Rizal and his travels to ASIA and USA

Russia

Canada

USA

Japan

North Korea

Rizal in USA

May 16, 1888- Rizal left New York for Liverpool on board the City of Rome. According to Rizal, this steamer was “the second largest ship in the world, the largest being the Great Eastern”.

Rizal had good and bad impressions of the United States.

The good impressions were:

(1) the material progress of the country as shown in the great cities, huge farms, flourishing industries and busy factories

(2) the drive and energy of the American people

(3) the natural beauty of the land

(4) the high standard of living

(5) the opportunities for better life offered to poor immigrants.

One bad impression Rizal had of America was the lack of racial equality: “America is the land par excellence of freedom but only for the whites”.

Rizal in USA

April 28, 1888 - the steamer Belgic, with Rizal on board, docked at San Francisco on Saturday morning.

May 4, 1888 - Friday afternoon, the day Rizal was permitted to go ashore.

Palace Hotel- Rizal registered here which was then considered a first-class hotel in the city.

Rizal stayed in San Francisco for two days—May 4 to 6, 1888.

May 6, 1888-Sunday, 4:30PM, Rizal left San Francisco for Oakland.

May 13, 1888-Sunday morning, Rizal reached New York, thus ending his trip across the American continent.

Rizal stayed three days in this city, which he called the “big town.”

South Korea

Rizal in Japan

February 28, 1888 - early in the morning of Tuesday, Rizal arrived in Yokohama. He registered at the

Grand Hotel.

Flag of Japan

Tokyo Hotel - Rizal stayed here from March 2 to March 7.

- Rizal wrote to Professor Blumentritt:

“Tokyo is more expensive then Paris. The walls are built in

cyclopean manner. The streets are large and wide.”

Juan Perez Caballero - secretary of the Spanish Legation, who visited Rizal at his hotel who latter invited him to live at the Spanish Legation.

Rizal accepted the invitation for two reasons:

(1) he could economize his living expenses by staying at the legation.

(2) he had nothing to hide from the prying eyes of the Spanish authorities.

- Rickshaws - popular mode of transportation drawn by men that Rizal did not like in Japan.

- April 13, 1888-Rizal left Japan and boarded the Belgic, an English steamer, at Yokohama, bound for the United States.

- Tetcho Suehiro- a fighting Japanese journalist, novelist and champion of human rights, who was forced by the Japanese government to leave the country. Apassenger which Rizal befriended on board the Belgic.

- April 13 to December 1, 1888- eight months of intimate acquaintanceship of Rizal and Tetcho.

- December 1, 1888- after a last warm handshake and bidding each other “goodbye”, Rizal and Tetcho

parted ways—never to meet again.

Rickshaw

March 7, 1888- Rizal checked out of Tokyo Hotel and lived at the Spanish Legation.

Rizal was favorably impressed by Japan.

Some of the reasons are:

(1) the beauty of the country—its flowers, mountains, streams and scenic panoramas.

(2) the cleanliness, politeness, and industry of the Japanese people.

(3)the picturesque dress and simple charm of the Japanese women.

(4) there were very few thieves in Japan so that the houses remained open day and night, and in hotel room one could safely leave money on the table.

(5) beggars were rarely seen in the city, streets, unlike in Manila and other cities.

China

Taiwan

China's Flag 1888

February 7, 1888

Mexico

- Zafiro made a brief stopover at Amoy.

-Rizal did not get off his ship at Amoy for three reasons:

(1) he was not feeling well

(2) it was raining hard

(3) he heard that the city was dirty

Hong Kong

British Colonial Flag

February 8, 1888 - Rizal arrived in Hong Kong

DEPARTURE FROM HONG KONG

- February 22, 1888- Rizal left Hong Kong on board the Oceanic, an American steamer, his destination was Japan

- Rizal’s cabin mate was a British Protestant missionary who called Rizal “a good man”

Jose Maria Basa

- Rizal wrote to Blumentritt on February 16, 1888, “is a small, but very clean city" as he describe Hong Kong

Victoria Hotel - Rizal stayed while in Hong Kong. He was welcomed by Filipino residents, including Jose Maria Basa, Balbino Mauricio, and Manuel Yriarte (son of Francisco Yriarte, alcalde mayor of Laguna)

Oceanic

Jose Sainz de Varanda - a Spaniard, who was a former secretary of Governor General Terrero,

shadowed Rizal’s movement in Hong Kong

- it is believed that he was commissioned by the Spanish authorities to spy on Rizal.

Jose Sainz de Varanda

Macau

-Macao is a Portuguese colony near Hong Kong.

Macau's Flag

( Portugese Colonial Flag )

-According to Rizal, the city of Macao is small, low, and gloomy. There are many junks, sampans, but few steamers. It looks sad and is almost dead.

- February 18, 1888 - Rizal, accompanied by Basa, boarded the ferry steamer, Kiu-Kiang for Macao.

- Don Juan Francisco Lecaros- A filipino gentleman married to a Portuguese lady

- Rizal and Basa stayed at his home while in Macao

February 18, 1888 - Rizal witnessed a Catholic possession, in which the devotees were dressed in blue and purple dresses and were carrying unlighted candles.

February 20, 1888 - Rizal and Basa returned to Hong Kong, again on board the ferry steamer Kiu Kiang.

Kiu Kiang

Philippines

The trip to Hong Kong

February 3, 1888 - Rizal left Manila for Hong Kong on board the Zafiro.

Philippines, February 1888

- Hounded by powerful enemies, Rizal was forced to leave his country for a second time.

- He was then a full-grown man of 27 years of age, a practicing physician, and a recognized man-of-letters.

Rizal and his travels to ASIA and USA