Let me take you to the best places.
Let me take you to the best places.
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 …
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“The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes.” – Marcel Proust Couch Surfing Manila Summer Scramble Every year, Couch Surfing Manila organizes an adventure race within the …
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In the heart of the City of Manila is a small and old circular park which used to be a municipal cemetery for Spanish aristocrats of the old walled city of Intramuros – the Paco …
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The Cemetery In the northernmost district of Sta.Cruz, on the city boundary with Caloocan, sits Manila’s oldest Catholic cemetery, the La Loma Catholic Cemetery or Campo Santo de La Loma. It opened in 1884 and …
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When I was a kid, one of the first books I owned was Nick Joaquin’s “Manila, My Manila: A History for the Young“. Being the foremost chronicler of 20th century Manila, Joaquin dedicated his life …
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So you’ve been to Manila! You have walked the walls of Intramuros; strolled Rizal Park, Paco Park, Roxas Boulevard, Manila Ocean Park, Manila Zoo and even malls, plazas and other open spaces; shopped in Quiapo, …
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