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Chronicles of my personal travel experiences (mostly around the Philippines and the UK so far), travel-related pieces, photos and then some. It's a wonderful world out there, come see it with me.
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Heritage etched in Paete
Paete ChurchPaete has had a long-standing history with a chisel. The town itself is named after it (Paet = chisel) and it was this relationship with the instrument that attracted the Spaniards to settle in this modest little town in Laguna. The Paete...
Destruction time again
Ayayay. It's either they knock down an old heritage building or build a new and ghastly one. In the case of Quiapo, it's the latter. Developers are looking at erecting a 9-10 story building in between two heritage homes along R. Hidalgo St. Should t...
Preservation or bust
The warmth of the sun proved a hapless match for the fury of wind that day. My ears were frozen. Numb, crimson and deaf to a wonderful piece of technology rendered useless by the chill as it narrated the mystery of what lay before me – a bunch of g...
