Spent a fair bit of time in Manila over the last year
Avoid the water (buy bottled even at restaurants, beware ice cubes, unless its a nice place), every foreigner who is in Manila for 2weeks+ gets sick, if you do get sick (diarhea, stomach aches, etc) go to a local pharmacy and tell them, they are used to it and have some high powered medicine that'll get you regular again in 24-48 hours
People are nice but they are broke, they will take advantage of noob foreigners if given the chance, keep your chip and valuables well concealed
Traffic in this country is the sickest I've ever seen, try to arrive at the airport between 9pm-4am or on sunday, during rush hour you will spend 30minutes+ just leaving the airport parking lot and 2h+ to reach makati or fort
ripe mango shakes are the nuts, all the tropical fruit in this country is pretty much the best you can get
Stay in:
Makati: Greenbelt area, Rockwell area, Gramercy or one of its surrounding buildings are also okay
Fort Bonifacio: anywhere, this is a rich area that's as nice and beautified as any 1st world country
Pasay: There is a city of dreams which is a casino attached to 3 hotels, there's a PS run poker room there and if you intend to play there a bit you can stay at nobu hotel for ~120 / night
Have fun in:
Valkyrie: best club in Manila and one of the better ones I've seen in my travels, prices are reasonable (as these places go), reserve ahead if you want a table
Burgos St.: dirty stripper/hooker bars everywhere, this is the asshole of south east asia, enter at your own risk
City of Dreams: this is in Pasay, about 20 minutes from makati when there is no traffic, ontop of the PS run poker room, there is 5-10 restaurants, a night club that gets a bit of action on weekends, and Mall of Asia is down the street
If you have any other questions I can try to answer, for tourist stuff, just google
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, thanks guys, I'll probably know all the logistics tomorrow and will definitely take some things into consideration.
