Chasing the perfect Fuji shot

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These messages of "Love were everywhere.

 

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This church museum is huge.

 

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Indoctrinating the locals.








The Spaniards built lots of churches around the Phillipines.







Finally we got to see the church. A christening was being conducted.

 

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The last of the church and it's museum.






The next day was palm Sunday so they were getting ready.


We then crossed the road where there were some restaurants and then a museum of a nobleman's house.

 

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Fine dining. It wasn't only India and the English that had punkah wallahs.


With the kitchen next door.










And you had to go through the kitchen to get to the bathroom and toilets.




Then taken to one of the restaurants for refreshments.

 

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For refreshments you could have either a beer or an ice cream. I chose this that was said to be made on the property. I doubt it.


Then back on the Kalesas for another 20 minute ride to a spot 100 metres away just like the first time.




Past a display of the Presidents of the Phillippines.

 

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We seemed to go around most of Intramuros.














Past a university campus.

 

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And finally our destination. Manilla's oldest distillery.


It seems they were best known for their billboards.


Including one featuring miss universe 1974. The competition was held in Manilla.


And some old equipment.

 

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They have a display of all their labels. not many recognisable.


















We were meant to have a tasting but the small tasting room was already overcrowded so off we went to our final stop.

 

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Fort Santiago.

 

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The Statue of Jose Rizal killed by the Spaniards on 30/12/1896 by firing squad.

Backfired badly as the locals revolted and less than 2 years later the Phillippines were ceded to the USA by Spain in 1898. They began self Government in 1935 and full Independence on 4/7/1946.
On 29/12/1896 Rizal was taken to this holding cell the night before his execution. This was exactly 50 years before my birth.


Views from the fort.

 

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The last of the fort.












This time we walked the 100 metres to the bus which was on the other side of the road to where we were originally dropped. It was outside a Fire Station.


On the way back evidence of China being not entirely unwelcome here.


And Past the Naval Reserve HQ.

 

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I'm enjoying the report, but I've found it most interesting when you got to Manila - the Phillipines is one of the few places in Asia I haven't been to but am going after Christmas this year.

 

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They had kept the restaurants open for lunch so we went to Atlantide. forgot to take a picture of the menu. Unfortunately my choices were unforgettable. First were corn fritters. Virtually inedible. Couldn't cut them with a knife easily and very hard to find any corn.






Then I had mushroom goulash. I had a similarly named dish on our last cruise on the Muse and it was really good. this was the opposite with chunks of potato and zucchini as well as mushroom plus the sauce watery. Terrible.


Mrsdrron did better with an avocado salad and a chocolate cake.



I had a coffee to cleanse my palate.


I did let my displeasure be known.