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Binondo Church. Photo by CallMeCreation.com

I showed Twin A Binondo Church so she can refresh her memory. I was able to bring them here when they were about 7 yrs old. That was a chaotic Binondo. Today, the streets are calmer and cleaner, hence, easier to navigate.

Photo by CallMeCreation.com
Photo by CallMeCreation.com
Photo by CallMeCreation.com

From here, we went to Escolta then we went to Yuchengco Plaza to reach Jones Bridge Esplanade.

Right across Plaza Yuchengco is the old Post Office, which is reminiscent of Fullerton Hotel in Singapore. That’s the reason why Fullerton wanted to do PPP with the government to rehabilitate thi and run it
Plaza Yuchengco. Photo by CallMeCreation.com
Crossing Jones Bridge. Photo by CallMeCreation.com
This reminds me of Esplanade in Singapore. Photo by CallMeCreation.com
Arrived on the other side. Photo by CallMeCreation.com
That’s how Jones Bridge looks from afar. Photo by CallMeCreation.com
The old New York City Bank building. Photo by CallMeCreation.com
A beautiful pre-war building that is woefully in disrepair. I hope this will be rehabilitated soon and be marked as a historical building. Photo by CallMeCreation.com
Another pre-war building built in 1903. Photo by CallMeCreation.com
Food kiosks along the esplanade. Photo by CallMeCreation.com
Photo by CallMeCreation.com

We walked to the other side, the Intramuros side as I saw the walkway along the walls were also rehabilitated.

The entrance to Fort Santiago from the Pasig River side. Photo by CallMeCreation.com
So this is what they call the Fort Santiago walk. The toilets here are also clean. Photo by CallMeCreation.com
Resting a bit. Photo by CallMeCreation.com
Photo by CallMeCreation.com
The muros. Photo by CallMeCreation.com
The moat in Fort Santiago. Photo by CallMeCreation.com
This reminds me of the moat in the Imperial Palace in Tokyo. This, however, is just Fort Santiago. Photo by CallMeCreation.com
Plaza Mexico. The port where the galleons from Mexico anchored. I used to drive by here everyday on the way to our newspaper’s office. Photo by CallMeCreation.com

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