A Glimpse of the Walled City

Have you ever heard of the Electric Chariot in Intramuros? Well, E and I got to know this through Metrodeal. In case you didn't know, Metrodeal is one of the websites that offers various discounts on travel, food, and lifestyle genres. We bought Electric Chariot vouchers at 50% off. I didn't know that there are hotels inside Intramuros. The staff were really accomodating! They offer us water to quench our thirst while waiting. Kuya Joel and Charlie were good tour guides and humurous! Congrats Kuya Joel for graduating AB History! Credits also for you for being our photographer while riding the chariot! He took majority of the photos below! :p

**Photo overload below! 

San Agustin Church. One of the oldest Church in the Philippines!

 Gotta love the look of Barbara's! I'm looking forward to dine here next time. :)

 Getting ready for the road trip!

Yay! Still nervous operating the chariot! Hihi ;)

Muslim House. According to the tour guide, around 2 families can live there. Imagine that? This is kinda small for them. And notice that the house is elevated since most of the houses in Mindanao stood above the water.

Mosque. I thought it's a little small. 

Clamshell Tent (Since it looks like a clamshell on a bird's eye-view). Did you know that this place was the former Ateneo? Intramuros was indeed the 'Manila' that time, the walled city, wherein anything beyond the walls was considered as province. 

Presidents and their contributions written on their corresponding tablet. Their eyes are scary! It looks like the tip of the gun! 

FYI: Fidel V. Ramos wears glasses with frame only (no lens). It's his own fashion and trademark. I barely can't remember if I really don't know that or I just forgot. :p

Who's your best president? Marcos for the two of us! :)

They told us to hold hands, K. :))

We had our tour for an hour including the 10 minute familiarization with the chariot. I thought it was just enough to roam around Intramuros, however we just toured a couple of streets. :( Anyways, I'm still hoping to discover this walled city a little more.

Roaming around Casa Manila. :)

What flower is this? It's like a yellow bell but it's not yellow! :|

Overview of Manila Hotel and the golf course. The golf course was a moat years ago, the Americans transformed it into this so it would look better.

'Til next time! :)

I had fun discovering Intramuros, though I have to admit I was bitin of this adventure. I don't care if this one was visited a million times by other people. There were so much to discover pa! I know, I can feel it in my bones! :))  I'm looking forward to another historical travel like this. Yay for Ilocos! I really want to go there. :( I have this list of places that I wan

Looking for another trip! Suggestions?

♥ A

White Knight Tours

Plaza San Luis Complex, General Luna St. cor. Urdaneta St., Intramuros, Manila

intramuroschariots@gmail.com

Happy Spaghetti

I found this idea on 9gag, finally I've tried it on my own. This was easy to make and really exciting! I used cocktail size of hotdogs for trial, and just sliced it thicker. Just insert the uncooked pasta to the hotdog slowly and carefully so they won't break, then boil/cook the pasta!

Why do this? To have equal distribution/serving of the meat to the pasta! Haha! :D

♥ A

Becky's + Tori Box + Yellowcab

Boxing turned into a food trip!

I was supposed to go boxing on Taft on a Friday afternoon with E, however we were surprise on the walk-in fee for boxing at Elorde. Elorde at Taft have different prices compare to Elorde at Las Pinas. Super mahal! That's why we decided to do something else. We had walk trips around Vito Cruz area and had a slice of cake at Becky's. I wanted to take pictures of the cakes however the guard told me that taking pictures is not allowed inside the store. This was the only (sneaky) picture I got.

Becky's Kitchen - Well, they have several selections of pastries to choose from. They don't have dine-in accommodations except from the little table and two chairs that's ideal for one to two customers (they also have benches for waiting customers). We ordered a slice of Coffee Cream Cake and Swiss Chocolate Cake. We also bought whole Chocolate Fudge Cake for Angge's surprise birthday at Yellocab in the evening.

We craved for something salty after eating the cake so we went to Tori Box at One Archer's Place. They have a small place beside Manang's Chicken. They have good interiors and can cater around 20 to 30 customers, I guess.

 Affordable meals, indeed!

 Kara-age Pop with Fries with Italian Cheese Powder (P 75.00)

I remembered the restaurant Frio Mixx back when I was high school. This one is unique since it's not just an ordinary breaded chicken, hence powdered italian cheese was added into it. It's not only good as  pika-pika but it can also be matched with rice! Believe me, it tastes good with the powdered cheese.

Around 6 in the evening, we went to Yellowcab to wait for Angge. We ordered three 18" pizzas with flavors Barbeque Chicken (my favorite!), Meat Lovers, and New York's Finest.

Meat Lovers

Barbeque Chicken

New York's Finest

Happy Birthday Angge! ♥

Attendance: Valbs, Mayor, Ed, Airam, Manny, Jed, Ran, Reuben, Ry, Angge, and E.

Busog day! ♥