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Nowdays the whole city is more familiar to me and it's getting very comfortable to go to all sorts of places in Manila.
We switch to the LRT for a ride up the coast. The tickets cost about $.40 each one way to the last stop on the line.
The LRT is older than the MRT. It's the original public rail system here and the roughness of the ride is a big difference from the MRT.
As you look forward into the next car, you see ( and feel ) the cars moving back and forth. It's as if the tracks are bent but that seems improbable.
Looking out the window the older parts of the city are passing by. The old Spanish style buildings are much more common here and the churches are bigger.
This trip I see what turns out to be the old Chinese cemetery. It's so old and run down that it's only after seeing the sign and the gates that I recognize it.
Eventually we arrive at Monumento. To me it appears as run down and dark as many other parts of the city. Lots of lights, cars, jeepnys and people moving in something less than a smooth orderly way.
To my wife it's not a pleasant place to visit, so we head back soon after arriving.
It's surely been worth the forty cents to look out the window at the older portion of the city. My wife doesnt share my opinion on that though.
Once back at Guadalupe everythings fine again.
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