LWIF EP128: Journey to the Philippines

I visited the Philippines to get a glimpse of the everyday lives of Filipinos. Thanks to our sponsor ExpressVPN. Go to https://expressvpn.com/lifewhereimfrom, to take back your Internet privacy TODAY and find out how you can get 3 months free. Check out my previous video about commuting in Manila Special thanks to all the locals that showed me around. You know who you are! Sources:

• https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Companies/Uber-Grab-moves-closer-to-Southeast-Asian-integration
• https://www.rappler.com/business/198968-grab-buys-uber-southeast-asia-operations
• https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/article/1140500/philippine-mall-security-guards-required-carry-guns
• https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2014/01/tsa-business-security-theater-not-security/357599/
• https://thetravellingfool.com/how-safe-are-you-in-the-philippines/
• https://www.bworldonline.com/the-barangay-system/
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kawit,_Cavite#Barangays
• https://nolisoli.ph/39609/waste-management-barangays/
• https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2018/mar/21/cemetery-slums-life-manilas-graveyard-settlements-philippines
• https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/long-reads/article/2108198/manilas-apartment-tombs-where-poor-bury-their
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kawit,_Cavite
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_influence_on_Filipino_culture
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intramuros
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Philippines
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Mactan
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_Magellan
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emilio_Aguinaldo

Images

• Detail from a map of Ortelius – Magellan’s ship Victoria By Ortelius – www.helmink.com, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1593812
• Ferdinand Magellan By Unknown – Library of Congress, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2626667
• Magellans Cross Inside By No machine-readable author provided. Magalhães assumed (based on copyright claims). – No machine-readable source provided. Own work assumed (based on copyright claims)., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=764213
• Lapu-Lapu shrine, Mactan Shrine Painting 2, Lapu-Lapu vs Ferdinand Magellan By Nmcast at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=10357771
• The Proclamation of Independence on June 12, 1898, as depicted on the back of the 1985 – Philippine five peso bill By Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas – Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=25008751
• Kurz and Allison, Spanish-American Treaty of Peace, Paris 1898 By Kurz and Allison – This image is available from the United States Library of Congress’s Prints and Photographs division under the digital ID pga.01948 https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=23276592
• Masjid Pink By Marwan Khan – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=74574555
• Shariff Kabunsuan Festival 2018 Kuyog Street Dancing Competition By PeterParker22 – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=75244344