The silence was rather perturbing. Our daughter Luna must have felt the same, for she broke it the second we stepped in the deserted monastery. Her bawl traveled through alleys and bounced off multihued walls. The echoes greatly multiplied. A depiction of the property’s vastness. Over twenty thousand-square-meter-vast, to be more accurate. Hence it’s called…
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Metropolitan Cathedral of the Assumption of Mary, Ciudad De Mexico
As I emerged from Ciudad de México’s Zócalo Metro Station, my eyes were instantly drawn to the monolithic Metropolitan Cathedral or Catedral Metropolitana across Plaza de la Constitución. I panted as I climbed the last steps of the staircase, and occasionally bumped into fellow commuters who rushed past. Luna, whom I was lugging, didn’t seem…
Largo Do Senado: And The Family Chaos Continues
He was missing when we all hobbled out of our beds. Despite slumping into a coma late, my father awoke early. He was suffering from a terrible case of diarrhea, acquired days before flying out of the Philippines, yet his meekly obedient feet submitted to the command of the travel bug in him. He wandered…
Luna, La Union: Hitching A Ride With An Infant
Eurotel Event: Baguio Bliss 2011
February was bustling, a P78.38 electric bill should prove our nomadism for this month. When March came, I thought I could finally stay put for a while and recharge my weary muscles… Until I received a surprising email from Eurotel. It was an invitation for their Baguio Bliss Bloggers Event. Eurotel Baguio along Abanao Extension….
San Sebastian Church, Manila: Swept Off My Feet!
Faces were a blur as I fleeted past them. I was running late. I criss-crossed my way from Quiapo Church to an unfamiliar destination via an underpass and a hectic street, bumping into pedestrians and devotees and medicinal herb hawkers. I was on my way to Illuminati Travel and Tours’ grand launch. Co-owner Joel Aldor,…
Snapshot Saturday: Spectacular Steel Structure
Basilica Minore de San SebastiánI remember the second I stepped in this church… I looked up, stared at its gorgeous ceiling and whispered, “Where have you been all my life?”. It’s just in Manila folks. You gotta see this all-steel Neo-Gothic marvel. Thanks to Illuminati Travel and Tours I was brought here. Cheers to your…
Siquijor: Lazi Convent and Church
The road was deserted. Our tricycle came to a halt right in front of Lazi Convent’s entrance. I stepped out of the vehicle and shifted my gaze from the convent to San Isidro Labrador Church (or simply Lazi Church). Lazi Convent, humbly grand.There’s something about the rawness and unpolished-ness of the two that make them…
Snapshot Saturday: Paco Park
Paco Park, view from the top of its thick adobe walls.What used to be a municipal cemetery during Spanish colonial period is now a park frequented by young dating couples from surrounding universities. Its charming old St. Pancratius Chapel, more popularly known as Paco Park Church, is a top fave for intimate weddings. It is…
