Any ancient city, no matter how cultured, couldn’t help but have its own share of cobwebs and dust bunnies. Go on a budget travel to Manila where it is crowded, busy, smiling, and beautiful.
If These Walls Can Talk
Intramuros, the walled city, is a life-sized doll house that sheltered the elite of 15th century Philippines.Established by the Spanish in 1571, the citadel has survived wars, invaders, and disasters, serving as the eternal metaphor for the capital of the Philippines. Enjoy a breakfast of a savory brioche called ensaymada and tsokolateah, or what the Filipinos call their Spanish hot chocolate. To further understand Manila, order the “halo-halo.” Literally meaning mix-mix, this sweet Pinoy dessert is made of milk, shaved ice, beans, nata de coco, candied fruit, and jelly concentrate. Topped with ube or purple yam ice cream and leche flan,it provides a refreshing reprieve for the summer.
The World’s Oldest Chinatown
Manila is also home to the world’s oldest Chinatown.Go gaga while dodging the rushing pedestrians and loud vendors, and find your prize in savory dumplings, Peking duck, chicken noodle soup, and other Chinese delicacies Filipinized for the native palate.
House of a Thousand Shoes
The first child of a second wife will always have issues, and such is what happened to former First Lady Imelda Marcos. Despite the controversies, people will always be curious of her life’s paraphernalia, as all of them were indeed beautiful. Go ahead and ogle at all her size-81/2 shoe collection as your chosen Manila travel agency ushers you to the Marikina Shoe Museum.
Nineteenth century Manila is where you could find people who were at once multinational, multilingual and multifocal. It was akin to London centuries ago, on its golden era of flourish. Unfortunately it was bombed in WWII and was never the same again.Travel agencies in the Philippines will gladly introduce you to what Manila is today, which is a grand melting pot of Spanish, Malay, Chinese, Arabic, and American influences. It is perhaps a little too rich, as it can take quite a while for its charm to sink in. The traffic is stifling, the poverty pornographic and the heat daunting, but it's the capital's traveling challenges that give the experience a unique flavour, once you find that hole-in-a-wall attraction that you’re looking for.
If These Walls Can Talk
Intramuros, the walled city, is a life-sized doll house that sheltered the elite of 15th century Philippines.Established by the Spanish in 1571, the citadel has survived wars, invaders, and disasters, serving as the eternal metaphor for the capital of the Philippines. Enjoy a breakfast of a savory brioche called ensaymada and tsokolateah, or what the Filipinos call their Spanish hot chocolate. To further understand Manila, order the “halo-halo.” Literally meaning mix-mix, this sweet Pinoy dessert is made of milk, shaved ice, beans, nata de coco, candied fruit, and jelly concentrate. Topped with ube or purple yam ice cream and leche flan,it provides a refreshing reprieve for the summer.
The World’s Oldest Chinatown
Manila is also home to the world’s oldest Chinatown.Go gaga while dodging the rushing pedestrians and loud vendors, and find your prize in savory dumplings, Peking duck, chicken noodle soup, and other Chinese delicacies Filipinized for the native palate.
House of a Thousand Shoes
The first child of a second wife will always have issues, and such is what happened to former First Lady Imelda Marcos. Despite the controversies, people will always be curious of her life’s paraphernalia, as all of them were indeed beautiful. Go ahead and ogle at all her size-81/2 shoe collection as your chosen Manila travel agency ushers you to the Marikina Shoe Museum.
Nineteenth century Manila is where you could find people who were at once multinational, multilingual and multifocal. It was akin to London centuries ago, on its golden era of flourish. Unfortunately it was bombed in WWII and was never the same again.Travel agencies in the Philippines will gladly introduce you to what Manila is today, which is a grand melting pot of Spanish, Malay, Chinese, Arabic, and American influences. It is perhaps a little too rich, as it can take quite a while for its charm to sink in. The traffic is stifling, the poverty pornographic and the heat daunting, but it's the capital's traveling challenges that give the experience a unique flavour, once you find that hole-in-a-wall attraction that you’re looking for.
