Ayala is walkable from end to end ! You cross to the other side via underpasses. You walk the length of Ayala on street level or via elevated walkways. Malls in the commercial center are interconnected. There are parks and trees and greenery everywhere! Enjoy your stay.
So far we have quite a number of train systems LRT line 1 and Line 2, MRT, MRT 7, PNR and we are at present building two subways and other plans like cargo trains, monorails etc.
You can walk all the way through the posh gated community of the Forbes Park Village of Makati to get to the BGC. Although there are BGC shuttle buses there to ride on.
I beg to disagree. Bangkok is way humid than Manila. Bangkok is 150 km from Gulf of Siam whilst Makati is 6-7 km away. There's so much breeze and coolness within Metro Manila because it is surrounded by Manila bay and Sierra Madre, a mountain chain that cools the capital. Manila does not have air issue or poor quality as evidence of blue skies 365 days a year. Unlike Bangkok and other capitals of SE where slash and burning is an issue during summer time. I been to Bangkok 18 times and all over SE and it is always the poor air quality of air that makes me wear those mask and avoid these cities at this time of the year. BTW, Makati a subway opening up soon. you should visit Ayala museum and see all those pre Hispanic gold of the Philippines dated in 9th CE. sadly the Tara gold is currently located in Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago. Greetings from Seattle, USA
Seattle people, of course lol 😆 😂 🤣 😅 😌 🙃 😆 I was for a few days not long enough to say anything, besides my anecdotal experience. Thanks for the suggestion on the museum. I have been living in SEA for around 10 years, but it's the first time I have had a chance to take a look at the Philippines. Bangkok, you go from air-conditioned metro to air-conditioned mall. So that might explain it. 🤔 brush yo teef 🪥 I have no experience with the Philippines, but I do have experience keeping my teeth 😬 clean. I feel it, though I can see why Manila has a lot of value. So does Colgate
@@rebornabroad Enjoy ASEAN countries then. Live life to the fullest . Haha. By the way I like videos. Keep it up! We cheer you from the sunny Seattle, for now:) haha
You should check the new map, Bangkok is next to the Gulf of Thailand. Bangkok has bad weather during the rice farming season because the wind blows from the east. Cambodia is a country that burns almost the entire country for farming and those winds blow up and reach Bangkok for a short period of time. Any other Your Makati Subway has not even been built yet.
@user-bs4vb8vh6m I have lived in both Cambodia and Bangkok many years. Yes, pollution is not great. it's still better. Still better food, transportation, and access to one of the best international airports in Asia. You should look at a map. The Philippines is isolated, expensive(for what it is), and remote. Cambodia, despite its past, is awesome. Maybe instead of looking at a map, you should ask why so many of your own countrymen live in Cambodia, Vietnam, Thailand, or a million other places overseas. If it's sooooo amazing???? I am sure there are other parts of the Philippines that are cool, but let's not kid ourselves here, lol 😆 Bangkok < Manila. The tourist numbers speak for themselves. They can charge thousands to expats looking for long-term visas. You need to give away visas to attract people. Case and point 👉
Makati was the first to develop in the 50s while the neighboring countries were still poor and full of slums. Makati was their benchmark in those days. Singapore was a big slum up until the early 70s. Bangkok Jakarta KL were all in their infancy. Glad you're enjoying Makati.
Singapore definitely boomed, but due to open banking, they made the country highly attractive to investors and individuals with wealth. One of the main things that holds back a lot of SEA is hyper protectionist laws and government bureaucracy.
Singapore imported talent from all over the world to make SG what it is today. It started with nothing and in fact, Lee Kwan Yew patterned several of his ideas from Ferdinand E Marcos, whom he idolized, then criticized, hahaha. Singapore cannot do without imported talent. That's the way it grew and succeeded and made itself rich. @@rebornabroad
If talking about business district development Bangkok has the Ratchadamnoen Road area. Built more than 100 years ago by the King of Thailand. During the reign of King Rama V, he developed relationships with many European nations during the colonial era. To prevent those superpowers from seizing Thailand Using the excuse of being backward When you return to Bangkok by boat Ordered to build a road with 6 lanes on each side and build a building. and a monument modeled after the Champs Elysees in Paris, France ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-snGq-wpQqGQ.htmlsi=6adarlimeiNDJToU
Theres a museum in greenbelt attached to it and its the Ayala museum. It houses thousands of archeological gold artifacts of our ancestors. If Latin America has colombia with lots of gold artifacts South east Asia has the Philippines and we have the largest collection of it for the Philippines is known as the isles of gold during the precolonial eras.
