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 Forgotten Jewels of Northern Manila: Artex Compound, Isla Pulo and Smokey Mountain

“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 …
Continue readingPaco Park and the Old Cemetery

In the heart of the Manila is a small and old circular park which used to be a cemetery for Spanish aristocrats – the Paco Park and Cemetery.
Continue readingSan Pancratius Chapel: Lumang SImbahan of Campo Santo de La Loma

Amid Manila’s oldest cemetery is a century old San Pancratius Chapel, an old structure that survived wars, typhoons, earthquakes and other calamities, and one that stood the test of time.
Continue readingIn Focus: Manila, Our Manila

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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