Posts Tagged ‘Manila’
Top Five Attractions in the Historic City of Manila
Some things are just too hard to narrow down to the top. Picking the top five attractions in the city of Manila is like trying to pick the five hottest destinations in the Philippines. What I mean is that you start with a huge number of destinations and you are able to narrow it down [...]
MV Doulos Floating Bookstore’s Final visit in Manila – March 6-30,2009
Yesterday, Nina and I went to Pier 15 to checkout MV Doulos Floating library. Carrying 330 volunteers from 50 countries, MV Doulos crews don’t just sell books, they also reach out to prisoners and orphans by conducting short educational programs and providing hope and inspirations to each country they visit. All of the volunteers on [...]
Manila Central Post Office Building : Exploring Manila
It was my day off when I visited the Manila Post office last week to pick up the package I bought from Ebay. It took almost two weeks for them to send me the notice that my package has arrived, Oh well, at least it didn’t get lost. Since most of my travel gears, travel [...]
Shopping in Quiapo Manila
It’s not clean unlike the streets of Madrid and it’s definitely not as colorful as the City of Beijing. This is Manila and I call it my “Hometown”. Whenever I need to tour around a friend in Manila, there’s only one place I always have in mind… It’s Quiapo. It’s new year and I promised my self [...]
Feast of the Black Nazarene : Festival in Quiapo
The feast of the Black Nazarine is an intense, day-long festival in Quiapo Manila. The Black Nazarene festival is considered the largest religious festival in Asia. Every 9th of January, thousands of devotees from all walks of life come to the church of Quiapoto take part in the procession as a way of strengthening their [...]
Metro Manila to hold lantern-making and display competition
Metro Manila will glitter with lights and sounds when the Department of Tourism (DOT), through its National Capital Region (NCR) office, mounts a traditional lantern-making and display competition as a Yuletide season project for the public. Dubbed as “Paskong-Pasko Sa Metro Manila 2008,” the project is organized by the DOT-NCR office as part of promotional [...]
Pipe Organ Festival stards today in Manila Cathedral
Watch Choral concerts and various artistic performances in the weeklong celebration of 3rd Pipe Organ Festival in Manila Cathedral Basilica. “With a good pipe organ, majestic melodies become a staple in our liturgical menu, and we envision the Manila Cathedral-Basilica to be the source and symbol of such sounds of wonderful splendor in the local [...]
History Town Philippines relaunched in Intramuros Manila
Senator Richard J. Gordon today lauded the revival of Intramuros as the country’s history town, showcasing historical events and cultures from the different regions in the country. Wow Philippines Intramuros Gordon, chairman of the Senate tourism panel, made the commendation as the Department of Tourism (DOT) and Philippine Tourism Authority (PTA) revived Wow Philippines program [...]
San Nicolas : Manila’s Old World Charm
If old spanish houses designed with capiz (mother-of-pearl) windows, floral arches and huge doorways facinates you, then you should visit San Nicolas – Binondo’s largest district. Walking Tour – Binondo It was a gloomy afternoon when a small group of travel and food bloggers decided to go on a walking tour with a blogger / [...]
Kalesa : Traversing the busy streets of Manila
I usually ride kalesa whenever Im having a hard time flagging down a cab or when some areas in Manila are flooded. Last Friday, I went to SM Manila to get my business cards printed out and to have a late lunch. Since the sky was gloomy I decided to go home after running my [...]






