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!!!Fort Santiago Manila

[{Image src='B_033_Fort_Santiago_Manila_Fort_Santiago_Manila.jpg' caption='Fort Santiago Manila, December 2009, © Gerhard Huber' alt='Fort Santiago Manila' class='image_left' width='900' height='598'}]

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Despite traffic snarls, air pollution and oppressive confinement: Manila [{GoogleMap location='Philippinen, Manila'}] is an exciting, exceedingly rich in contrasts metropolis, in which at least 16, possibly even 20 million people live. However, Manila no longer does justice to its former epithet „Pearl of the Orient“. Nevertheless exploring the huge city is still worthwhile.
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Trotz Verkehrschaos, Luftverschmutzung und bedrückender Enge: Manila [{GoogleMap location='Philippinen, Manila'}] ist eine spannende, an Kontrasten überaus reiche Metropole, in der mindestens 16, vielleicht auch schon 20 Millionen Menschen leben. Ihrem einstigen Beinamen „Perle des Orients“ wird sie allerdings nicht mehr so ganz gerecht. Trotzdem lohnt es sich, die riesige Stadt zu erkunden.
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