City Tour

I settled down to a fantastic Filipino dinner that nite.Roasted pig is a local delight.The locals eat it with rice and liver sauce.For more pics of local food goto http://singaporefoodfest.blogspot.com/

Legazpi the first spanish governor of the Philippines was buried here too

Prominent members of the community such as Ayala are buried here
San Augustin Church is on the UNESCO heritage site list.
For more on San Augustin Church goto http://heritagesitesoftheworld.blogspot.com/

The Manila Cathedral was first build in 1581 and in the next 400 years was rebuild 6 times due to a series of natural disasters and WWW II
Intramuros is flanked by the Pasig river. We can see Chinatown from here

The Spanish resorted to storing gunpowder above ground
Gunpowder is rendered useless when stored underground due to the humidity

This is all that remain of the cell that housed Jose Rizal before his execution
A close up of the entrance. This part of the wall was destroyed when MacArthur's forces sent a tank thru it after the Japanese soldiers who were holding up in the fort
Our next stop was Fort Santiago which is located in Intramuros which is the oldest district in the city of Manila.In Latin, Intramuros literally meant "Within the walls" During the spanish colonial times it was the capital of Philippines
Rizal park was named in honour of Jose Rizal who was executed there on 30 Dec 1896 by the Spanish on charges of rebellion and treason
Mall of asia is the world's third largest mall with ,600 retail outlets


I booked myself on a city tour which started from Makati.The story of Makati started when the Ayala family bought it from the Spanish for cents as nobody wanted to own a piece of swamp.