Welcome to Manila—where the traffic doesn’t move, the sun doesn’t quit, and your sweat glands discover hidden talents you never knew existed. It’s a place where the air smells like a mix of isaw and ambition, the chaos is breathtaking, and the people? Warm, witty, and ready to offer directions (even if they’re sometimes vaguely wrong). Whether you’re here for 3 days or 30, don’t you dare leave your common sense, your powerbank, or your SPF behind. This isn’t your average travel guide. “Surviving Manila” is your step-by-step cheat sheet to not melting into a human siomai while dodging potholes, power outages, and the occasional political drama. All lovingly authored…