My experience visiting BGC Manila Philippines 🇵🇭

good afternoon my friends and welcome back to  another video here in the beautiful country   of the Philippines guys and in today's video  we're actually now over in Makati so it's my   first time exploring this area and we're going  to be taking you with us we're actually only in   Makati for a few moments because this is where  I'm staying but we're heading over towards BGC   so we're gonna be walking I think probably part  of the way and then after that I'll probably hop   in a cab hop in Tuktuk something like that, we shall see  what happens at this point we're just going with   today's adventure so let's get into it and head  over this way. So guys I'm doing the walk is  At least partially the way from Makati over to BGC  number one because I want to see what this city is   like or like these two cities are like and number  two it is rush hour so I guess this street right   here is pretty fast moving at the moment but the  street that I just came off uh was like so crowded   I was actually walking faster than the traffic  so yeah I figured I'm gonna walk part of the way   see what we can see and I can tell you like  this part of like the greater Manila area is   so modern all of the architecture and generally  you're not going to find as much like street   food in these areas there's probably like some  sort of ordinances so they're not allowed to be   you know like all over this area that's why  you know you kind of just see people walking   in this area and a bunch of different like  corporate buildings and so you know it's a   Different twist to the area one thing I can tell  you can find it everywhere in this city is 7-Elevens   literally, since I started walking I wasn't  filming all of it I have seen like 20 of them.   So as you guys can see I'm making some pretty  good progress to get over to BGC at about 4:20 p.m so the sun's gonna be setting here in probably  like 45 minutes so we'll get to see a bit but uh   yeah it's just a really nice walk because you know  like it's just a different feel after spending a   lot of time already so far in the greater Manila  area it's like it's crazy you can go I think this   area is like 30 minutes away from where I was  staying before and get a completely different   experience overall a lot more like highways and  infrastructure in this area and as you can see   the streets are very clean here you can't find  that much trash and litter uh you know a couple   pieces here and there but aside from that just  a really clean area yeah guys it's great that   they have these uh stairwells that brings us  across because I was like how the heck am I   going to get across this street across that like  gas station area I was like there's no way I'm   able to cross that street but here it goes we've  got a nice escalator to bring us up to the top   we're making good timing hopefully we'll make it  there before the sun goes down though we shall see okay long your dancer all right now  we're going this way crossing over Roderick francaise all right the man yes nice  to meet you brother okay so it looks like that's   the way we get across right down here and that  should get us there this is a busy spot over here let's see all right so those are all the locals are guys it's gonna be a long walk still  we've got 30 minutes to get there the question is how do we get to uh how  do we get to the other side of the street thank you very much hey there  he is see you later brother oh yeah this is confusing guys once you  take it once or twice you learn it but   I walked all the way over there got stuck at  the buses and there's actually another bridge   to get across the next set of lanes right over  here and that's how we're gonna get over there   so it's nice to have the pedestrian  crosswalks but yeah it's confusing yeah okay long perfect and let's see  here all right now we're making the   the progress we're looking for one last cross  a ticketing office so there's a Metro here   I wonder if we can take the metro to BGC  hello brother does this Metro go to BGC okay so it's yeah correct  all right perfect thank you all right so we got to get the BGC from here uh I need to go to BGC 11, 12, 13. oh 13 on the dot  yeah it's in my backpack okay oh there we go and which side do I go for  uh BGC which side for BGC next station salamat all right guys there's definitely one thing  that I do not like is that I'm triple vax and   I still need to wear a mask just in the Metro  station but hey it is what it is all right this   is where we're going hey brother uh which  side is a BGC left side on the right side all right so we're getting on the  train for our second time ever and   I'm guessing it's this one  the BGC who needs I don't know do this side or this side like BGC area all right well we found it so it's going to  be this side I think one station and then   we're there not sure how often these come but  uh pretty often I'm assuming at rush