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Jeepney Sunset Tours

The best time to watch the Manila Bay sunset is usually during the first week of March. In this period, the cool winds bid farewell to Manila as we welcome the start of summer. As the sun sets in Manila Bay, you'll notice that the sun is fully round and, often, it paints the sky with a reddish or orange hue.

Carlos Celdran's Escolta/Quiapo Tour

I'm privileged to have my brother, Enzo Diaz as my first guest blogger ! The photos and the text are photographed and written by my brother.

Carlos Celdran's reputation preceeds him. I first heard of his tour from my brother, of course through this blog , and when a friend from Fil-Am Photo Auey Santos volunteered to organize a trip for those of us who are coming home for the holidays (I am an OFW) , I know I have to be counted. Last December 26, 2005 was the outing with Carlos with a tour called Escolta/Quiapo Tour. This is a relatively new tour that started a year ago. It is only when the streets somehow found its order that Carlos decided to take tourists, balikbayans, and locals alike. Here are the highlights of the tour:

First Philippines Google Earth Tour!

See the Philippines in Google Earth where you can do a helicopter tour of the Philippines courtesy of the Google Earth satellite images. You can zoom into the different places marked in the map above! Read on for a detailed guide on how to enjoy this google earth tour and what to expect despite the low resolution images. Click on this link to download the KML file --> Philippines Google Earth Tour.kml file.

Carlos Celdran noble cause to change the way we look at Manila!

Fantastic Tour! Way to go Carlos!

I remembered to post this article when Mike Best, my visitor from Cincinnatti, gave me a thank you gift which I received via mail last week. He appreciated the tour very much and I enjoyed joining the carlos celdran tours as well. Finally, I was able to meet the funky down-to-earth carlos and I joined not only one but two tours in one saturday afternoon. The first one was a scheduled Funky Imelda tour of the CCP complex buildings (CCP Main Theater, Folk Arts, and PICC). I learned the great importance of the Leandro Locsin architecture and understand better Imelda Marcos and how the CCP came to be. Then, we had a private tour of Intramuros which started with the tour of San Agustin Museum, Casa Manila and finally Fort Santiago. This tour talks alot about the spanish colonial era and the liberation of the Philippines by the Americans. There has been alot of articles already written about the tour and everything they said about Carlos is true. What I like most about the tour would be:

• Carlos funky getup and how he starts all his tour with the Philippine National Anthem.
• There are alot of funny anecdotes, controversial insights and unwritten gossips about the history of the Philippines.
• Carlos is a great promoter of the Philippines and we should have all tourists to our country to have the celdran tours as a must in their itinerary.
  

By the way, we requested Carlos to bring a psychic friend, Jessica along to cap the day with ghost stories and psychic readings. It was truly a fun saturday with Carlos.

Here are some of the links and reviews:
>> Carlos Celdran Intramuros and Funky Imelda Tour Photoset
>> Planet Philippines Article on Carlos Celdran
>> Philippine Business Magazine: Volume 12 No. 4 - Lifestyle. A Walk through History
>> Time Article March 7, 2005: Walk the Talk
>> Official Blog: www.celdrantours.blogspot.com