Imagine you are on a dinner date, set in a roof deck decorated with hanging lanterns in ambient lighting, and a lofty and well lit towers of a cathedral on the backdrop. Seems like a …
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Slideshow: Metro’s Christmas Night Lights
Metro Manila [nggallery id=23 template=galleryview images=0] While on a night ride in and around the Metropolis, I was utterly awed by the bright lights along my route. The lighted trees of Plaza Roma, in front …
Continue readingA Walk Through Philippine Postal Heritage
Not everybody knows that the very first stamp in Asia was issued in the Philippines on February 1, 1854. Some carries a genuine error in printing the word “corros” rather than “correos”, which are valued …
Continue readingManila Summer Scramble 2009: Adventure Race in the City
Couchsurfers from different part of the Philippines and the world converged at the Oblation monument in front of Quezon Hall or the UP Administration Building of Diliman on the last day of May this year …
Continue readingIntramuros to be Revived
Intramuros, Manila’s Walled City is set to undergo a renewed restoration plan with Intramuros Administration’s new team headed by Anna Maria Harper. The plan is to clean-up and preserve the historic district, which includes structural …
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