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Reasons To Linger In The Capital
Skip the capital of the Philippines and you’ll be missing out on historic treasures
– a resilient 400-year-old church, a reconstructed Spanish period house and a
restaurant rivalling its colonial counterpart, says AlAn C. Robles. He takes you on a stroll
through the cobbled streets of Intramuros, and promises you won’t want to leave.
Y
ou might have heard this billboards too large, and – are noted politely that Manila’s traffic
said about Manila: It’s the those vendors standing in the was “difficult to control”.)
city you arrive in and say middle of the road actually But try not to judge. The city’s
goodbye to as fast as you offering plumbing tools to passing charms are hidden, and discovering
can, staying only long enough to motorists? (Manila’s traffic snarls them is a reward in itself.
catch the local flight to the golden are legendary. And historical. In a Manila is a city of fusion – and
beaches of Boracay, Panglao or novel he wrote in 1887, Philippine confusion. Built and sustained
Puerto Princesa. national hero Jose Rizal described by centuries of trade, it brought
After all, at first glance the the crush of horse-drawn together Malays, Chinese,
Philippine capital doesn’t offer carriages – calesas – in the narrow Spaniards and Americans – with
much by way of tourist appeal. streets, where coachmen yelled a smattering of Indians and
It’s crowded. Hot. Grimy. The at pedestrians to stand aside. Japanese – in a melting pot which
buildings are nondescript, In 1938, an American newsreel hasn’t stopped simmering. Of the >> The garden at San Agustin,
the oldest church in the
Philippines, and a UNESCO
World Heritage site.
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FROM LEFT: Jeepneys, a colourful form
of public transport in Manila, add to
its legendary traffic jams, along with
vendors plying everything from balloons
to plumbing tools; a statue of Spain’s
King Carlos IV presides over the small
park in front of Manila Cathedral.
Employing Chinese and
Filipino artisans, the Spaniards
proceeded to build a medieval
city, complete with churches,
cobblestone streets and plazas,
all encircled by a moat and a stone
wall. I’ve stood in the cathedral
square – now called Plaza Roma
– imagining how it looked when
it was an arena for bullfights,
when monks chanted vespers in
nearby churches, and when, in
the nearby royal palace, ambitious
governor-generals plotted to
extend imperial Spain’s power in
Asia, or dipped into the profits
of the galleon trade. Now, the >>
East and West, Rudyard Kipling for Filipino), whose passion for – Ping, Lotlot, Bing, Bong – Ivan blue seas off Palawan, and stayed heart – the 64 hectares
declared: Never the twain shall this city is unmatched, laments has neither. in Davao’s Pearl Farm. But Manila? of fortified history called
meet. But in Manila they didn’t just how even Manileños overlook What he does have, is a My address. What else was there Intramuros, the Walled City. This
meet, they went out on dates, got the treasures of their culture. mention in Lonely Planet. Last to say? is where it all began: In the small
married and had a large family. A mestizo (Spanish for ‘mixed year, he escorted celebrity chef Plenty, and no one says it better park in front of Manila Cathedral
In this capital, you’ll come ancestry’) of traders from Anthony Bourdain on a food tour than Ivan. He leads walking tours (www.manilacathedral.org), the
across massive Spanish Southern China who came here of Manila (“He liked our lumpia” – (www.oldmanilawalks.com) – often statue of Spain’s King Carlos
baroque churches, colourful generations ago, Ivan, like most Filipino fried spring rolls, he muses). under the hot sun – that last three IV marks the spot where,
Buddhist and Hindu temples, and of our population, is descended “There’s richness and diversity to five hours. Far from lynching 438 years ago, a doughty old
American colonial buildings built from several nationalities, and as and character – if you’d only try,” him, his clients enthusiastically sign conquistador plunged his
in grand beaux-arts style by the Filipino as we come. Unlike many he declares. I daren’t confess up for repeats. sword into a tree trunk and
same architect who designed of the population though, who to him that years back, I too The city is dauntingly huge defiantly proclaimed the
Washington DC’s Union Station. have proper Spanish first names belonged to the ‘Any place but though, making it hard for a visitor founding of Manila on
Ivan Man Dy, a thin, fast-talking – Jose, Eduardo, Concepcion Manila’ club. I’d seen the mountain to decide where to start. the site of a former
Chinoy (‘Chinese’ plus ‘Pinoy’ – or uniquely Filipino nicknames provinces north, the unbelievably You’ll want to go to its Spanish Muslim town.
