My Manila

One last post about our trip to Bantayan Island (see previous two posts)—the Saints Peter and Paul Parish Church, better known simply as Ban...

"The car has become an article of dress without which we feel uncertain, unclad, and incomplete in the urban compound." ~Marsh...

In 1973, the previously all-male Ateneo de Manila University accepted its first women students. 127 enrolled as freshmen, and 35 transfere...

This statue of St. Joseph with the child Jesus stands in front of the Jesuit Residence inside the Loyola Heights campus of the Ateneo de Ma...

The Club Intramuros Golf Course is located just outside the Spanish colonial era 16th century walls of Intramuros , which are barely peek...

This is the skyline of the City of Manila as seen from the 9th floor patio of The Bayleaf Intramuros . The two neoclassical buildings just ...

As I promised, here is the Heritage Room of the Ateneo de Manila Grade School where yesterday's mural is located. The room displays me...

The mural inside the Heritage Room of the Ateneo de Manila Grade School shows images from the 150-year history of the school. Based on thi...

The Aetas are an indigenous people who live in the mountainous regions of Luzon , most notably in the province of Zambales . They are usua...

The Old West Gate in what used to be the Subic-Olongapo Base (now the Subic Bay Freeport Zone ) was called the Spanish Gate by the Americ...

The mural on the second floor of the University of the Philippines - Diliman 's Palma Hall features scenes from the country's long ...

The Jose Rizal museum inside Fort Santiago in Intramuros has a replica of the prison cell where the Philippine national hero was incarcer...

The museum inside Fort Santiago in Intramuros dedicated to Philippine national hero Jose Rizal has one of the oldest existing copies of h...

Inside Fort Santiago in Intramuros is a small museum dedicated to Philippine national hero Jose Rizal , who was imprisoned in the fort ju...

The 1932 "Jesuit Bell," from the time when the Ateneo de Manila University was still located along Padre Faura Street in Manila...

The walls of the 16th century Spanish citadel Fort Santiago are so thick, it actually has rooms, tunnels and staircases. Too bad most are ...

The Cape Bojeador Lighthouse , also known as the Burgos Lighthouse after the town in the province of Ilocos Norte where it is located, is...

The Pamulinawen Fountain at the Aurora Park in Laoag , Ilocos Norte is named after a maiden in a traditional Ilocano folk song .   The ...

The Church of San Agustin in Paoay , Ilocos Norte is one of the four Baroque Churches of the Philippines listed as a UNESCO World Heritag...

The Archbishop's Palace of the Archdiocese of Nueva Segovia , located in Vigan , Ilocos Sur , was constructed in 1783–1790. It also has...