The City Guide to Manila

For the latest edition of our HYPEBEAST City Guide, we pay a visit to the Philippines capital city. Hailed the 'Pearl of the Orient,' Manila is often referred to being a city encased within a primordial shell, though, when cracked open, go on to reveal its true inner jewel. Playful monikers aside, the nation's capital has endured every kind of disaster, both human inflicted and Mother Nature-imposed, yet still thrives as a burgeoning Asian metropolis. Home to a shade under 13 million inhabitants...