hour all   right we got the Metro coming right here  so we waited about two three minutes and   it is here wow it's gonna be a busy one as you  can see so many people are on the Metro today I think we're going just one  stop though but it is air   conditioning like air conditioned I hope  we shall find out here real soon though this is rush hour on the train well all right that's going to be a tight one  as you can see here we got room oh sorry   all right it's gonna be one of the  most packed metros I've been on   but it is AC though so we can cool  down kamosa coil oh all right bro   all right so I think we're going just one one stop  is a BGC the next stop, BGC the next stop this is the next one yeah okay it's quite quiet on the Metros this isn't the BGC no the other way okay all  right thank you very much I appreciate you   letting me know well I don't know why our friend  that we met told me to get on this one then we get a few moments to cool off  on the Metro so that's not too bad my GPS even knows we're going the wrong way let's turn that off here okay yeah yeah guys probably the simpler solution would  have been to just put in BGC into Google Maps   but it is more fun to figure it out without  using the map sometime too oh yeah the walk-in   time's definitely increasing all right  so it looks like right here in the Metro recommended route so it looks like this brought us right  to Guadalupe it looks like a cool area okay so we're gonna the way we came   all right how was surprised like I I know everyone  here speaks English and only one out of like 200   people replied on how to get there but that's okay  probably uh a bit awkward when we're all super   directions maybe but here we go now we gotta  get to the other side hop on that station and   then do the process all over again so here we go  good oh I think I gotta put this one in a single   Journey ticket right there oh good and now we're  good guys I would recommend if you're going to   be taking the metro a lot when you're exploring  the Philippines definitely get a multi-use card   because if you don't have a multi-use card then  you'll have to stand in line every single time   to get a ticket which can be a pain you know but  uh that's all right I think this is going to get   us to the metro station on the other side  I think or maybe we're going the wrong way   okay all right let's check this out Metro  Station all right wow that's the traffic   guys that's why they want to take the metro at  this hour that is insane and I'm assuming this   is going to be the way down to the other side  of the Metro so we can retrace our steps back can I get a BGC uh bonaficio BGC bonafricio oh um oh perfect okay [__] thank you oh right there yeah okay Salama thank you very much for your help we've got the let's see here check  this one yeah all right all right   all right don't worry I'm a vlogger not a  threat yes sir yes ma'am thank you so much all right guys we'll see you at Ayala   oh okay there's a female only section over  here so I guess this is the one we gotta hop on   so it seems like only going in the uh Direction  the other way the wrong way that I went   that's when it's busy people are very shy  on the Metro here but uh we're heading back   this way guys I think we're taking it to  Ayala I don't know why the guy before gave   me the direction to go this way I probably  didn't understand that I said BGC but it's uh   we're gonna get there hopefully before  the sun sets but the good news is we   got some time to be in the air con which  is quite nice because I'm sweating after   being in the Manila humidity as you can see  we can see a nice view of the City from here yeah definitely a much more modern side especially  comparing it to where I stayed the first first   week or so in the Chinatown area all right I think  we have made it to the stop we meant to get off   for like 25 minutes waiting I am here there's  like a bus or something to get to BGC so we shall   see how this is possible it looks like this  is the exit station we're going this way and   right out this way after you sir thank you that's my  pleasure no it doesn't work oh okay all right we've hit a bottleneck all right now the question is where to from  here probably one Ayala might be the way oh   we got Subway eat fresh Brave when you walk out  it seems like that's the only option that's open   at this time bus base so if we are going to  take a bus that's got to be the way to do it   now it depends if it's a short walk to get to  BGC from here which I'm going to check on the   maps then I'm going to do the walk just because  I like walking but if it's a long walk still   I am definitely going to be taking  the bus just to get that experience   Okay so bus station to BGC this way  yeah okay hey loose okay salamat panty all right Northbound exit so this is the one I  should have planned ahead should have left the   apartment like two hours earlier if under the uh  Transportation Logistics