San Agustin Museum, Manila

Advantages: Located within ancient busy street and free to visit or take pictures
Disadvantages: few vendors outside the church

...The Catholic church is located in Intramuros, Manila where one has to pass by the Spanish-built bricked road before entering its parking area. Inside the church, one can see and feel the antiquity of its artistic designs and paintings. Sitting in its solemnity, one could easily notice an antiquely made terrace-like mezzanine which is round and built just beside a post facing the audience or churchgoers. This was where the priest or "friar" stood before the believers to preach. This church is also one of popular choices of many Filipina brides due to its long aisle, where brides walks down donning their signatured gowns. Lightings were in chandeliers accompanied by sun's rays coming in from translucent side window panes. More so, other tourists ride in 'Calesa', a horse-driven cart to go around intramuros before ending up... Read review

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Advantages: Vibrant. Warm.hospitable people. Cheap
Disadvantages: Considerable poverty

...I have been to Manila four times and I like the city. More specifically I like the Fillipinos who are warm and friendly,very hospitable and have a thoroughly infectious love of life. They have been described as the Latin Americans of South East Asia and most certainly they are markedly different from Malays,Thais,Vietnamese or Indonesians. Manila,the capital and chief city of the Philippines is also very much the artistic and commercial capital. It is located in Central Luzon Island and enjoys good air communications with the US, Europe, Australia and regional centres in Asia. Night life is alive and well in Manila and it is comparatively cheap; much cheaper,for example,than Singapore, Kuala Lumpur or Hong Kong.The favourite beer in town in San Miguel which is owned by a company based in the Philippines. Makati... Read review

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Advantages: WARNING- LONG REVIEW. Loads to see and do for adults and kids.
Disadvantages: WARNING LONG REVIEW. Poor disabled facilites and cafe.

...but also tell you about the pieces. It was wonderful seeing famous works of art by such legendary names and my favourite had to be by Raphael which was a lovely mother and child piece I had studied during my A-levels, another that I've always loved but now had become part of the "love" exhibit is a permanent fixture of the museum and is "La belle dame sans merci" by Sir Frank Dicksee, a wonderfully romantic depiction of a maiden on horseback bending to kiss her armour clad love. Just outside of the touring exhibit room is yet another part of the "love" display and is a conceptual art piece set up by Yoko Ono, a series of canvasses for the public to write messages, poems and declarations of love as well as draw their own images or apply photo's to, both Dave and I added our own work to this art piece, messages of love and even a picture of our 2... Read review

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