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governor’s palace is gone, the l’oeil ceiling, an ornate mural
square a tree-lined park bustling in golden three-dimensional
with vendors and schoolchildren; effect, and the seats of the choir
nearby, government employees lofts, handcarved out of tropical
dodge motorists as they cross hardwood. Near the elaborate
the street to lunch at one of the altar is the tomb of Miguel Lopez
carinderias (budget eateries). de Legazpi, the conquistador who
Commerce was Manila’s founded Manila.
lifeblood. For two centuries, the Across the street from San
city relied on the Manila Galleons, Agustin is Plaza San Luis, a
treasure ships which brought in complex of restored buildings
settlers and Mexican silver, and recalling Intramuros in the late
then loaded up on Chinese goods, 1800s. Its heart is Casa Manila,
brought annually by fleets of junks. a three-storey museum in a
Repeatedly battered by reconstructed Spanish period
earthquakes, the city always house complete with courtyard,
rebuilt itself (Manila Cathedral is a well, and garages for the horse-
in its eighth incarnation). And the drawn carriages. The house
last catastrophe – World War II is sumptuously furnished with
– destroyed most of Manila. The antiques and artwork reflecting
only structures left standing, were the tastes of affluent Spanish and
the walls themselves – and one mestizo Filipinos families in the
unique church, which you’ll find by 1880s. Wander through its many
walking down General Luna Street rooms and private chapel, and
away from the cathedral. marvel at the gorgeous fittings
You’re looking for the 403-year- – Venetian chandeliers, intricately
old San Agustin church (www. carved mahogany furniture and
manila.gov.ph/sanagustin.htm), gleaming wooden floors polished
the oldest in the Philippines and to a shine by coconut husks.
a UNESCO World Heritage site. The windows are fitted with
Built in 1606, San Agustin has translucent mother of pearl panes,
withstood everything nature effectively turning harsh sunlight
and man has thrown against into gentle natural lighting.
it – earthquakes, looting For me, this stretch of street
and bombardments. Its between San Agustin and Plaza
beige exterior is plain and San Luis comes closest to evoking
unremarkable, although the what the ancient city must have
elaborately carved wooden door, been like. Occasionally, a calesa
as well as the Chinese stone lions will drive by, the horse’s hooves
guarding the courtyard, hint of clip-clopping on the cobblestone
what’s to come. streets. All it lacks is the armoured
And the interior is indeed conquistador.
impressive, with its trompe If you’re in need of refreshment
at this point, it’s a short walk two
CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: blocks down from San Agustin, to
Cultural fusion in Manila – a statue of the El Amanecer compound, where
a Roman Catholic saint is guarded by my favourite Intramuros restaurant,
a Chinese stone lion at the San Agustin Ilustrado (http://ilustradorestaurant.
church; sampaguita ice cream, available at com.ph), awaits.
Ilustrado restaurant, which serves up top-
It’s a well-lit, graciously
notch Spanish fare; the elaborately carved
appointed, fine-dining
main door of San Agustin; Ivan Man Dy,
one of Manila’s most famous guides; inside establishment – try the Paella
San Agustin – its trompe l’oeil ceiling and Ilustrado, and the sampaguita
main sanctuary inspire awe. ice cream, a sherbet delicately >>
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infused with the fragrance of the researched and entertainingly
national flower. The last time I was presented (for his Chinatown
there, a Spanish tourist sitting group he dons a hat and pigtails),
at a table nearby, in his loud and Ivan’s tours strip the grime away:
fervent appreciation of the paella, Where you’d see a crowded
insisted he meet the chef to tell intersection jammed with blaring
him it was better than anything traffic, Ivan shows a graceful
he’d tasted back home. Spanish-period plaza, complete
After this you can resume with fountains, fronting an
your stroll to the stone walls, and ostensibly Catholic church built
up the Baluarte de San Andres, along Chinese lines (the belltower
which has a spectacular view of is octagonal, like a pagoda’s).