Definitely, if we visit again. Thank you for the recommendation. Largely, this was a trip for business and networking. We got to do a few things touristy but we had spent a lot of time meeting with consultancies
It's too much like America for me, but I can see why people would like it. Clean orderly and safe, but it reminds me of Mall, not a city, really. All American brands, things I don't care about but I get it
I think Manila and Mexico City have some things in common. I definitely miss Mexico City. Probably because I've returned to Colombia twice, but have never returned to Mexico City. Manila is the Asia version
As a Mexican . I prefer Philippine Vibe .It has Best of Both Worlds .And All is In English. They Speak English . Definitely going back To Philippines This 2023 . Greetings From Mexico City ❤❤❤
That portion of the Greenbelt mall that you first entered is the original mall Greenbelt 1 which opened in 1982. I remember going to that area as a little kid so I know the year. Greenbelt has expanded up to Greenbelt 5. Greenbelt 1 will be closed by the end of 2023 or early 2024 and will be redeveloped. For how long? I dont know.
I googled that Vietnam 🇻🇳 has only 20 McDonald stores in the country whereas Jollibee has an impressive 158 stores. There are 70 Jollibee stores in North America 🇺🇸 including 5 stores in New York. There are 1500 Jollibee locations globally. (Google stats) Philippines 🇵🇭 cuisine isn’t popular overseas but our Philippines’ owned Jollibee have growing markets internationally.
Fast food is disgusting poison. You couldn't pay me to eat Jollibee or McDonald's. Processed disgusting food. My family is Italian wr got raised to eat things that dong give us cancer. As far as cuisine in this part of the world, I like Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia the most. Lots of vegetables are so high in micronutrients. Unfortunately, agricultural production still uses a lot of chemicals. Thailand leads with cheap organic foods.
Right next to Ayala Makati is the red light district of Poblacion Makati . It offers typical lady bars and other millennial type of bars . It's a mix of everything in terms of a night life experience in Makati.
i beg to disagree sir,but i been to Bangkok modern area and still CBDs in MANILA like BGC or makati is far more organized, modern and well planned very developed and very clean. when i been to bangkok there modern area has street vendors, some parts are very dirty and has chaotic.
Street food is what makes the place special. Who wants sterile american brands everywhere? Maybe you lol. The BTS whipes it's ass with the transportation system in Manila. Also, value. You can have a much nicer condor for the same price or less. Far vetter airport connections to travel anywhere in the world. Safer, fewer people with guns standing everywhere. Much much better food. No Brainer Manila > Bangkok. No questions. Just on the BTS and MRT alone.
@@rebornabroad i am just saying what i saw to the both cities and i dont even care if you prefer Bangkok the most over Manila lol either i am not interested to lived to both cities i just only visited. anyways thanks for your time even ur response seems bad.
Can we all just agree that Thai food is the best? About other things you can dispute which country is best but the food question has been already settled.
Yeah it's one of the safest city in general if not the safest at the least. However, some certain boundaries of Makati near Old Manila like Sta Ana Manila or Delpan Manila are not that safe for tourists. These areas are normal local residential areas of Manila that are quite underdeveloped.
No one is being rude. I am being much nicer than I should be. Manhattan whipes it's ass with Makati. Don't kid yourself. Not even close to NYC. NYC is a world-class city. Manila is a giant shopping mall surrounded by slums. You want me to lie? Go watch someone else cry, baby 👶 😢
Makati developed in the 50s, was the FIRST to develop in the ASEAN REGION, AND WAS THE BENCHmark in the region. Singapore once a buge slum area and kicked out by Malaysia in the federation, was poor and COPIED ideas Bangkok was a huge slum area but good governance made BK and SG what they are today.
If they put the mrt or subway in ayala it will look modern but they put it on the edge of that area faraway from the establishments its not commuter friendly its hard to get out from there during rush hours.
Well. Let's be grateful for a few things. No strikes. And also for the fact that we're at the meat and potatoes of the content. Manila. The hidden gem of se asia.