were gonna be a little   more complex but uh hey that's all part of the fun  adventure yeah that was definitely a bad decision   I should have walked from where I was at then  rather than taking the metro because the Metro   someone gave me the wrong directions went the  wrong way and then now where it just dropped me   off unless I take the bus it's a 41 minute walk so  well that's the fun in it right that makes it easy   it says BGC bus so that's definitely got to be  the bus all right hope we can make it on this one   I'm not sure what the cost is but we shall  see I guess we walk down this way to get on   no idea okay well people are running makes me  feel like I should be running if we want to   get on this BGC Rider good well oh crap what do I  do if I don't have a card uh do you know if I can   pay on the bus can I pay uh on the bus over here  okay all right so the third ticket of the trip 20. okay well we got 20 in  coins so that should be doable   hello can I have a single  ride to BGC please [Applause] okay thank you oh that's okay it's all about  all right we got the ticket single ride for   13 pesos so that comes out to uh all right  let's stick that thing right there and oh   QR all right okay salomat all right which  one's the faster one yes sir where are you   going uh BGC where's the best place to go where  should I get off for the best place in BGC yeah okay all right well we're just going to take  this one I don't know how many stops we'll take   but we'll just get off where it looks interesting  all right found the BGC bus it looks like two   of them arrive at once probably because there's  just that much traffic and I'm guessing they're   probably two separate routes that's purely a guess  but uh yeah we're gonna take this go a few stops   and wherever it looks interesting I'll watch on  the map and then we'll hop off all right we're   getting on the bus here so that was the nice part  since we're number three in line we've got a lot   of options for seats probably switch one close  to the door so we can get on and off easily kuya   right that was the longest journey to get down  here of my life one hour and 40 minutes from   Makati to BGC so well now we know rush hour is  not the time to be uh traveling to this area   but aside from that we made it and as you  probably guessed I didn't record on the   bus because I was pretty packed and we were  sitting there for so long in traffic guys   there was nothing even entertaining to show you  but uh yeah now we're here this is literally a   completely other version of Manila this reminds  me of like Chicago right now I mean just from   this perspective obviously like uh I'd mean  that by like the uh civil design of this area   the massive condo and apartment skyscrapers and  just like you know thought put into everything in   terms of the designs and restaurants really nice  restaurants all over here guys I did want to show   you this place during the day in this video but  it is cool to see it at uh night because you can   see like every once in a while you'll see some  lights flash through here and it almost looks   like they're in sync with the other buildings  wait for it so you see a flash down there   another stopping huh wow I was just walking  guys and I pulled my camera out now they stopped   we're gonna keep an eye out for it that's  Shangri-La though that's a uh incredibly   nice hotel like Ultra Luxury in this area okay so  you can see a couple lights just going through and   it literally looks like they're all in sync with  the buildings like a light's going through all of   them it's pretty awesome to see that you guys so  we're gonna be coming up to uh High Street which   is like the most well-known part of the BGC area  so many shops and restaurants and I'm not even   sure what else we're gonna find the downside is  we're not showing you it during the day but uh   don't worry we'll be back and we will definitely  show you what it's like during the day as well   okay so yeah you can see that how popular of a  place it is Bonifacio High Street right there   and it looks like there's all types of  what is it shops and markets down there   we'll take a little stroll down  there and see what we can find all right well we've got some Brands we  recognize like Jamba Juice down there   so we're walking through some like uh sculpted  plants getting down here and there's tents up   for something I'm not entirely certain what seems  like some sort of event oh yeah this is the high   end area we've got the Rolex shops right up there  and just quite a mix of uh stuff Adidas shops   on the left Shake Shack an absolute classic and  it looks like a huge oh we got some little cats   wins you guys so I walked down a little bit  and we are going to find ourselves something   delicious to eat I figured before I continue  showing you this place I gotta get some food   in my stomach because I am fading my friends I  am fading it was such a long ride to