Showing posts with label Manila. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Manila. Show all posts

China Town

The photo and food trip goes Chinese ... after photo shoot and food trips in Laguna we went to Binondo for the second round of photo shoots and food trippings.


still in the Philippines but it feels and looks different on this part of Manila...it's like you've been transported in China....with the many Chinese shops, restaurants and of course Chinoy or Filipino Chinese everywhere here


Noemi, Dee and me posing before a purple fire truck




the look inside Binondo church




Master Bogsie trying out Chinese super loaded goto


while going around, we notice this sugarcane drink, I saw this in Singapore but I did not try, so I tried it here....not so sweet, yummy when it's cold =)


deciding where to go next....


we went inside a Buddhist temple and found this performers taking a break...too bad we didn't get to see them perform =(


so I just tried their instrument instead


The temple is dedicated to Kuang Kong known as the God of War, Kuang Kong is favored by Chinese businessmen. And in this part of the temple you can find this huge red furnace where according to Jack they place their paper money and burn it with a prayer that believed to be reaching their departed love ones.


then we went to the European part of Manila hehe ... called as the IlsdeTuls or "Ilalim ng Tulay" in Quiapo...where you can find good buys of native products


of course...we also went to the famous Eng Bee Tin ... Hopia in different flavors




the trippers in Rizal Park

Intramuros

The title of this trip is "Kid's Day Out", my officemates who have kids plan a trip to Manila, I ask my nephew to be my kid for the trip. We went to Planetarium, Luneta and Intramuros (Fort Santiago).


entrance of Intramuros


pretending ....


the walled city.... Fort Santiago








bribing the guardia civil




that's Jose, our National Hero


mode of transportation in going around Intramuros







The Floating Bookstore

I don't have plans of buying book but when I heard about this floating bookstore coming in Manila Bay, I joined friends who went there! Just to have the experience of getting there...though I purchased one book entitled "One night with the King" and I loved the book that I bought.

The floating bookstore is called "MV DOULUS" their tagline "Bringing Knowledge, Help and Hope". To know more about them, visit: www.mvdoulos.org


The queue....




while on queue some staff or crew of the ship are performing




just posing before the website address


Bing (me in the center) and Christine posing happily with their purchased


another pose with Sally this time


after book shopping, we had dinner in a floating restaurant along Manila Bay


then a walk along Roxas boulevard


Welcome to Manila by night!