Columbus (CA 74) - Naval Cruise Book

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. . . and colorful dances Zamboanga ! The city we ' d all been waiting for. Its very named spelled adventure, enchant- ment. Enticing, mysterious Zamboanga : were the girls there the most beautiful in the Philip- pines? Did the monkeys have tails or did they not? Alas! Zamboanga was not all it was cracked up to be. But for those hardy souls who ventured out to the stilt-built, thatched-roof Moro village, a mere ten minutes from Zamboanga proper, a rewarding insight into a culture utterly different from anything we had ever seen was to be had. That alone made the trip (almost) worthwhile. a new type of kite . ZAMBOANGA?

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Downtown Manila A week-end in Manila followed our memora- ble trip to Zamboanga. Manila proved to be disappointingly expensive, but our stay was saved by a first class USO, which held Columbus Night on the eve of our departure and threw c dance that several hundred Columbus men seemed thoroughly to enjoy, from all the reports that drifted back. Wanda The Manila Hotel The pursuit of culture ? Under Spanish rule, Catholicism took a strong hold on the population