Manila City Hall and the National Ivan probably won’t tell you,
Museum. You can make a nearly but I will: After doing Intramuros
complete circuit of the walls, but and Binondo, you’ll want to take a
it’s a 4.5km walk. If all of this is 45-minute taxi ride to the tiangge
beginning to sound like work, a (bazaar) in Vmall (popularly
company called Jeepney Tours called Virra Mall) within Greenhills
(www.jeepneytours.com) can Shopping Center (www.greenhills.
pick you up at your hotel in an com.ph), my favourite shopping CLOCKWISE FROM ABOVE: The
sign for Casa Manila, a museum in a
air-conditioned version of Manila’s centre. It’s actually closer to a
reconstructed Spanish period house;
famous, gaudy and entirely bazaar than a mall, and offers the bazaar in Vmall sells a staggering
unmistakable public vehicle. A day nearly everything, but is most variety of items, including South
tour of Intramuros, with lunch and a famous for its South Sea pearls, Sea pearls; Manila Hotel, the city’s
visit to the gigantic SM Mall of Asia sold by Muslims belonging to the oldest; a Catholic church in Binondo,
(www.smmallofasia.com) along the Maranaw tribe – an ethnic group historic Chinatown; a road sign in
Chinatown; horse-drawn carriages ply
bay, will cost about US$40. famed for centuries as traders.
Intramuros, in front of Casa Manila.
You should also consider Queen Sofia of Spain supposedly >>
heading to the National Museum had no qualms shopping here.
(http://members.tripod.com/ That side trip over, is there fast fac ts
philmuseum/index) complex, anything else worth doing in
CURRENCY
which includes a permanent Manila? I won’t bother going into
Philippines Pesos (PHP)
collection on the Manila Galleon, the music and entertainment
and check out the Manila Hotel scene, because most visitors US$1 = 49 PHP
(www.manila-hotel.com.ph) – the won’t have any problems finding VISA
city’s oldest hotel and a historic site that. But if you’re looking for Requirements vary, but US,
in its own right. Ernest Hemingway another day trip, I’d suggest EU and Asean nationals can
once stayed here, and General the Pasig River in the new air- stay up to 21 days without
Douglas MacArthur called the top conditioned ferry (Tel: 63 2 882 a visa. Check www.gov.
floor of the old wing his home. 5734 for daily schedules).
ph/faqs/visa.asp for details.
And still I’d say, after all this, Ivan has his own preference:
BEST TIME TO VISIT
your introduction to Manila has “The Malacañang Palace museum
barely started. You have to do (official residence of the President) November to February when
what the city did – move beyond (www.op.gov.ph/museum), which the weather is cool, between
Intramuros’ walls. South-east lies nobody knows about. And for 21°C-28°C. Christmas is the
Makati, which teems with malls quirkiness and flamboyance, the country’s biggest holiday,
and coffee shops. North is where Chinese cemetery in the suburb when most Filipinos pull out
you’ll discover the city’s character, of Santa Cruz in northern Manila. the stops in their celebrations.
and you’d do well to get in touch There’s nothing like it anywhere.”
HOW TO GE T THERE
with Ivan there. But let’s just save that for when
Singapore Airlines flies 3 times
One of his favourite areas you come back to Manila. You’ve
lies just across the river from already stayed longer than you daily from Singapore to Manila.
the Walled City: Binondo, the intended, and you still have that MORE INFORMATION
historic Chinatown. Painstakingly plane to Panglao to catch… www.wowphilippines.com.ph
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