to get a grab and he is 8 minutes away so yeah I mean that's thing that grabs around here is it always really far away yeah there was a lot going on like in the area near our hotel so we're going to go check that out because uh we haven't properly checked it out yet and see if there's some cool stff to do hopefully this guy comes shortly here we go here we go hello Hi how are you I always forget they sit on the other side of the car yeah about 35 minutes in a car until we get to where we need to go which is quite a long time actually it just shows you just how far out we are so we're going all the way up there and we're currently there um and yeah we'll just check out the local area see what's going on hopefully it's quite nice there we go dropped off now we are closer to where we're staying and we've seen out the car window a place around here to get some little snacks some what look like some Filipino snacks so we're going to go and have a look and see what they've got it's quite ly right now yeah it is isn't it it's really Lively around here actually oh what have we got I have no idea no idea what's around the other side as well it is like a bit of a bakery those are desserts oh well what are they I can't tell that looks nice that does look nice cake really not sure what any of these are but they look quite nice so we might as well give some a try um which ones to go for though that is a question that looks like purple lavender it does what's this one looks like it's caked in some sort of icing maybe and these ones look quite nice yeah different I haven't seen these before so God knows what they're like really nice going to go for one of those yeah and maybe like one of those brownie take looking things and then whatever you want I want the corner oh yeah which one was it I don't know I'll point that yes please what what is this GRE SP what sorry GRE girl okay no idea yeah and one of those as well please and and what's this one brownies okay nice yeah cool and thenk you and then one of these cake and can we have a bottle of water as well please a bottle of water a water bottle thank you perfect thank you and one water bottle please H water water water I know I think it's the way we say it water water thank you thank you so then we got I don't know what that is but what what what's this one spider spider cake okay W that's really fitting how much do we owe you how much oh so that came to a total of 48 so 34 pesos yeah and it's 48 that's not bad at all that's really like amazing so we' got three little pieces of cake in a botle of water for 48 P which is know what anything is so I mean I know what a brownie is so we're going to give the brownie a go see how it tastes if we can get into it it's quite hard what do you want I want oh yeah it feels a bit hard it tastes like it's been set out for a while it's not very gooey but I mean it's not bad not the worst I've ever tasted go over there there and then next one we have is I really don't know what this is that looks so unappetizing but I will give it a go if you guys know what this is please do let me know because I didn't understand what you said that was actually really nice it's like more of a brownie than the other one was really yeah it's like a little chocolate Bowl oh yeah with icing at the top M quite nice it yeah M yeah I'm quite happy with that one actually that's really nice it's like chocolate nice yeah it's nice in a brownie and then we've got the SPID cake which actually looks it looked really good in the window how would you describe it I mean it's quite like ready purply in color tastes a bit like carrot cake oh really like a chocolate caramel carrot cake yeah you're right isn't it got the spices of of the carrot cake that's that we'll be back then to try some other G there was so much in there so yeah we'll definitely be about there and for the sake of 40 34 pesos is really good compared to the prices that you get in the city yeah so much cheaper this is true out there is a 7-Eleven near us of Haron and we need to get some stuff for the next couple of nights we might take the walk there now uh and see what the seven L is like here because obviously in Asia 7el are massive and it's just nice to compare what they're like between countries so we're going to find it and get some stuff for later oh here we go here we go our closest 7-Eleven let's see what they got in store God that was slow isn't it thank you wow I mean it's not very big but looks like they got some stuff oh hello how are you I'm you're a blogger yeah yeah how are you I'm fine I'm fine nice to meet you yeah nice to meet you you're welcome to 7eleven thank you very much thank you see we do is this your shop yeah good right then what do we have we need get some food for later much is to be honest here oh so we were just kind of thinking like a pot noodle yeah what oh something similar hey shout out 7eleven we'll give a shout out for sure shout out to the guys at 7-Eleven what's your name Ellie Ellie Mike Mike nice to meet you I'm Dan right then what shall we get cup noodles down here hav got much Choice here oh yeah they are quite small aren't they get about these yeah uh jamong Korean spicy Seafood flavor that sounds quite nice that sounds really nice bone marrow beef bone marrow I thought you like that maybe give it a try H yeah I'm not sure if like the pot noodles here are big in um Philippines in Malaysia and Singapore they are uh so I'm not sure if you guys like them as much as they do but yeah oh my God so I've just seen look at the size of these Gator raids they are absolutely massive Gatorade tropical fruit is that 900 mil blue BS tropical fruit we got a tropical fruit flavor that's 1.5 H they're absolutely huge you never really see those in us don't get them my home or anything that's right so this is what we're getting pretty much a weekly shot is it thank you got quite a lot to be yeah yes it's a BL oh he's good for oh crunchy pan chicken fet with rice you can get like full of meals here that's insane if you're 69 and pesos you can get chicken fill it with rice and some gravy by those of things don't get that at home do you well oh yeah bon bon spread so strange you don't get anything like that at home chicken spread I mean you get some like sandwich spreads but not in the pack like that yeah sure I feel about that thank you can we please get a bag as well yeah thank you you want to uh oh no we'll take it away thank you thank you be interested to see how much well this comes to where are you from England England wow that's last two nights uh there's a England oh yeah okay nice yeah thank you how much was it say 3 38 308 thank you and you're from manila manila nice I leave it's Manila yeah good it's nice here good weather yeah nice talk to you and nice have a nice thank you we'll be back at some point thank you very much have a nice dayk you see you tomorrow thank you nice to meet you byebye thanks what a lovely guy thank you very much now uh where do we come from left oh yeah straight down wow so before we call it a day we're going to head down here which looks like a really busy little Street um and there's so much going on down here hello put this in there this is finished and then oh my God look at this a prop market so you got chicken beef got fish over there yeah it does smell quite strong I'll give you that but this is actually pretty cool with smell Beth doesn't like to L of fish um but oh my God you got everything coconuts bananas dogs if you want a dog hello how are you good need to be careful head oh my God literally everything this is like a proper little Market Street this it's insane I'm glad we passed some eating the fish that was hello how are you how are you wow maybe don't get many uh tourists down this little Street yeah I get the vibe they don't actually they've got everything there oh my God cool it goes on really far down yeah it does we vegetables more fish oh my God like is that like a pig's head oh my God hello how are you she must be thinking what are you staring at staring ateg no thank you buddy nice to meet you by guys from where are you England England yes nice to meet you everyone's so friendly here aren't they I think having a camera as well as bringing attention it's crazy because uh if you do this in India it' be really quite hostile people trying to drag you in and staring at you but everyone here seems to be really nice and welcoming hello she's like oh you're so weird yeah she's like I've never seen you before wow this is uh cool they've got everything here a bit T yeah I know I keep nearly hitting my head wow okay and yeah I mean I guess that pretty much concludes our day today uh I mean I've had such a fun day I love the Philippines like Milla has made such a good impression on me um I mean yeah we hear such negative things from tourists cuz they either fly to M for a couple nights and fly straight out to the island so we're really enjoying ourselves yeah so far 100% and definitely not what we expected not yeah you just hear bad comments sometimes really enjoyed oursel today ahuh too many Travelers come here and they go straight to the islands they don't really give me another a chance so I'm happy to give Mana a chance oh my God look at that oh oh we don't like you yeah I'm happy to give Manila a chance and really see what it's like here so we have the next 5 to six days here uh so we'll be doing so many videos exploring pretty much everywhere in Manila um and yeah super excited for it so thank you very much for watching and we'll see you in the next videos
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