Curiosities of Manila !!!

Posted in Asia, Food and Wine, France

And here I am going far again, to a place that I was lucky to visit on several occasions over the years 2012 to 2018, and always great memories of places and friends, I have found some pictures not in my blog and they should be, This is Asia and this is the Philippines. Let me tell you about the curiosities of Manila !!! Hope you enjoy the post as I

The city of Manila is one of the 16 cities of the metropolitan area of Manila, one of the most populous in the world. The latter, located on the west coast of Luzon Island, is the National Capital Region (NCR or Metro Manila), and is not part of any province in the country. It is located on the east bank of Manila Bay. I always arrived by the Ninoy Aquino International Airport located 8 km southeast of the city center. There are Terminal 1 (1982) 2 ,primarily Philippines Airlines , and funded by France(1999) ,3 primarly Cebu Pacific Airlines (2008 partial fully 2014) ,there is a terminal 4 for general aviation, I cannot tell you about the connection and they are plenty because I was always picked up by locals and drove into the City. 

My trip was long, leaving by TER Bretagne train from nearby me in Auray to the train station south in Nantes, there taking the navette Express Airport bus for the airport of Nantes while staying for one night at the Escale Océania hotel in the airport just 300 meters from  it. The official Oceania Escale hotel: https://www.oceaniahotels.com/escale-oceania-nantes-aeroport

Finally, the next morning walking to the airport and take my AF flight to CDG and then China Southern Airlines to Guangzhou ,China , changing again on China Southern to  Manila Nino Aquino International airport  The new official Manila airport : https://newnaia.com.ph/passenger-guide#when-you-arrive

Upon arrival headed straight to my hotel and main base there the  City Garden Grand Hotel in the Makati business district of Manila. A very nice and central hotel that took walking to several places mentioned in previous posts. Convenient, friendly service, good deal, I would stay here again, The business district of Makati CBD, one of Southeast Asia’s biggest financial hubs, and noted for its cosmopolitan cultural and entertainment ambiance around the huge complex of the Ayala Center, and  the Ayala Triangle Gardens. Also, the wonderful Ayala Malls and especifically in the Greenbelt malls 1 thru 5. There is a great Ayala museum with great exhibits and cultural awareness,  The official City Garden Grand Hotel: https://www.citygardengrandhotel.com/,  

manila ayala museum side greenbelt jan16

The Santo Niño de Paz Greenbelt Chapel is in Greenbelt Park at the complex’s Malls center. Built as an open-air, concrete dome in the middle of a pond, the chapel holds Masses and other religious services every day for mall patrons and office workers. It celebrates its titular feast day every third Sunday of January.

manila greenbelt chapel back jan16

I did went for lunch to Apartment IB, I had passed it by and thought it was an apartment building ,actually its a restaurant with gourment new cuisine tastes and it was fabuleuse, fish and chips with San Miguel beers. The official Apartment Ib resto: https://apartment1b.com/

While there, had some night time entertainment and one of the places taken was the  Road House Manila Bay,and it was rocking live with a good band and friendly nice service. The band was Spank Me Regor and was again very good indeed worth going back for them, very nice vocals music from the 80’s!

manila road house manila bay bar nov18

The official Manila International Airport authority on the Ninoy Aquino airport : https://www.miaa.gov.ph/index.php

The official Ayala Museum : https://www.ayalamuseum.org/

The RestaurantGuru reviews on Road House Manila Bay : https://restaurantguru.com/The-Road-House-Manila-Bay-Pasay

The official Ayala Malls on Greenbelts : https://www.ayalamalls.com/explore/ayala-greenbelt

The Philippines tourist office on Manila:   https://www.itsmorefuninthephilippines.co.uk/manila/

There you go folks, always a nice visit to Manila and you can enjoy the exotic East and the islands of Philippines. Do read my many posts on the country in my blog, always full of good memories, Again, hope you enjoy this post on the curiosities of Manila !!! as I

And remember, happy travels, good health, and many cheers to all !!!

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Published by pedmar10

I am a lover of travels to Europe , Americas , Africa and Asia as well ,who like to share my experiences of the last 53 years with the world, visiting so far 81 countries; living in 6, working in 5, and Citizen of 4, speaking fluently 4 languages. I can deal with sports especially football/soccer and love music, arts, wine collector/drinker, and go out to restaurants, and just visit the world. My background comes all the way from Candelaria and Pajara in Tenerife, Spain where my grandparents came from ;not knowing each other then, to Punta Brava, west of Havana, Cuba. There , my parents born in Cuba met and later on I was born there too. 100% guanche (annexed Tenerife to Spain on April 10 ,1496). I left Cuba as many have to Madrid, Spain where I lived for 4 years. Then, move to Perth Amboy ,New Jersey USA (living there 13 yrs) ; where I completed high school, became a US Citizen, learned to drive a car, and learned English. Afterward, went to the university in Florida, ERAU, and upon graduation decided to moved there to Ormond by the Sea, near Daytona Beach, finally moving North Miami, then Hialeah, then another moved to Silver Lakes division in Miramar, Broward county, Florida; in Florida I lived a total of 18 years. Finally , moved to France in 2003 ,Versailles call me for its royalty, and working in Paris was great. It was time to seek frontiers again and moved to Brech near Auray, Morbihan in Brittany , and later move to not too far Pluvigner. Total so far in France has been 20 years, and counting. Moving average a home every 5.5 years hopefully this will be my last. Cheers All rights reserved. No part of this blog may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means or stored in a retrieval system of any nature, without the written permission of the copyright holder, me. No part of this work may be modified, without the written permission of the holder, me.No part of this work may be exposed to public view in any form or by any means, without identifying the holder as the author, and with the before mentioned permission.

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