Intramuros - my trip to the old city in Manila

in photography •  8 years ago  (edited)

Intra muros - inner city

They call it a pedicab here because the guy had to cycle while I was sitting inside that thing. It costs 350 peso (bargained to 300) for 30 minutes but I was told that I overpaid. Well but the experience was worth it. The heat was immense and the area is too big to walk around.

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Interesting artwork just outside a street fooball field.

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This is the neatest church in the Philippines. Lots of cleaners working so it's shiny. They copied St. Peter's Basilica altair.

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The fountain inside the Fort Santiago.

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I don't know why but this picture is visually plesing for me. It must be the flag.

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Catching that drop. Inside Japanese garden.

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Feels like the colonial times.

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Interesting place :)

Hi Dawid, that pleasing picture works. Share more colonial in next blog, it's nice time travel. Save your PHP :)

Thanks I love that colonial remainings.

Some great shots.

That's the place where my school is located. :D
It should have only cost around 60-100 pesos to ride a pedicab but I'm sure it was still worth it with all the heat, beautiful art and colonial buildings along the way.

I've seen some schools around. These pedicaps are tourist traps but all of them have the same price.

Hmmm. Sneaky. They probably had some kind of deal. Those pedicab drivers are close with each other that they could just divide the money.

If you come back to Intramuros, I think it will better to ride in a taxi. The price is base price (40-50 pesos) + rate * meters. Last time I rode a taxi within Intramuros, I spent around 70 pesos. Caveat: Even taxi drivers usually ask for additional 50 pesos because of "traffic" despite it being illegal as declared by the president. But if you are in need or in hurry, I think we can just let them have it.