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    IN HONG KONG AND MACAO 1888

    CHAPTER 11
    RIZAL AT 27
    • HE WAS FORCED TO LEAVE HIS COUNTRY FOR A
    SECOND TIME IN FEBRUARY 1888
    • A PRACTICING PHYSICIAN, AND A RECOGNIZED
    MAN-OF-LETTERS
    • EMBITTERED VICTIM OF HUMAN INIQUITIES, A
    DILLUSIONED DREAMER, A FRUSTRATED REFORMER
    TRIP TO HONG KONG
    • On February 03, 1888
    Rizal left for Hongkong on
    board the Zafiro.
    • He was sick and sad during
    the crossing of the China
    Sea
    Three reason why Rizal did not get off his ship when it
    made stopover at Amoy on February 7.

    • He was not feeling well


    • It was raining hard
    • He heard that the city was
    dirty.
    • He arrived in Hong Kong on February 8.
    During his stay in Hong Kong, Rizal wrote
    a letter to Blumentritt, dated February 16,
    1888, expressing his bitterness.
    • In Hong Kong Rizal stayed at Victoria
    Hotel. He was welcomed by the Filipino
    residents, including Jose Maria Basa,
    Balbino Mauricio, and Manuel Yriarte.
    • A Spaniard, Jose Sainz de Varanda,
    shadowed Rizal’s movement in Hong
    Kong. Varanda was a former secretary
    of Gov. Gen. Terrero and he was
    ordered by the Spanish authorities to
    spy on Rizal.
    Visit in macao
    • On February 18, Rizal accompanied by
    Basa, boarded the ferry steamer Kiu-Kiang
    for Macao
    • Rizal described Macao as a small, low and
    gloomy. There are many junks, sampans,
    but few steamers, it looks sad and is almost
    dead-like.
    • The two stayed in at the home of Don Juan
    Francisco Lecaros who was married to a
    Portuguese lady.
    • During his two day stay in Macao, he
    visited the theater, casino, cathedral and
    churches, pagodas and botanical gardens
    and the bazaars
    • In the evening of February 19, he
    witnessed a Catholic procession wherein
    the devotees were dressed in blue and
    purple dresses and were carrying unlighted
    candles.
    • On February 20, Rizal and Basa returned
    to Hong Kong on board the ferry steamer
    Kiu-Kiang.
    Experiences in hong kong
    • Rizal stayed in Hong Kong for two
    weeks. There he studied the Chinese
    way of life, language, drama and
    customs.
    • Rizal noticed some experiences and
    wrote them in his diary
    • Some of them include the noisy celebration of
    the Chinese New Year which lasted from
    February 11th to 13th.
    • He also observed the boisterous Chinese
    theater
    • The marathon Lauriat party, which was the
    longest meal in the world;
    • The Dominican Order was the richest religious
    order in Hong Kong,
    • And the Hong Kong cemeteries belonging to
    Protestants, Catholics, and Muslims.
    Departure from hongkong
    • On February 22, 1888, Rizal left Hong
    Kong on board the Oceanic, an
    American steamer and his destination
    was Japan.
    • Rizal did not like the meals on board
    but liked the ship because it was clean
    and efficiently managed.

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