When I traveled to the PI last year I foud it very different than I expected, and this shot was one of the first I too while there. For some reason the heat and humidity came as a surprise and the poverty just took me aback. I was also flabergasted to fine thd people so friendly and helpful, nothing was as I had thought it would be.
This shot was jst after an afternoon rain storm and there was almost a cloud of dampness that you could see. Nothing however slowed in the slightest for any of this, the market just kept up with the same hstle and bustle as before the shower.
I am sure there is much more to the PI than I saw. Our guide showed us the "entertainment" districts of Angeles and Subic. I think the country side would have been much more to my tastes.
It would take at least another trip to see what it is really like.