Carlos Celdran is Filipino tour
guide, cultural activist and performer artist (from Wikipedia). I would agree
to this. I attended his tour and he was a great tour guide. I am supporting his
petition about the Torre being built that would destroy the beauty of Rizal
Park. Lastly, I saw him sing a song at the Miramar hotel. He is very famous for
his Rabbit Ears headband.
We joined the 2nd Viva Manila Tour last September
8, 2013. Although it rained, it doesn’t stop us to continue the tour and enjoy
the magnificent downtown manila. We had a walk tour around Padre Faura, Malate,
U.N Avenue, Roxas Blvd. and Ermita. You will learn a lot of fun facts from
Carlos. It’s a FREE TOUR, which makes it more FUN.
Some of the facts, I remembered:
- Imelda Marcos established MMDA. She’s the Queen of MMDA ( Acts like a governor)
- MMDA top position is not as important as before. (Janitor of the mayors)
- Imelda is the brain of why Edsa existed.
- She’s also responsible for the commercialization of the Harrison Park.
- Ermita was named after the word HERMIT ( I forgot why, forgive me)
- Carlos lived at the Miramar Hotel and watched the 9-11 news there.
JadeVine's Sign for our tour group |
The flow of the VIVAMANILA Downtown Manila Tour
Visit and educate yourself at the MMDA Safety Park
Jeepney Ride to Mabini St.
Visit an art museum ( Maria Closa: Arts Primities
Antiques)
Visit a 1945 store (Tesoro’s)Visit a Hotel [Lotus]
Visit Solidaridad Bookstore ( unfortunately, the
store owner didn’t open for us)
Visit a famous bakery – Hizon’s
Visit HIRAYA Gallery
Free Pika-Pika food from JadeVine c/o Manila
City Hall
Visit Miramar Hotel for their Art Deco
Group Picture in Luneta/ Rizal Park
My Latest Luneta Pic without any building behind. |
The whole trip lasted for 3 hours, but it was really worth
it. You’ll appreciate how beautiful Manila is. I fell in love with the rich
cultural heritage that still exists. After the trip, it made me realize that
there are still more places to visit around Manila. I hope that more people can
visit these places.
I can't hide my happiness because Carlos Celdran re tweeted, favorited and liked my photo in Twitter and Instagram :) I know he's the admin of his own account and not just any person. :)
I will post our experiences for each destination we been to
throughout this trip. I would just like to share to you a glimpse of what a
VIVA Manila tour is. Watch out for the next Viva Manila tour on the 3rd week of October.
Enjoy!
i wanna go din!! make yaya!!
ReplyDeleteThis trip was really worth going! An eye opener indeed! Thank you for tagging us along!
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