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February 3, 1888- After a short stay of 6 months in his beloved Calamba, Rizal left Philippines for the second time.
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February 7, 1888Rizal sailed to Hong Kong through steamer Zafiro but had an emergency stopover in Amoy, Macau because he was not feeling well. It was also raining hard and heard that the city was dirty.
February 8, 1888 –Rizal landed in mainland Hong Kong and stayed at Victoria Hotel where he was welcomed by his Filipino friends.
February 18, 1888Rizal visited Macau with Jose Ma. Basa through the ferry steamer KiuKiang. They stayed at Don Juan Francisco Lecaros’ house.
February 20, 1888After visiting casinos, churches, botanical garden and witnessing a Catholic processions for two days, they returned to Hong Kong.
February 22, 1888Rizal left Hong Kong on board the Oceanic, as American steamer to his destination, Japan.
February 28, 1888- Rizal reached Yokohama, Japan and registered at the Grand Hotel.
March 2 to 7, 1888- Rizal stayed in Tokyo Hotel. He met Juan Perez Caballero, the secretary of Spanish legation. He decided to live in a Spanish legation in Tokyo with Caballero. He knew that Spanish diplomatic authorities from Manila were monitoring his movements in Japan.
May 4, 1888- Rizal moved to Nevada, California.
April 13, 1888- Rizal left Japan and boarded the steamer Belgic going to United States of America.April 28, 1888- The steamer Belgic with Rizal on board docked at San Fancisco, California. He described USA as a great country but it has many defects too. He quarantined for a week because of Cholera outbreak in Asia.
May 13, 1888- Rizal left New York on the board The City of Rome bound for London.
May 16,
During his stay in London, he published the second edition of his novel, Noli Me Tangere.
February 12, 1890- Rizal arrived at Brussels, Belgium. July 1891- While in Brussels, Belgium, Rizal completed his second novel, El Filibusterismo.
September 18, 1891- Rizal’s second novel, El Filibusterismo was published through the help of his friend, Valentin Ventura.
In 1892, Rizal decided to return to the Philippines thinking that the real struggle was in his homeland. He arrived in the Philippines on June 26, 1892.
JETHRO TAROMA
