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2010 in review by Traveler on Foot on Jan 2, 2011The stats helper monkeys at WordPress.com mulled over how this blog did in 2010, and here’s a high level summary of its overall blog health: The Blog-Health-o-Meter™ reads Wow. Crunchy numbers The Louvre Museum has 8.5 million visitors per ye...
Rizal Shrine At Fort Santiago by Traveler on Foot on Jun 18, 2010Government announced free admission for all government-run museums in celebration of the 112th anniversary of Philippine Independence. On that day we went museum hopping around Luneta and Intramuros. While we were able to save a few bucks to see the...
Colegio de Sta. Rosa’s Legend of the Twisted Sword by Traveler on Foot on Apr 24, 2010Colegio de Santa Rosa is one of the two remaining original schools in Intramuros (Colegio de San Juan de Letran is the other). The school was founded by Mother Paula de la Santissima Trinidad in 1750 and it served as an orphanage for girls. It was o...
Plaza Sampalucan Scandal of 1621 by Traveler on Foot on Apr 22, 2010One day we decided to take a calesa for a kutsero-guided tour of Intramuros. After some haggling with the kutsero, we agreed to have a 30 minute tour for 250 pesos. The kutsero-tour guide made quick stops on significant places while he delivered his...
Plaza Roma by Traveler on Foot on Apr 20, 2010Plaza Roma was the Plaza Mayor during Spanish Intramuros. It was used as a venue for bullfights and other public events until 1797 when Governor-General Rafael Maria de Aguilar turned it to a garden enclose with iron fence. During the American period...
Plaza San Luis Intramuros by Traveler on Foot on Apr 17, 2010 Intramuros was divided into for barrios -San Antonio, San Gabriel, San Carlos and San Luis. Standing side-by-side within each dense and crowded barrio were grand churches, palatial government buildings and Antillan houses or call it glorified baha...
San Agustin Church Museum by Traveler on Foot on Feb 25, 2010When asked why do I go back to Intramuros when I have been to this place so many times before? My answer is simple: I what to see something new from something old. One of the places I frequently visit in Intramuros is the San Agustin Museum. The Mu...
At Home in Lahug Cebu by Traveler on Foot on Dec 31, 2009While recovering from the damage brought by typhoon Ondoy, we stayed in Lahug for a much needed break. It was a brief but invigorating and comfortable sojourn because Lahug and its neighboring barangays of Mabolo and Busay offered us an assortment...
Intramuros by Traveler on Foot on Nov 9, 2009Intramuros, the Old Walled City of Manila, which my favorite National Artist, Nick Joaquin immortalized its former glory in the many essays, plays and books he wrote about life inside the ancient walls. Joaquin described the time when the day dawn...
San Mateo Flashfloods by Traveler on Foot on Oct 4, 2009Living in San Mateo Rizal for the last five years we’ve never imagined that we will experience in real life what most people see in movies and on the news – water and mud entering homes, furniture tummbled by flashfloods rising more...
