Manila is no vanilla but I loved it
My philosophy is that if a place feels like extra precautions are needed so as not to run into trouble, I'd rather not visit. Nothing spoils a trip more for me than having to be on alert constantly. And yet, when it seemed that I have exhausted ideas within easy reach of Hong Kong for a quick getaway - mind you, ideas that'd jolt me out of my day-to-day reality and show me a totally new angle - I...