compare the past and present philippines
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On the 19-hour flight from San Francisco to Manila, I began dusting off the yellowed memories of my first trip to that country. At that time I was living in Bangkok, Thailand, and Ferdinand Marcos was still president and wielded the full might of martial law in the Philippines. Now, after the tumultuous events of the last year, I imagined that I was headed for a Manila that would be far different from the one I had left behind six years ago.
With all the sting of a snapped rubber band, the tumult of the Manila Airport thrust me back to those earlier days of Oriental hustle and bustle. Every Filipino, it seemed, was being met at the airport by a delegation of family or friends, and I was besieged by a chorus of crowding, eager porters.
"Take your bags, Ma'am?"