get here   that like you know when you're just like  sitting there in traffic for so long it   just totally takes all your energy that's how I  feel right now so I'm thinking I'm gonna have to   try a little pizza from Manila this looks  like the spot oh it's closed oh it's open uh you got pizza here and you're open oh  we're already consumed oh you're closed   yes for the day yes what time did you  close at I work close at 6:30 until close 6:23 so I missed the pizza  by 23 minutes that's a bummer can I order and get it  delivered outside of the door   no oh that's a bummer all  right thank you yes thank you well the bad news is we won't be eating until we can find I would have never  guessed that a place would close at 6   PM that's incredibly early yeah but it is  a vibrant City at night we've got the big   BGC letters right there a light all the  way up that building and I don't know I   think I'm gonna go straight hopefully  we can find some food down this way   and then just when we thought the day couldn't  get any more interesting now it is starting to   rain so I think we gotta find a spot to go get  an umbrella Let's uh head over this way and all   right I think we found ourselves a 7-Eleven let's  head on in and check it out all right we're gonna   have to get ourselves an umbrella here because of  the rain so ah see how we even get one of these up okay well there we go we got Secret Service here okay long to purchase as you can see it should be a good one we  should still be able to see out of this   are you a vlogger yes are  you a future subscriber Tim   oh you might be yeah let's see  here we got a uh card there for you future subscriber Tim salamat  and uh for this nice   umbrella 199. one night oh we  got a special deal today Solomon yeah I thought the price tag said like 229  so that means we're getting a great deal okay 209 all right I might have uh  nine yes let's see oh and I found it   we got nine right oh we got a ten actually Salama all right we got a brand new umbrella let's  try this thing out fresh out of the box salamat   tin okay a little garbage I think right there and  great news my friends we got ourselves a brand new   umbrella for like uh just about four US Dollars  let's hit the button oh rain you can't get me now   that is fantastic need the umbrella okay okay long   all right so we're gonna explore this now with a  brand new umbrella and of course we just buy the   umbrella and now the rain is like slowing down  a little bit but uh you know you never know when   it's gonna start again so it's better to have it  than not guys well the good news is is it pretty   much has stopped raining at this point I still  got the umbrella up because at the moment you   can still feel like drops or like water here  and there coming off the buildings but ah you   know we're making the best of it we're making the  best of being down in uh BGC at night and it is   a super cool place guys this reminds me of like  at night like uh Chicago or New York so it's uh   it's an awesome place it definitely makes me  want to come back during the day on like a   sunny day and see what it's like over here look  at this though like they even have like mosaic   walls built in around the Landscaping and all  the trees are lit up such a cool City the main   difference like being here versus like you know  in some of the other places I've been in Manila   there's like a lot of like opportunities for like  uh Street stands and interactions with the locals okay long that's perfect there we go I jinxed it  we're getting some good interactions here still   I guess we got to keep the camera rolling and up  like this nope and so yeah just look at this like   so modern and uh wow such a different feel over  here in BGC we've got some awesome looking coffee   shops here like so modern called because coffee  there and looks like we're getting right over here   a view of High Street one Bonifacio look at  these we've got fountains that are lit up in   the distance and such a cool place to be looking  at and look at this building right up here you   have just like these like zigzag lights all the  way up to the top Central Square of course we've   got another Mall there and right there  I mean we're getting like a feeling of   square right here with this exotic looking  advertisement TV screen that stretches all the way   along the side of that building and we're going to  take a walk down this way I think right here and   we shall see all right right down here looks like  we've got like a sports bar Burgers chili dogs   a few of the restaurant establishments all along  the uh area this is one I wish it wasn't wasn't   raining up and apparently if you look at this  sign right here there's actually T-Rexes that   are known for crossing the street T-Rex Crossing  why did the chicken cross the road to visit its   Grandpa stand the T-Rex at the Mine Museum look  left before Crossing wow all right now that's   uh 10 out of 10 marketing