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November 1, 2010
Spanish carriage for a Spanish city
THEME DAY: PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION • The kalesa is a horse-drawn carriage introduced to the Philippines by the Spaniards in the 18th century. It is still used as public transportation in certain parts of Manila, especially in the district of Binondo, but fancier ones like this—more properly called a carruaje—are used mostly for sightseeing in the old walled city of Intramuros. This man was waiting for tourists at the nearby Rizal Park.
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Hehe, cool :-)
Happy theme day!
Travelling in style!
Melting history into the future.
Please have a safe road ahead of you, a good start into the new month and week as well.
daily athens
Great form of transport.
This is a unique post for the theme. Well done.
If you check my post later today (it does not get posted for another 8 hours), you will see a similarity of sorts in our approach to the theme. Yours, with an appropriately Spanish theme, and mine with a perspective that is distinctly Costa Rican.
Now that is my kind of ride.
Looks very romantic, Hilda.
What a great way to see Intramuros.
Next time I take visitors to Intramuros, I'm going to ride one of these.
So much better than cars! We should learn again to live at the pace of a carruaje.
Beautiful photo, Hilda, and well chosen for today's theme.
A very nice picture! I hope the horse is well cared for.
God bless you!
Cezar
Always nice to get in some of the Spanish history! Great photo of the KALESA/CARRUAJE! If I every get to Rizal Park, I'll know what to do!
excellent entry for the theme.
Horse and carriage rides are always a fun way to see the city. Nice choice for the theme day. I've seen lots of buses and trains so far, but this is my first horse!
This has to be one of the most beautiful subjects for today's theme, Hilda. A beautiful horse and carriage.
Now that is something I could do every single day! Nice Theme Day post Hilda.
What a fun, cozy, relaxing ride that would be! Great theme day photo, Hilda!
une tres belle cariole
THIS is so cool, Hilda! I LOVE your entry in this month's Theme Day!
transport which changes a bit
It's such a handsome carriage.
A wonderful and very original photo for the theme day. I love your blog, and I appreciate all your comments on mine.
Jose
Kaelsa sounds very much like Kelsa, which is where I work these days - and yes, looking forward to a long and happy journey in both of them!!
Oh how fancy! I love the design of the carriage :-D
Woah that's the caruaje that im operating before.This one is under castillan tours. Im a tour guide and im using that caruaje ^^ visit castillantours.com and www.daytoursmanila.com
Thanks for publishing a photo of our carruaje. We used such horse-drawn cariages on Historical-Cultural Tour Packages in Intramuros and Rizal Park through Castillan Carriage and Tour Services. For more interesting photos everyone is invited to visit us at Facebook.com/Castillan-Carriage-and-Tour-Services. Else, learn more about us www.castillantours.com
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