Rizal's 2nd Trip Abroad PDF

RIZAL SECOND TRAVEL ABROAD February 3, 1888- June 26, 1892  – FEBRUARY 3, 1888- HE SAILED TO HONGKONGON BOARD “ZAFIRO” AND JUST STAYED INSIDE THE SHIP DURING ITS SHORT STOP AT AMOY – HE STAYED AT VICTORIA HOTEL IN HONG KONG AND VISITED HONG KONG...

RIZAL SECOND TRAVEL ABROAD February 3, 1888- June 26, 1892  – FEBRUARY 3, 1888- HE SAILED TO HONGKONGON BOARD “ZAFIRO” AND JUST STAYED INSIDE THE SHIP DURING ITS SHORT STOP AT AMOY – HE STAYED AT VICTORIA HOTEL IN HONG KONG AND VISITED HONG KONG THE NEABY CITY MACAO FOR 2 DAYS ALONG WITH HIS FRIEND JOSE MARIA BASA – HE EXPERIENCED IN HONGK KONG THE NOISY FIRECRACKER- LADEN CHINESE NEW YEAR AND THE MARATHON LAURIAT PARTY Hongkong and Macao February 22, 1888, Rizal left Hongkong on board the OCEANIC. Japan  – FEBRUARY 28 –ARRIVED FROM HONGKONG HE REACHED YOKOHAMA, JAPAN AND PROCEEDED TO TOKYO THE NEXT DAY – HE STAYED BRIEFLY AT GRAND HOTEL IN YOKOHAMA FOR A WHILE, THEN THE SPANISH ATTACHE IN JAPAN JUAN PEREZ CABALLERO VISITED HIM AND EXTENDED AN INVITATION TO STAY AT THE SPANISH LEGATION LOCATED AT AZABU DISTRICT WHICH IS THE MOST EXPENSIVE DISTRICT IN 1800 –(HE KNEW THAT IT WAS AN INSTRUCTION FORM MANILA TO CLOSELY WATCH HIS ACTIVITES IN JAPAN HE STILL ACCEPTED THE OFFER FOR THE REASONS: TO SHOW THAT HE IS NOT AFRAID OF BEING WATCHED AS HE JAPAN HAD NOTHING TO HIDE TO SAVE MORE FROM EXPENSES FOR HOTEL ACCOMMODATION – MARCH 1888, HE HEARD A TOKYO BAND NICELY PLAYING A EUROPEAN MUSIC AND WAS ASTONISHED TO FIND OUT AFTER THE GIG THAT SOME OF ITS MEMBERS WERE FILIPINO – RIZAL WAS AMUSED BY THE JAPANESE GIRL WHO WOULD PASS BY THE LEGATION EVERYDAY SHE WAS THE 23 YEARS OLD SEIKO USUIWHOM HE FONDLY CALLED ‘O-SEI-SAN” BECOME HIS TOUR GUIDE AND SWEETHEART Osei-san United States of America  – APRIL 13, 1888 00 HE BOARDED “BELGIC” GOING TO USA FROM JAPAN – IN THE VESSEL HE BEFRIENDED TECHO SUEGIRO A JAPANESE NOVELIST AND HUMAN RIGHTS FIGHTER WHO WAS ALSO FORCED BY HIS GOVERNMENT TO LEAVE HIS COUNTRY – APRIL 18, 1888 –THE SHIP ARRIVED IN SAN FRANCISCO FOR A WEEK, THEY WERE QUARANTINED, ALLEGEDLY BECAUSE OF THE CHOLERA OUTBREAK IN THE FAR EAST, BUT IN REALITY SOME POLITICIANS WERE JUST QUESTIONING THE ARRIVAL OF THE CHINESE COOLIES IN THE SHIP WHO WOULD DISPLACE WHITE LABORERS IN RAILROAD-CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS. UNITED STATES – HE OBSERVED EARLY ON THE RACIAL DISCRIMINATION IN THE US WHEN HE WAS STILL ON BOARD, HE LEARNED THAT ONLY THE FIRST CLASS PASSENGERS WERE PERMITTED TO LAND WHILE THOSE IN THE LOWER CLASS OF AMERICA WERE STRICTLY PROHIBITED – MAY 4 WHEN THEY ALLOWED TO DISEMBARK AND HE STAYED AT THE FIRST CLASS (PALACE HOTEL) IN SAN FRANCISCO UNTIL MAY 6 – MAY 6 HE WENT TO OAKLAND ONBOARD A TRAIN, TOOK AN EVENING MEAL IN SACRAMENTO AND WOKE UP IN RENO, NEVADA. – HE ALSO VISITED UTAH, COLORADO, NEBRASKA, ILLINOIS AND FINALY REACHED NEW YORK ON MAY 13 – ON BEDLOE ISLAND HE AS SEEN THE STATURE OF LIBERTY SYMBOLIZING FREEDOM AND DEMOCRACY, IRONICALLY HE OBSERVED THAT THERE WAS RACIAL INEQUALITY IN THE LAND AND THIS CONCLUDED THAT REAL FREEDOM WAS ONLY FOR THE WHITE Great Britain GREAT BRITAIN  – HE BECAME THE HONORARY PRESIDENT OF THE PATRIOTIC SOCIETY ASOCIACION LA SOLIDARIDADAND WROTE ARTICLES FOR GREAT THE LA SOLIDARIDAD BRITAIN, PARIS – IN HIS 10TH MONTH STAY IN LONDON HE HAS SHORT VISITS IN PARIS, MADRID AND BARCELONA AND SPAIN ANNOTATION – IN LONDON HE MANUALLY COPIED AND ANNOTATED MORGA’SSUCESOS DE LAS ISLAS FILIPINASA RARE BOOK AVAILABLE IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM OF DR. – HE COMMENTED ON ALMOST ALL PAGES OF THE BOOK BECAUSE OF HIS DESIRE TO RECTIFY SOME OF THE POINTS WRITTEN SO THAT THE FILIPINOS MORGA’S WOULD KNOW AND WOULD HAVE A CLEAR UNDERSTANING OF THE HISTORY OF THE COUNTRY WORK – THE ANNOTATION WAS PUBLISHED IN PARIS IN 1890 News from Calamba Reformists in Barcelona (Dec 31, 1888) Filipino expatriates in Europe formed the Propaganda Movement (Madrid, Spain 1890) Foundation of Asociacion La Solidaridad President – Galicano Apacible VP- Graciano Lopez Jaena Honorary Pres.- Jose Rizal France Kidlat Club Indios Bravos  R.D.L.M. R.D.L.M. – Redencion de los Malayos (Redemption of the Malayans) with R.D.L.M. initials is a secret society organized by Rizal. (Redencion – Only a few of Rizal's trusted friends became members of the de los society, namely, Gregorio Aguilera, Jose Ma. Basa, Julio Llorente, Marcelo H. Malayos) – Its aim is propagation of useful knowledge such as scientific, artistic, literary, etc.