right there all right  guys luckily the rain stopped so I'm taking the   umbrella away but at this point I'm just kind of  just walking around the city and you know it's   pretty enjoyable to walk around this place when  it's not raining let's say and we're a little   closer to the W and you can see how they have like  just some of these accent lights leading up making   this like aesthetic design okay so right over here  in the center of the like BGC High Street you can   find so many restaurants like literally of every  type of Cuisine we got Friday's American Bar we   got JBL speakers sold right there Pet City I mean  those are for shops and then we also have a lot   of restaurants Seattle's Best Coffee eye Studio  we are going to try out one of these foul bread   Burgers here I saw that from afar so I'm thinking  we might have to check this one out scam chicken   sandwich followed bread cheeseburger this looks  like the spot I'm gonna get some like Western food   right now because I haven't really had any since  I've arrived to the Philippines so I figured I   might as well test it out and see what we can  get hello you have the best burgers in all of   BGC yeah yeah sir oh that's perfect the foul bread  is it oh that's I think that's going to be the one   yeah all right and it looks like it's a double  Patty oh so I'll be pretty full after that yeah   oh that sounds fantastic and how  long does it take to make a burger   oh perfect that's a great amount  of time all right I'll take uh   one of those please Burger sir oh yeah the  follow bread cheeseburger no tomatoes though   and then um sorry uh I'll do just uh just  solo please yeah and then uh iced tea   you know I think that should be it for today  please uh for yeah let's do dining 400 thank you 10 to 15 minutes James nice to meet you James so James is taking  care of us with the best burger in this area   perfect just gotta get my card back yeah all right so we've got a spot right over here  we're gonna be eating at and yeah guys this is   right here it's called foul bread I don't know  if you can see the sign when I was walking up   and it's like right down here in the High  Street area so I'm super excited to try   this you have a Filipino beers here yes sir  we have Sandy Glade until set oh perfect can   I order one of those too I didn't uh which  one's better lights okay we'll do one light guys I saw when I went to sit down that they  have beers all along here so I was like you   know I haven't tried a uh maybe I tried one or  two Filipino beers so far since I've been here   but I don't know if I've tried it on camera so  figured we're gonna have to add that to the menu   here yes sir Magano kuya yeah 85 all right that's  a great deal and you're from Manila brother yeah   yeah it's a nice city and this is this a new  burger spot or it's been around for a while how many years right here five years okay that's  how you know it's a good burger spot guys right   down here Prime real estate and it's uh survived  five years and surviving and thriving when you   got burgers on the menu like this this reminds  me uh back in the U.S of Culver's a very very   attractive looking Burger when I was walking  by I was like I need to try one of these   yeah thank you so much oh look at this thing oh  yes that looks incredible absolutely incredible   oh look at this so it looks like we've  got some like sliced pickles some sort   of like specialty sauce on there and  two patties that are just nice and hot   this right there that is going to be an absolute  mouthful all right guys I'm so excited to try what   a Filipino version of like a high quality Burgers  like because I've had Jollibee but I haven't had   like an actual like gourmet burger yet all  right let's go ahead and dig right in here oh my God that is freaking incredible  the uh meat's like you know it's nice   and oily and juicy the sauce they use on there   I'm guessing that's some sort of mayo mixing  with something else it gives it that like   light pinkish taste and those pickles they  aren't like overpowering you know like some   pickles can be like super overpowering this is  just the right amount and a nice squishy bun that is phenomenal absolutely phenomenal um all right this reminds me of like going through a  really high-end burger place in the United States   like this gives competition to In and Out this  gives competition to Culver's if you're from the   US and have heard of those Burger chains they're  like some of um the US's best but like this is   absolutely incredible I mean I could tell from  the photo how good it looked and the way they   specifically the way they cook their patties  I was going to be in love with it and by the   way this was like 450-480 something like that so  that comes out to you know roughly eight dollars   so we are here in BGC and when I had the camera  turned off I was actually talking to a Chinese   man who lives here and he was his uh I don't know  what city