@@rebornabroad BGC developed in the 70s and 80s, so it has had a lot more time to find it's character. BGC only started in like 2005, so it will take a few decades to develop its own character
Philippines is a very poor and underdeveloped country. According to the world bank, 37% of the population still live in slums as of 2021. With a gdp per capita (PPP) of 11420 in 2023, which is only half of the world average of 22226, making it one of the poorest countries in the world. Majority of the population eat refried chicken bones from the trash known as pagpag.
@@TheOnlyTruthTalker Money can't tell you everything. Look at Human Development Index to get an idea of the overall quality of life of a place. Philippines' HDI is currently .699, which means it's only .001 away from being considered a high HDI country.
I've been living here in the Philippines for years now. I have a love/hate relationship with it, and I've personally witnessed some of the worst crimes and injustices here (committed by PNP officers, no less). My kids are Fil-Am, I speak Tagalog (sort of), and I generally love living here. However, *some* of the cons of living here are quite bad.
Hollywood actor Martin Sheen fell in love with Makati when he and Marlon Brando et al filmed, Apocalypse Now, filmed entirely in the Philippines...all those Makati and BGC cats are vetted and neutered.
That's awesome. It's interesting to hear about some history in the area. I liked Makati more than BGC. Makati still felt like Southeast Asia, just with obvious development. BGC felt too new and polished. Intramuros was the place we enjoyed most in our short time. That whole side of the city was really beautiful. Also the area near to it with the large blvds. Reminds me of District 3 in Saigon a lot.
In fact, Manila Roxas Blvd and the vast area in those days was actually originally and designed by Burnham, the American urban planner and architect who also planned Washington DC. Baguio City was also planned by Burnham, hence, the Burnham Park, in his honor. Sadly politicians over the years neglected and disrespected the urban planning Burnham introduced. Manila was beautiful in the 50s and 60s. It already had electric trams over 100 years ago but WW2 destroyed the whole of Old Manila. Still, had you come and visited Manila Hotel, one of the oldest hotels in Asia, you'd have seen the quarters of the Douglas McArthur residence right in Manila Hotel. That hotel also was the first in Asia to have refrigeration. It was the most advanced already in the Far East and Asia. Manila is now being re-urbanised, smartened up and re-developed and in a couple of years, will have the subway operating in and around Metro Manila and suburbs. It is now 33% done. @@rebornabroad
It's not that poor. it's one of the strongest economies in Southeast Asia. Wealth distribution seems to be more severe than other neighboring countries.
@@rebornabroadIt's still poor . Many of Filipinos escape their country to Western country because its hard to live there without work or low wage. Ph is one of the low wage country in sounth east asia and they eat Pagpag and live in graveyard. Do not liar guy.
Makati is not Manhattan. I hv a condo in Central Park West right beside Central Park Been to Makati. It has squatters. None in Manhattan. No Central Park in Makati Totally two different World U just saw the gud part of Makati. But not the squatters nearby Shoutout from Wall Street, Manhattan!!! I got several condos in Manhattan!!!
It's a click bait title I was born and raised in NYC. I actually thought most of what I saw was a dump. Basically, it's a giant shopping mall surrounded by slums. I wasn't a fan of BGC either. Felt really fake and artificial. The only place I liked was Intramuros. Wrong about the squatters in Manhattan, though thr liberals have brought in all the asylum seekers, and now there are people living in parks and under bridges. 100k refugees just showed up not long ago. So yes, it's not a slum like the Philippines, but it's certainly on its way under the current leadership.
@@rebornabroad seen in some places but these r controlled asylum seekers unlike the Makati squatters which r surrounding the whole city Adams had some reserved places for the asylum sicko - Roosevelt Hotel, Randall’s etc Unlike the dilapidated Makati slums pooing in the Pasig River, eating recycled food right out of the dump Can’t beat that!!!
@@rebornabroad 80s/90s lots of graffitis in subways/bldgs. Vacant dilapidated buildings. Now u cudn’t even buy a small studio even if u earn $100k annually!!!
@@rebornabroad ..... yea def., btw posted a link on ur bgc vlog on a vid. about the city of manila's efforts to reconstruct/restore it's old bldngs. 🏙 could be a good spot to explore in the future [*notably the chinatown area, heard it's the oldest in the world]
