Marikina City, known as a haven of quality shoes made here, owns the record of having the world’s largest pair of shoes., each measuring 2.37 meters in wide and 1.83 meters in high. The heel alone measures about 16 inches. It was in December of 2002 when Guinness Book of World Records recognized Marikina City ...
Mountaineering is one of my favorite sports and I’ve been climbing around 2-3 times a month during my high school and college years. I’ve been into a lot of mountains already but there is one that I truly love, and it’s Mt. Maculot! Why? I first met my wife here. Mount Maculot is located in ...
A defense fortress built for Miguel Lopez de Legazpi, that’s what Fort Santiago is built for in 1571. The Fort Santiago (Fuerza de Santiago in Spanish) is shielded by 22 meter high walls, with a thickness of 8 meters and an entrance measuring 40 meters high making it the premier defense fortress by the Spanish ...
And what if I grew up as a poor kid spending his happy childhood in Manila’s poorest district – the proletarian Tondo? I was born twenty seven years ago in a small clinic here in Tondo and since that time, I have faced all that the district can offer. From the hospital’s poor state up ...
When you’re in the Paradise Philippines, you’ll surely notice this unique type of transportation, with an aluminum body, not a bus nor a van but carries a lot of people. This is what we call Jeepney, the most popular means of transportation in the country. The jeepney originated from the US military jeeps that were ...