is from in China but he's all yeah VGC   is expensive to live here so that puts it into  perspective you know eight dollars for a gourmet   burger right here but uh let me tell you this  it is well worth it with how delicious this is that is hitting the spot and then we've got  the uh San Miguel light to mix it up with very delicious beer it's a light beer but  don't be fooled it is five percent alcohol   so that thing will get you going I would relate  this light beer to like I'm trying to think like   you're you know like a I don't know what specific  country related to but it's very very tasty like   it it's so tasty it's even like refreshing  like if you're drinking a glass of water nothing like a beer and a burger my friends oh um that is g triple o d my friends guys I have  finished off that plate besides the one pickle   that fell out of the burger and that was honestly  for burgers that's a 10 out of 10. I kid you not   that is literally a 10 out of 10. like one of  the best burgers I have had while traveling   without a doubt and it's so crazy because I  could just tell the way that picture of the   burger was if you remember when I first walked  up that it was gonna be like so mouth-watering cheers my friends Salama James  very delicious best best burger   in the entire country salamat  thank you thank you very much   that was freaking incredibly delicious  unbelievable guys unbelievable how good that was I   don't know if I was just super hungry from walking  around all day but I can tell you that hit the   spot times 10. wow yeah guys so now I'm gonna walk  back to Makati I could take a taxi but honestly I   want to get that walk after a massive burger and  a beer just to burn it off you know but now it's   saying 49 minutes and keep in mind guys when I  went down here it ended up taking me I want to   say like almost two full hours because I did the  transportation I I did go the wrong way because   there's misunderstandings but aside from that like  it would have I found it would have been faster   at rush hour for me to walk from Makati it would  just been like obviously super hot so that's why   I'm like I'm gonna do the walk back see what it's  like and uh yeah it was fun exploring this place   but I definitely want to check it out during the  day when it's not raining because you know it's   hard to explore this place when it was raining  then it wasn't until me a while to get down and   uh yeah guys overall just a really modern Vibe  out here and like I was about to say this place   reminds me of New York and it says right there  Frankie's New York Buffalo Wings you got bars   along there right along the edge of the street  Yellow Cab I believe that's a pizza restaurant   maybe and Army Navy there's just so many burgers  broad spots or burgers at Pizza spots just like   typical like Western food all over here we've  even got a massive Starbucks there which you'll   find all over here so yeah it's uh interesting  to just walk around and just see you know like   the more modern the city the more similarities  you find in all the modern cities in the world   there's a lot of Like You Know well-designed  Places ATMs everywhere Banks everywhere   high-end restaurants and you know the typical  noises you hear when driving through a city   but yeah it's just it's crazy like walking through  this downtown versus walking through like banondo   it's just it's a night and day difference in every  possible way but you have trash receptacles you   have cleanliness everywhere so you know like  don't get me wrong though exploring banana and   Chinatown is super cool because it's the oldest  you know Chinatown in the world but you know it's   also cool to see the other side of it where it's  like the clean modern side of this part of the   Manila greater Manila area guys I didn't have the  camera out but we just made it to buendia if you   remember earlier at the beginning of this video  this is that bridge that I got so confused at   is awesome now that I've walked it once now I  kind of like I've been figuring out the way to   go and everything and so we are about 24 minutes  away and the walk's not bad like the unfortunate   part is you have to walk along a highway so  it's a really narrow sidewalk but like other   than that like you know it's not a bad walk to  Walk that distance and get some exercise you know   oh this is a tight little sidewalk to get  through here and let's see we made it through   all right we gotta figure out how to get up oh  probably right over here see you guys just wanted   to go ahead and end today's video hope you guys  have enjoyed coming along the adventure definitely   uh that's the most successful video because of  all the twists and turns we have but definitely   a fun adventure nonetheless so I'm gonna go ahead  and edit there guys and we'll see in the next one

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Length: 36min 47sec (2207 seconds)

Published: Fri Feb 17 2023