Posts Tagged ‘ - manila ’

Also in Manila seedling bank I have found a rare Dutch Canon. I know from my histoty classes when I was young and still at school that the Dutch were a nation with lots of ships sailing around the world to trade. Especially in this part of Asia. They also fought several wars against...
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We visited the Manila Seedling bank a few days ago. The Manila Seedling bank is a kind of shopping center along EDSA in Quezon City, where one can buy plants, flowers, and many colorfull orchids.  I will write a story about it later. Aside from plants and flowers some stores also offer ornaments for the garden...
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We went taking pictures from Manila’s skyline from the hills in Antipolo and surroundings. Antipolo is about 25 kms east of Manila. Hills go up untill 400 meters.
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Some time ago I was invited for an interview for a job in Makati. The job didn’t go on, but I was able to make a few nice pictures from the tower where the interview has been taken place. PB Com tower is a large skyscraper along Ayala Ave in Makati. It has almost 50...
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On YOU TUBE several nice small movies about Manila can be found. When I was surfing on YOU TUBE some time ago I came accross this funny traffic enforcer in Manila. You should realy watch this.
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As you probably know already, I am driving my own car in the Philippines. The reason: I like driving myself and I do not like to hire a driver and sit in the back of my own car when I have to go somewhere. Driving in the Philippines sometimes is difficult because of the...
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The Philippines is still cleaning and recovering from the last two typhoons (Ondoy and Pepeng). Coming Saturday October 31 a new typhoon Santi will pass the country. Pagasa, the Philippine Weather Service, is warning the people for strong winds and maybe lots of rain again. All water reservoirs are below normal level now,...
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Today it is exactly one year that we arrived in the Philippines to live here. When we decided to move to the Philippines we have made a lot of plans what to do once we were there. We decided to travel a lot and to see the whole country and to find a definite place to...
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Yesterday, September 30 my wife and I had to go to Quezon City. We were passing Marikina to go there. Half way we were ordered to take an other route because they had closed the road. Probably because this road was passing the part of Marikina (provident village) what has been flooded the worst. We...
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For those readers who like to read more about the dissaster in the Philippines I have selected a few articles from the internet. I am listing them here:
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