CHAPTER 11 -Cheryl B.

Padao
IN HONG KONG AND MACAO (1888)
TRIP TO HONG KONG
Left Manila for Hong Kong on February 3
On board the Zafiro
He did not get off his ship when it made brief
stopover at Amoy on February 7
1. He was not feeling well
2. It was raining hard
3. He heard the city was dirty
Feb 8, he arrived in Hong Kong (British Colony).
He wrote a letter to Blumentritt dated February 16,
1888.
( insert the letter)
Victoria Hotel
Jose Maria Basa, Balbino Mauricio and Manuel Yriarte.
Jose Sainz de Varanda
Former secretary of Gov. Terrero
Authoirized to spy on Rizal
VISIT TO MACAU
Rizal accompanied by Basa on February 18
Ferry steamer Kiu-Kiang for Macau.
Sainz de Varanda
Small, low and gloomy.
Don Juan Francisco Lecaros who married to a Portuguese lady.
He visited:
Theater
Casino
Cathedral
Churches pagodas
Botanical gardens
Bazaars
February 19
Witnessed a Catholic procession
Devotees dressed in blue and purple
Carrying unlighted candles
 February 20, Rizal and
Basa returned to Hong Kong
on board ferry steamer Kiu-
Kiang.
EXPERIENCES IN HONG KONG

He stayed two weeks

He studied
Chinese way of life
Language
Drama and
Customs
He wrote diary
Noisy celebration of the Chinese New Year which
lasted February 11th (Saturday) to 13th (Monday),
He also observed the boisterous Chinese theater,
Marathon Lauriat party,
Dominican order was the richest religious in Hong
Kong,
Hong Kong cemeteries belonging to Protestants,
Catholics, and Muslim.
DEPARTURE FROM HONG KONG
Rizal left Hong Kong on February 22, 1888
On board the Oceanic
American steamer
His destination was Japan

He did not like the meal but he liked the ship because it was
clean and efficiently managed.
Rizal’s cabinmate was a British Protestant
Missionary who live in China for 27 years.
A “good man”
Other passengers with whom rizal
conversed
Two Portuguese
Two Chinese
Several british and
Amrican woman Protestant missionary.