The Chinese Cemetery is one of Manila’s tourist attractions. The rains here have discouraged me from spending money to leave town, so instead I’ve been trying to see what I can of Manila, while the weather forces me to stay capital bound. The Chinese Cemetery was indeed interesting, but I believe exceptionally dismal on a gray rainy Sunday. Each mausoleum has its own flair, with common general ingredients of marble, red paint, and either the happiness or ying yang sign. There are many religions represented in the cemetery: Christianity, Catholicism, Judaism, Buddhism, and Protestant Catholicism. Some are mixed and matched; a Catholic wife and a Buddhist husband will have their respective religious relics displayed on their tombs. The main attractions of the cemetery are the bathrooms, sinks, and soda coolers in some of the mausoleums; amenities for the families who come to visit the deceased. Our guide continually pointed out that the Chinese ancestors were living in better conditions than most of the living residents in the surrounding communities. I wondered if he emphasized this because he thought it was something tourists like to hear about, or because he was genuinely perplexed as to the attention and money devoted to housing the dead.